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Democratic officials criticize Meta ad policy, saying it amplifies lies about 2020 election
05/03/2024 03:29pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Several Democrats serving as their state's top election officials have sent a letter to the parent company of Facebook, asking it to stop allowing ads that claim the 2020 presidential election was stolen. In the letter addressed to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the secretaries of state
Justice
Department warns it plans to sue Iowa over new state immigration law
05/03/2024 01:51pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of
Justice
has told Iowa's top officials it plans to sue the state over a new law making it a
crime
for a person to be in Iowa if they've previously been denied admission to the U.S. The statute interferes with the federal government's authority to enfor
Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters
and
streaming from May to Labor Day
05/03/2024 11:50am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Are you ready for some movies this summer? There's action-adventure, romance, horror, franchises
and
anniversary re-releases of some of your favorites populating theaters
and
streaming services from May through Labor Day. You just have to know where to look. Things kick off in
Turkey halts all trade with Israel over military actions in Gaza
05/02/2024 06:27pm • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Thursday suspended all imports
and
exports to Israel citing the country's ongoing military action in Gaza
and
vowed to continue to impose the measures until the Israeli government allows the flow of humanitarian aid to the region. A Turkish Trade Ministry statement
Judge grants autopsy rules requested by widow of Mississippi man found dead after vanishing
05/02/2024 05:24pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge granted a request Thursday by the widow of a deceased man who vanished under mysterious circumstances to set st
and
ards for a future independent autopsy of her late husb
and
's body. Hinds County Chancery Judge Dewayne Thomas formalized through a court order
Liberia passes a law setting up a long-awaited war
crime
s court
05/02/2024 04:13pm • MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — President Joseph Boakai on Thursday signed an executive order to create a long-awaited war
crime
s court to deliver
justice
to the victims of Liberia's two civil wars, characterized by widespread mass killings, torture
and
sexual violence. Human rights groups have describe
North Carolina bill ordering sheriffs to help immigration agents closer to law with Senate vote
05/02/2024 12:59pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sheriffs would be required to temporarily hold inmates in jail that federal immigration agents believe are in the country illegally under a bill passed by the North Carolina Senate on Thursday. But unlike two previous versions of the bill successfully shot down by Democratic G
Trump calls judge 'crooked' after facing a warning of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
05/01/2024 07:51pm • FREEL
AND
, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump returned briefly to the campaign trail Wednesday
and
called the judge presiding over his hush money trial “crooked” a day after he was held in contempt of court
and
threatened with jail time for violating a gag order. Trump's remarks at events in the battleg
A retired teacher saw inspiration in Columbia's protests. Eric Adams called her an outside agitator
05/01/2024 07:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Before police officers poured into Columbia University on Tuesday night, arresting more than 100 people as they cleared an occupied school building
and
tent encampment, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he received a piece of intelligence that shifted his thinking about the campu
Trump's comparison of student protests to Jan. 6 is part of effort to downplay Capitol attack
05/01/2024 04:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump this week lamented the possibility that Columbia University's pro-Palestinian protesters could be treated more leniently than the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, marking the second time the former president has invoked the ongoing campus protests
The Latest | In Israel, Blinken pushes Hamas to agree on Gaza cease-fire deal
05/01/2024 04:08pm • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Israel on Wednesday to press for a cease-fire deal in the Israel-Hamas war, saying “ the time is now ”
and
warning that Hamas would bear the blame for any failure to reach an agreement to halt the war in Gaza. On his seventh visit since the latest wa
Exp
and
ing clergy sexual abuse probe targets New Orleans Catholic church leaders
05/01/2024 02:23pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities have exp
and
ed an investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans to include senior church officials suspected of shielding predatory priests for decades
and
failing to report their
crime
s to law enforcement. Louisiana State Police ca
Maryl
and
approves more than $3M for a man wrongly imprisoned for murder for three decades
05/01/2024 01:25pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryl
and
officials on Wednesday approved more than $3 million in compensation for a Baltimore man who spent 31 years in prison on a wrongful murder conviction. Gov. Wes Moore apologized to Gary Washington during a Board of Public Works meeting where the compensation was ap
Court case over fatal car crash raises issues of mental health
and
criminal liability
05/01/2024 12:16pm • ATLANTA (AP) — No one disputes that Michelle Wierson crashed her SUV into a car stopped at a traffic light, causing the death of a young boy. But while prosecutors say she needs to be held accountable for her actions, her lawyers say her mental state at the time absolves her of criminal liability
Saudi Arabia confirms a fitness influencer received an 11-year sentence over 'terrorist offenses'
05/01/2024 05:48am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Saudi Arabia confirmed in a letter to the United Nations that a female fitness instruction who was popular online received an 11-year prison sentence but did not specify any of her alleged “terrorism offenses.” Though the kingdom insisted the case had nothing to do with the in
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