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People of diverse backgrounds in France welcome far right's defeat, but fear a rise in hate speech 07/11/2024 02:04am • PARIS (AP) ��� For many French voters of diverse backgrounds, last Sunday���s parliamentary election results were a relief, seemingly an embrace of the country���s ethnic variety instead of a victory for xenophobic far-right forces. ���It was a moment of joy, a light at the end of the tunnel,��� Lov 11 killed as passenger bus collides with pickup truck in northern Philippines 07/11/2024 12:35am • TUGUEGARAO, Philippines (AP) ��� A bus collided with a pickup truck early Thursday morning, killing 11 people and injuring six others in a northern Philippine town, police said. Those who died were riding the small truck as it was rammed on the side by the bus, causing it to lose control and smash i Darwin N����ez, Uruguay teammates enter stands as fans fight after Copa America loss to Colombia 07/11/2024 12:21am • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� Darwin N����ez and about a dozen Uruguay teammates went into the stands as fans brawled at Bank of America Stadium following a 1-0 loss to Colombia in a Copa America semifinal on Wednesday night. After a physical and contentious match, a melee broke out behind the Uruguay be Papua New Guinea lawmaker pleads not guilty in Sydney court to assaulting woman 07/10/2024 11:33pm • SYDNEY (AP) ��� Papua New Guinea's sidelined Petroleum Minister Jimmy Maladina pleaded not guilty in a Sydney court Thursday to a charge of assaulting a woman during a domestic dispute. His lawyer Margaret Cunneen entered the plea on his behalf during his brief appearance in Waverley Local Court. Ne Las Vegas hits record of fifth consecutive day of 115 degrees or greater as heat wave scorches US 07/10/2024 10:59pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Las Vegas baked Wednesday in its record fifth consecutive day of temperatures sizzling at 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46.1 Celsius) or greater amid a lengthening hot spell that is expected to broil much of the U.S. into the weekend. The temperature climbed to 115 shortly after 1 p.m. A pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University in downtown Montreal is being dismantled 07/10/2024 10:36pm • MONTREAL (AP) ��� McGill University closed its downtown campus on Wednesday as Montreal police descended in large numbers to help clear a pro-Palestinian encampment that has been there for weeks. McGill president Deep Saini called the encampment at the Canadian university, one of many that had sprun Man suspected of killing the family of BBC radio commentator has been found, British police say 07/10/2024 10:15pm • LONDON (AP) ��� British police said they found Wednesday the man suspected of killing three women, the wife and daughters of a well-known BBC radio commentator, near London in a brutal crossbow attack. In a statement, Hertfordshire Police said 26-year-old Kyle Clifford was found in the Enfield area UN experts: Between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwandan troops are in Congo operating with the M23 rebel group 07/10/2024 10:10pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� Between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwanda government forces are deployed in neighboring eastern Congo, operating alongside the M23 rebel group which has been making major advances, U.N. experts said in a report circulated Wednesday. The experts called the estimate of Rwandan troops ���c His brother was found dead, his mother was arrested, then this baby was found crawling by a highway 07/10/2024 09:34pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� A Louisiana sheriff says a 1-year-old ���miracle baby��� survived two days of sometimes stormy weather before a truck driver spotted him crawling along a roadside the day after his 4-year-old brother was found dead and his mother was arrested in Mississippi. Calcasieu Parish Sh Congress OKs bill overhauling oversight of troubled federal Bureau of Prisons 07/10/2024 09:32pm • The Senate passed legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny. The Federal P Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial starts with witnesses recalling chaotic set shooting 07/10/2024 09:08pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� A defense attorney told jurors Wednesday that the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was an ���unspeakable tragedy��� but that ��� Alec Baldwin committed no crime; he was an actor, acting.��� Baldwin's lawyer Alex Spiro emphasized in his opening statement in a Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist sued for wrongful death in alleged fatal collision 07/10/2024 08:15pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer is being sued for wrongful death and negligence after allegedly hitting and killing a pedestrian earlier this year. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday by Ashley Sanchez, the daughter of 47-year-old Israel Sanchez, who died after b Man sentenced to 4-plus years in death of original 'Mickey Mouse Club' cast member 07/10/2024 08:05pm • MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) ��� A man charged in the death of Dennis Day, an original cast member on Walt Disney's ���Mickey Mouse Club��� television program in the 1950s, has been sentenced to just over four years in prison after entering a modified guilty plea this week. Daniel Burda, 41, pleaded no contes Calls for justice grow in death of Black man outside Milwaukee hotel as GOP convention approaches 07/10/2024 07:38pm • Calls for justice in the death of a Black man who was pinned to the ground during a struggle with security guards at a Milwaukee hotel are growing as thousands of GOP supporters and protesters are expected to gather in the city for the Republican National Convention. D'Vontaye Mitchell���s death on England and Netherlands fans clash in Dortmund ahead of Euro 2024 semifinal game 07/10/2024 07:26pm • DORTMUND, Germany (AP) ��� Five people were injured in clashes between fans of England and the Netherlands ahead of the Euro 2024semifinal game between the two teams on Wednesday, police said. Around 100,000 Dutch soccer fans were in Dortmund ��� which is close to the Dutch border ��� before the gam