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Alabama executes man who killed 5 and asked to be put to death

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama executed a man Thursday who admitted to killing five people with an ax and gun during a drug-fueled rampage in 2016 and dropped his appeals to allow his lethal injection to...

Oct 17, 2024

Judge grants Texas lawmakers' unusual effort to pause execution in shaken baby case

HOUSTON (AP) - A judge on Thursday granted a request from Texas lawmakers to delay the execution of a man who was scheduled to become the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied...

Oct 17, 2024

For Harris, complicated politics are at play as she calls for end to war, discusses Sinwar's death

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Kamala Harris said Thursday that Israel's killing of Hamas' top leader offers "an opportunity to finally end the war in Gaza," talking plainly about next steps even as the pro-Palesti...

Oct 17, 2024

Colorado gold mine where tour guide was killed and tourists trapped ordered closed by regulators

DENVER (AP) - A former Colorado gold mine where a tour guide was killed and a group of tourists was trapped for hours after an elevator accident has been ordered to remain closed and not conduct tours...

Oct 17, 2024

Kenya's Parliament removes the deputy president from office in an impeachment trial

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya's Senate voted Thursday to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office in an impeachment trial on corruption and other allegations, hours after the deputy presiden...

Oct 17, 2024

A father and son are both indicted in a mass school shooting in Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia grand jury has indicted both a father and son in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder. WAGA-TV, among other media, reported that the Barrow County grand jury mee...

Oct 17, 2024

A father and son are both indicted in a mass school shooting in Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia grand jury has indicted both a father and son in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder. WAGA-TV, among other media, reported that the Barrow County grand jury mee...

Oct 17, 2024

Biden says Sinwar's death is 'good day' for world, 'opportunity' for hostage deal, end to Gaza war

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - President Joe Biden said Thursday that the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar by Israeli troops is a "good day for Israel, for the United States, and for the world," and ...

Oct 17, 2024

Harris says the killing of Sinwar is an opportunity 'to finally end the war in Gaza'

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris said Thursday the killing of Hamas' top leader, Yahya Sinwar, by Israel "gives us an opportunity to finally end the war in Gaza." Speakin...

Oct 17, 2024

Who is Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader Israel says it has killed?

BEIRUT (AP) - Yahya Sinwar masterminded an attack on Israel that shocked the world, unleashing a still-widening catastrophe with no end in sight. In Gaza, no figure loomed larger in determining the wa...

Oct 17, 2024