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A German court upholds the conviction of a former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp, age 99 08/20/2024 05:06am • BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a 99-year-old woman who was convicted of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II. The Federal Court of Justice upheld Some protesters tear down security fence as thousands march outside Democratic National Convention 08/19/2024 10:38pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Dozens of protesters broke through a security fence near the site of the Democratic National Convention on its opening day Monday as thousands took to the streets to voice their opposition to the war in Gaza. Families with babies in strollers, students, elected leaders and others ho Two 18-year-olds charged with murder of former 'General Hospital' actor Johnny Wactor 08/19/2024 07:10pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two 18-year-old men have been charged with murder in the killing of former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor. Robert Barceleau and Sergio Estrada were each charged Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, District Attorney George Gasón said at a news conference. 50 years on, Harlem Week shows how a New York City neighborhood went from crisis to renaissance 08/19/2024 06:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In the 1970s, Harlem’s deserted streets and tumbledown tenements told the story of a neighborhood left behind. Disinvestment had taken its toll. Violence, crime and poor living conditions had become the norm and nearly 50,000 residents — a third of the area's population — lef Trial opens against 3 Detroit-area guards charged with man's death at mall 10 years ago 08/19/2024 05:30pm • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Security guards at a suburban Detroit mall flunked their training and ignored a man's repeated cries for help during an intense physical struggle that caused his death, a prosecutor said Monday as trial opened more than 10 years later. McKenzie Cochran told guards, “I can� House Republicans release their impeachment report on Biden but the next steps are uncertain 08/19/2024 11:10am • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have released their initial impeachment inquiry report on President Joe Biden, alleging an abuse of power and obstruction of justice in the financial dealings of his son Hunter Biden and family associates. The nearly yearlong investigation by Republicans stops s Indian doctors demand tougher laws after a colleague was raped and killed at a hospital 08/19/2024 07:05am • NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of doctors protested near India's Health Ministry on Monday to demand stringent laws to protect health care workers from violence and to seek justice for their colleague who was raped and killed at a state-run hospital. The protesting doctors, holding up placards like “ What to know as India's medics and women protest the rape and killing of a doctor 08/17/2024 01:37pm • NEW DELHI (AP) — India's medical workers began a countrywide strike Saturday to protest the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in the eastern West Bengal state. Saturday’s strike was called by the country’s largest group of doctors, the Indian Medical Association, say Jury convicts white Florida woman in fatal shooting of her Black neighbor during ongoing dispute 08/16/2024 06:13pm • A white Florida woman was convicted Friday of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black neighbor after the jury rejected her claims that she fired through a metal door in self-defense amid an ongoing dispute over children playing outside her home. The all-white jury in Ocala, Florida, found 60-y Mexico's truth commission reveals new evidence of ‘death flights’ during 1965-1990 'dirty war' 08/16/2024 05:12pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — More evidence has emerged that Mexican authorities disposed of the bodies of dissidents in “death flights” during the country's 1965-1990 “dirty war. ” Mexico’s governmental Truth Commission said in a report Friday that recollections by witnesses and documents leaked o The Latest: Trump promotes falsehoods while Harris is scrutinized for her shifting policy stances 08/16/2024 05:07pm • The running mates of former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are coming under greater scrutiny as the presidential election heats up. Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance winds down several unsuccessful charities that he started after the successful publication of “Hillbilly Elegy Teen rapper 'Baby K' gets 25 years behind bars for Maryland school bus attack 08/16/2024 04:32pm • A 17-year-old boy, who rapped under the name "Baby K," was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to attempted first-degree murder and weapons charges. Kaeden "Baby K" Holland was 15 when he tried to kill a student on a Prince George's County school bus last year. His plea Man who pulled gun after Burger King worker wouldn't take drugs for payment gets 143 years in prison 08/16/2024 04:04pm • DENVER (AP) — A man who was convicted of pointing a gun at Burger King drive-thru worker who wouldn’t accept drugs for payment and later shooting at other people elsewhere the same night has been sentenced to 143 years in prison. Prosecutors who announced the sentence Thursday said the drive-th Protests grow in India over the rape and killing of a doctor at a state-run hospital 08/16/2024 08:14am • NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of people marched through various Indian cities Friday to protest the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a government hospital, demanding justice and better security at medical campuses and hospitals. Demonstrators held signs calling for accountability for the woman' What do marijuana, the death penalty and fracking have in common? Harris shifted positions on them 08/16/2024 12:40am • WASHINGTON (AP) — As California’s attorney general, Kamala Harris successfully defended the death penalty in court, despite her past crusade against it. As a new senator, she proposed to abolish cash bail — a reversal from when she chided San Francisco judges for making it “cheaper” to com