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Murder trial set for September for Minnesota trooper who shot motorist during freeway stop 05/16/2024 12:52pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A Minnesota state trooper who's charged with murder for fatally shooting a motorist as he tried to pull away from a traffic stop is set to go on trial in September. Trooper Ryan Londregan, 27, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the death of Ricky Cobb II. It was the first hearing i Bones found in 1989 in a Wisconsin chimney identified as man who last contacted relatives in 1970 05/16/2024 11:50am • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Human bones found inside the chimney of a Wisconsin music store in 1989 have been identified as those of a man whose last known contact with relatives was in 1970, authorities said. The DNA Doe Project, a nonprofit that uses genealogy to identify unknown persons, announced thi 4 people die in Croatia when a car carrying migrants hits a wall 05/16/2024 11:44am • ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) ��� A car carrying migrants on Thursday skidded off a road and hit a wall in southern Croatia, killing four people and seriously injuring five others, including two children, police said. A Moldovan national who was the driver was killed in the crash, along with three migrants w Georgia's leader says a divisive media bill passed by lawmakers is unacceptable and she'll veto it 05/16/2024 11:35am • TBILISI, Georgia (AP) ��� A controversial media bill passed this week by Georgia's parliament is ���unacceptable��� and will be vetoed, President Salome Zourabichvili said Thursday, reaffirming her opposition to a measure that critics describe as a threat to free speech. In an interview with The Ass As crisis escalates in Tunisia, lawyers strike over arrested colleague they say was tortured 05/16/2024 11:35am • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) ��� Lawyers in Tunisia took to the streets on Thursday to protest a string of recent arrests that have convulsed the country over the past week and provoked international outcry. The demonstration in the North African country's capital came days after two lawyers were arrested �� Spanish police say they've broken up Sinaloa cartel network, and seized 1.8 tons of meth 05/16/2024 09:57am • MADRID (AP) ��� Spanish police dismantled a major methamphetamine distribution network of the Mexican Sinaloa cartel after seizing 1.8 tons of the illegal drug, police said Thursday. Spain���s National Police called it the largest confiscation of methamphetamines ever made in the country. Police sai Cocaine found in US Capitol Police headquarters 05/16/2024 09:47am • U.S. Capitol Police in D.C. have started a drug investigation after officials said cocaine was discovered inside its headquarters Wednesday afternoon. The department said an officer found the small bag of "a white powdery substance" in the middle of a second-floor hallway just before 1 p.m., acco Rock band Cage the Elephant emerge from loss and hospitalization with new album 'Neon Pill' 05/16/2024 09:28am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� To say Cage the Elephant's latest album had a turbulent birth would be an understatement. The band dealt with the deaths of loved ones, the pandemic and their lead singer's arrest and hospitalization. ���It���s no secret that I had a medical crisis,��� Matt Shultz tells The Associa France imposes emergency in Pacific territory of New Caledonia as violent unrest turns deadly 05/16/2024 08:50am • PARIS (AP) ��� France imposed an emergency Wednesday in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia for at least 12 days, boosting security forces��� powers to quell deadly unrest in the archipelago where indigenous people have long sought independence. Armed clashes and other violence that erupte Mosque attack in northern Nigeria leaves 8 people dead. Police say the motive was a family dispute 05/16/2024 08:31am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� At least eight worshippers were killed and 16 others injured early Wednesday morning after a man attacked a mosque with a locally made explosive in northern Nigeria���s Kano state, resulting in a fire outbreak, the police said. The suspect, a 38-year-old local resident, confe Congress aims to exert control over DC crime with new bill 05/16/2024 08:15am • A year after Congress blocked D.C.'s revised criminal code, complaining it was soft on crime, the House has gone a step further by passing its own D.C. crime bill. The House passed the D.C. CRIMES Act on Wednesday with 225 votes, garnering support from Republicans as well as 18 Democrats. Propone The UK's opposition Labour Party unveils its pledges to voters in hopes of winning the next election 05/16/2024 07:43am • LONDON (AP) ��� Britain's still-undeclared election campaign stepped up a gear on Thursday when opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starme r announced the key pledges that he hopes will make him the U.K.���s next prime minister later this year. The center-left party is focusing on economic stability One Tech Tip: Protecting your car from the growing risk of keyless vehicle thefts 05/16/2024 07:16am • LONDON (AP) ��� They appear like ghosts in the night, standing outside your house, one holding up an antenna while the other crouches next to the car parked on the driveway. Within seconds, your car is gone, yet another victim amid a surge in auto theft enabled by the technology designed to make it Over 80,000 Illinois people banned from owning guns still keep them, report shows 05/16/2024 06:01am • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) ��� In Illinois, 114,000 people are banned from owning guns because of legal tangles or mental health issues ��� three-quarters of them haven't surrendered their firearms, according to data the Cook County sheriff will present Thursday. Sheriff Tom Dart is seeking $10 million Fire at a residential building in Germany leaves 3 people dead and 2 with grave injuries 05/16/2024 03:45am • BERLIN (AP) ��� A fire at a residential building in western Germany left three people dead and two others with life-threatening injuries Thursday, authorities said. The blaze broke out during the night in a kiosk that was part of the building in Duesseldorf and spread to the entrance and second floo