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VIDEO: Mariachis. A flame-swallower. Mexico's disputes between street performers just reached a new high 05/22/2024 08:14am • MORELIA, Mexico (AP) ��� Mexico���s often violent disputes between street performers reached a new level this week when a group of guitar-toting mariachis attacked a flame-swallower. What happened next was, perhaps, predictable. According to security camera footage obtained by The Associated P Tough-on-crime challenger leading in race for district attorney in Portland, Oregon 05/22/2024 06:46am • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� A centrist candidate who has vowed to be tough on crime was leading in the race for top prosecutor in Oregon���s Multnomah County, home to Portland, in a contest that was seen as a referendum on voter concerns over homelessness, public drug use and disorder. Nathan Vasquez le Danish police temporarily ban the Bandidos motorcycle club, citing violence 05/22/2024 05:12am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� Police in Denmark on Wednesday issued a temporary ban on the Danish arm of the Bandidos motorcycle club, citing the group���s violent behavior. The temporary ban was based on the assessment that the group���s activities and the behavior of its members "pose both a seriou Man killed in Fairfax Co. shooting after argument at gas pump 05/22/2024 04:53am • A Fairfax, Virginia, man was shot and killed Tuesday morning at a gas station in the Fair Haven neighborhood of Fairfax County, according to police. It happened just after 6 a.m. at the Citgo gas station at 6241 Richmond Highway. Officers with the Fairfax County Police Department arrived to find How 2 debunked accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 fueled a global dispute over Israel-Hamas war 05/22/2024 03:20am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Chaim Otmazgin had tended to dozens of shot, burned or mutilated bodies before he reached the home that would put him at the center of a global clash. Working in a kibbutz that was ravaged by Hamas��� Oct. 7 attack, Otmazgin ��� a volunteer commander with ZAKA, an Israeli search a From London to Los Angeles, many Iranians overseas cheer, and fear, after president's death 05/22/2024 03:11am • LONDON (AP) ��� Among Iranian communities from London to Los Angeles, few tears are being shed over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a weekend helicopter crash. But there are not always loud cheers, either. While some hope the demise of a powerful figure in Iran���s authoritarian Isla Takeaways from AP examination of how 2 debunked accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 originated 05/22/2024 03:08am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� The United Nations and other organizations have presented credible evidence that Hamas militants committed sexual assault during their Oct. 7 rampage in southern Israel. Though the number of assaults is unclear, photo and video from the attack���s aftermath have shown bodies with Owner of Nepal's largest media organization arrested over citizenship card issue 05/22/2024 03:07am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) ��� The owner of Nepal's largest news organization has been arrested for allegedly violating the country's citizenship laws over an issue with his citizenship card. Kailash Sirohiya will be presented before a judge in a district court in south Nepal on Wednesday where a case ha A citizen journalist imprisoned for 'provoking trouble' by reporting on COVID in China is released 05/22/2024 03:07am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist, was released from prison after serving four years for charges related to reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China, according to a video statement she released Tuesday, eight days after her sentence ended, though there are concerns about ho Vietnam���s top security official To Lam confirmed as president 05/22/2024 01:51am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Vietnam���s top security official To Lam was confirmed Wednesday as the nation's new president. He oversaw police and intelligence operations over a period when rights groups say basic liberties have been systematically suppressed, and its secret service was accused of violating int Australia and New Zealand evacuate scores of their citizens from New Caledonia 05/22/2024 01:06am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� The Australian military has flown 115 passengers on two flights from the restive French Pacific territory of New Caledonia and a French government flight was expected to evacuate another 100 stranded passengers on Wednesday, an Australian government minister said. Six p Tornado devastates Iowa town, killing multiple people as powerful storms rip through Midwest 05/21/2024 11:59pm • GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) ��� Multiple people died Tuesday and at least a dozen were injured when a powerful tornado tore through a small Iowa town, carving a bleak landscape of destroyed homes and businesses, shredded trees, smashed cars, and widely strewn debris. The tornado destroyed much of Greenfie Lawsuit says ex-Officer Chauvin kneeled on woman's neck, just as he did when he killed George Floyd 05/21/2024 11:19pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A former employee sued the city of Minneapolis on Tuesday, alleging ex-police Officer Derek Chauvin hauled her from her minivan and pinned her to the ground with his knee in January 2020, just as he did four months later when he killed George Floyd. Patty Day, then employed by t Trump's social media account shares a campaign video with a headline about a 'unified Reich' 05/21/2024 08:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A video posted to Donald Trump's account on his social media network included references to a ���unified Reich��� among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November. The headline appears among messages flashing across the screen such as ���Trump wins!!��� and ��� Nicaraguan police are monitoring the brother of President Daniel Ortega 05/21/2024 08:16pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Nicaragua���s National Police appeared to confirm Tuesday that retired Gen. Humberto Ortega, brother of President Daniel Ortega, has been under guard since local media reports emerged two days earlier that police had surrounded his home. The police said in a statement that the H