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Sentencing hearing begins for man convicted of killing 8 people in metro Phoenix in 2017 10/01/2025 05:19pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� A man convicted of killing eight people in metro Phoenix in 2017 waived his presence in court Monday at the start of the sentencing portion of his trial, where prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Cleophus Cooksey Jr., 43, was found guilty last week of murder, kidnapping, arme What to know about Arizona serial killings that resulted in 8 murder convictions 10/01/2025 04:56pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� An Arizona man was convicted Thursday on eight murder charges for a string of fatal shootings in Phoenix and neighboring Glendale after a trial that spanned several months. A jury in Phoenix found Cleophus Cooksey Jr., 43, guilty in the killings of eight people that targeted random Arizona jury convicts man in string of shootings that killed 8 in metro Phoenix 10/01/2025 04:45pm • Phoenix (AP) ��� An Arizona man was convicted Thursday on eight murder charges for a string of fatal shootings that targeted random victims and his own mother and stepfather over a three-week span. The crimes in late 2017 happened during a time of unease in metro Phoenix when people were scared to g Editorial Roundup: United States 10/01/2025 03:46pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Sept. 26 The New York Times on the indictment of James Comey The events of the past week in Virginia mark a dark new stage in President Trump���s effort to turn federal law enforcement into a personal tool of oppression and vengea Haitians give cautious welcome to new international force approved by UN to tackle gangs 10/01/2025 03:03pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� Radios across Haiti were abuzz on Wednesday with the news that the U.N. Security Council had approved the creation of a so-called gang suppression force to help the troubled Caribbean country. The force would replace a smaller U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police t Protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir leave 4 people dead and over 100 injured 10/01/2025 02:56pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Thousands of demonstrators demanding subsidies on food, electricity and other services clashed with police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday, leaving four people dead and more than 100 others injured, police said. The violence erupted when armed protesters, carrying gu Movie Review: In ���Orwell: 2+2=5,��� a powerful portrait of the author and his still relevant writings 10/01/2025 02:55pm • Filmmaker Raoul Peck uses George Orwell���s writings to weave together a biographical portrait of the author and a dispiriting picture of power and truth in the modern world in ���Orwell: 2+2=5.��� He���s hardly the first to connect the dots between Orwell���s prophetic writings and the current stat Thousands march in Serbia in persistent resistance to autocratic leader Vucic 10/01/2025 02:53pm • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ��� Thousands joined protest marches in several Serbian towns on Wednesday reflecting persistent resistance to autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic's rule despite a government crackdown. Crowds gathered to mark 11 months since a concrete canopy collapsed in a northern Serbian 3 alleged Hamas members arrested in Germany on suspicion of plotting attacks on Jewish institutions 10/01/2025 02:34pm • BERLIN (AP) ��� Three alleged members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of plotting attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany, officials said. The suspects are set to appear in court Thursday. A judge will then determine whether the trio can be h Florida was a top destination for immigrants who came to the US under Biden 10/01/2025 10:37am • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� After Paola Freites was allowed into the U.S. in 2024, she and her husband settled in Florida, drawn by warm temperatures, a large Latino community and the ease of finding employment and housing. They were among hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the state in rece What to know about the Gaza peace plan agreed to by Trump and Netanyahu 09/29/2025 06:55pm • CAIRO (AP) ��� After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threw his support behind the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, the question now is whether Hamas will agree. Hamas faces a bitter tradeoff ��� the proposal demands that the militant group effectively surrender in return for uncertain gains. But The Latest: Congressional leaders meet with Trump as possible government shutdown looms 09/29/2025 06:29pm • Democratic and Republican congressional leaders met at the White House on Monday with President Donald Trump in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides thus far have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their entrenched positions. If government funding legislation isn���t Man who attacked Michigan church became 'unhinged' when talking about Mormon faith 09/29/2025 06:29pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� The man who shot up a Michigan church and set a fire that killed four people was a former U.S. Marine who expressed animosity about the Mormon faith to a city council candidate knocking on doors just days before the attack. Thomas Sanford, who was known as Jake, drove a pickup truck What we know about the deadly shooting at a Michigan Mormon church 09/29/2025 06:10pm • At least 100 federal investigators are responding to an attack in Michigan where a former Marine crashed a pickup into a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel during a Sunday service, shot into the building and set it on fire. Four people were killed and eight more were wounded by gunf Detainee killed in shooting at Dallas ICE facility identified as 37-year-old man from El Salvador 09/29/2025 06:05pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� The man who was fatally shot when a gunman targeted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas last week has been identified as a 37-year-old detainee from El Salvador, federal officials said Monday. Norlan Guzman-Fuentes was killed and two other detainees were critica