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Overnight drone attack on Moscow injures 1, prompts temporary airport closure

Russian authorities say three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow in the early hours on Sunday, injuring one person and prompting a temporary closure of one of four airports around the Russian capital. T...

Jul 29, 2023

Rangers get Scherzer from Mets in all-in blockbuster from surprise AL West leaders

The Texas Rangers acquired three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer in a blockbuster trade with the New York Mets on Saturday night, an all-in move for the surprise leaders in the AL West, a pers...

Jul 29, 2023

Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas is temporarily blocked from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing "harmful" materials to minors, a...

Jul 29, 2023

Charges dropped against 7 Oklahoma police officers in 3 separate fatal shootings

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The new prosecutor in Oklahoma's biggest county announced Friday she's dropping criminal charges against seven police officers in three separate fatal shootings from 2020. Distric...

Jul 28, 2023

US to announce $345 million military aid package for Taiwan

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is set to announce $345 million in military aid for Taiwan, two U.S. officials said Friday. It would be the Biden administration's first major package drawing on America's o...

Jul 28, 2023

Officer who put suspect in car hit by train guilty of reckless endangerment but not manslaughter

DENVER (AP) - A Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked police vehicle that was hit by a freight train has been found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault. Jordan Steinke...

Jul 28, 2023

Russia says it shot down a Ukrainian missile over a southern Russian city

KYIV, Ukraine - The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday it shot down a Ukrainian missile over the southern Russian city of Taganrog, about 40 kilomters (about 24 miles ) east of the border with Ukrai...

Jul 28, 2023

Niger state TV declares a general is the leader of the soldiers who staged a coup

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) - Niger state television has declared Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani the leader of mutinous soldiers who detained the democratically elected president in a coup. Tchiani, who goes by Oma...

Jul 28, 2023

Singapore hangs first woman in 19 years after she was convicted of trafficking 31 grams of heroin

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Singapore conducted its first execution of a woman in 19 years on Friday and its second hanging this week for drug trafficking despite calls for the city-state to cease c...

Jul 27, 2023

Man who killed 1 Fargo officer, hurt 2, was interviewed about guns in 2021 after tip, FBI says

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The heavily armed man who killed one Fargo police officer and wounded two as they were investigating a traffic stop had been interviewed about his guns in 2021 after the FBI receive...

Jul 27, 2023