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Expelled Nashville Democrat Justin Jones of the ‘Tennessee Three’ wins back state House seat

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville Democrat Justin Jones, a member of the so-called "Tennessee Three," won back his state House seat Thursday after Republican lawmakers expelled him for his participati...

Aug 03, 2023

Florida man who dropped appeals is executed for 1988 rape, hammer killing of nurse

A Florida man who recently dropped all legal appeals was executed Thursday for the 1988 murder of a woman who was sexually assaulted, killed with a hammer and then set on fire in her own bed. James Ph...

Aug 03, 2023

Texas A&M reaches $1 million settlement with Black journalism professor

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas A&M University reached a $1 million settlement Thursday with a Black journalism professor after botched attempts to hire her unraveled after pushback over her past work ...

Aug 03, 2023

Trump arrives at DC courthouse to face charges he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump has arrived at the federal courthouse in Washington to surrender to authorities on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 defeat in the presidential el...

Aug 03, 2023

Mississippi ex-law enforcement charged with civil rights offenses against 2 Black men during raid

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Six former law enforcement officers in Mississippi have been charged with federal civil rights offenses against two Black men who were brutalized for more than an hour during a h...

Aug 03, 2023

Pittsburgh synagogue gunman has been sentenced to die in the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue was formally sentenced to death Thursday, one day after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate for the ...

Aug 03, 2023

13 injured in South Korea when a man rams a car onto a sidewalk, stabs pedestrians

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - At least 13 people were injured in South Korea on Thursday when a man rammed a car onto a sidewalk and then stepped out of the vehicle and began stabbing people near a subway...

Aug 03, 2023

Brazil coach Sundhage criticized over the team's lack of flair after Women's World Cup exit

SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil coach Pia Sundhage faced widespread criticism in the South American nation after the team was eliminated in the group stage at the Women's World Cup. Commentators and fans comp...

Aug 02, 2023

Marta leaves Women's World Cup with Brazil's group-stage exit, but her legacy lives on

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Before leaving the Women's World Cup as a player for the sixth and last time, Marta embraced Jamaica captain Khadija "Bunny" Shaw. The Reggae Girlz had just sent Brazil and...

Aug 02, 2023

Shock and sadness in Rio favela after Brazil's early elimination from Women's World Cup

A group of girls and young women gathered early Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro's working-class Manguinhos neighborhood to watch the Brazilian team compete in the Women's World Cup and pray for a win in t...

Aug 02, 2023