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EU urged to rethink ties with Israel over Gaza and impose sanctions against some ministers 08/29/2024 02:01pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union must rethink its relations with Israel as the death toll mounts in Gaza and the West Bank and impose sanctions on some Israeli government ministers accused of fomenting racial hatred, Ireland and the bloc’s top diplomat said Thursday. At a meeting of EU foreign Ballot measures in 41 states give voters a say on abortion and other tough questions 08/29/2024 09:52am • Life, death, crime and taxes will be on ballots for voters to decide this fall. More than 140 measures are going before voters in 41 states during the general election alongside choices for president and other top offices. The ballot questions will give voters a chance to directly decide some conse Bangladesh's government led by Yunus signs UN convention involving enforced disappearance 08/29/2024 09:19am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s interim government on Thursday signed the instrument of accession to an international convention of the United Nations aiming at preventing enforced disappearances as a state party, authorities said. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who took over this month a Former police officer accused of killing pregnant woman and staging it as a suicide 08/28/2024 08:27pm • BOSTON (AP) — A former Massachusetts police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of killing a woman he is accused of sexually exploiting when she was underage and then trying to stage the death as a suicide after she told him she was pregnant. Matthew Farwell, 38, entered the plea durin What is Telegram and why was its CEO arrested in Paris? 08/28/2024 05:36pm • Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, was arrested in Paris over the weekend over allegations that his platform is being used for illicit activity including drug trafficking and the distribution of child sexual abuse images. Durov, who was born in Russia, spent much of his 'There are other victims' of Md. teacher charged with abusing young student, state's attorney says 08/28/2024 04:03pm • Prince George's County, Maryland, officials are urging people to come forward with information about Mark Cobb, the elementary school teacher charged with sexually abusing one of his former students. "We know that there are other victims out there," Prince George's County State's Attorney Aisha B Police find suspicious Google searches made by husband in Manassas Park missing woman case 08/27/2024 06:38pm • Law enforcement again assembled at the Manassas Park home of Mamta and Naresh Bhatt Tuesday. Police are continuing the investigation into Naresh Bhatt, 37, who has been charged with concealing a dead body related to the weekslong disappearance of Mamta Kafle Bhatt, Naresh's 28-year-old wife and t Editorial Roundup: United States 08/27/2024 04:15pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 25 The Washington Post says the U.S. is correct to weigh in as Mexico's rule of law is danger This clash was long overdue. Last Thursday, the United States ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, published a statement lamenting Pre Police officers are starting to use AI chatbots to write crime reports. Will they hold up in court? 08/27/2024 01:29pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A body camera captured every word and bark uttered as police Sgt. Matt Gilmore and his K-9 dog, Gunner, searched for a group of suspects for nearly an hour. Normally, the Oklahoma City police sergeant would grab his laptop and spend another 30 to 45 minutes writing up a report Rudy Giuliani did nothing illegal in Arizona's fake elector case, his lawyer says 08/26/2024 07:09pm • PHOENIX (AP) — A lawyer for Rudy Giuliani said Monday that the charges against his client in Arizona’s fake elector case should be thrown out because Giuliani did nothing criminal in contesting Joe Biden’s narrow 2020 victory in the state over Donald Trump. An indictment said Giuliani spread f Court tosses Missouri law that barred police from enforcing federal gun laws 08/26/2024 02:48pm • COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Federal appellate judges overturned a Missouri law Monday that banned police from enforcing some federal gun laws. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the Missouri law violated a section of the U.S. Constitution known as the supremacy clause, which asserts that federa How women of color with Christian and progressive values are keeping the faith — outside churches 08/26/2024 12:42pm • Brandi Brown has yet to find a Black church near her Southern California home that feels right for her. So when she wants to talk about God, she relies on someone over a thousand miles (1,600 kilometers) away. Like her, Ellen Lo Hoffman, who lives just outside Seattle and is Chinese American, is a p French authorities arrest Telegram CEO Pavel Durov at a Paris airport, French media report 08/25/2024 04:19pm • NICE, France (AP) — The founder and CEO of the messaging service Telegram was detained at a Paris airport on an arrest warrant alleging his platform has been used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other offenses, French media reported Sunday. Pavel Durov, a dual citizen of France and Rus The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024 08/25/2024 04:00am • (CNN) — If there was one sign this week of Vice President Kamala Harris’ place atop the Democratic ticket having improved the party’s brand, it was the presence of so many Senate candidates taking the stage at its convention in Chicago. Notably, three of the most vulnerable senators skipped Harris isn’t backing away from Biden’s democracy focus. But she’s putting her own spin on it 08/24/2024 12:06am • CHICAGO (AP) — Before dropping his bid for reelection, President Joe Biden framed voters’ choice in November in dark and ominous terms, painting Republican nominee Donald Trump as a menace to American democracy and questioning whether the country could survive if he won. The Democratic Partyâ