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US asks Haiti to prioritize electoral council amid gang violence and a humanitarian crisis 07/03/2024 04:55pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� U.S. officials have asked Haiti���s prime minister to prioritize the establishment of an electoral council as the country strives to rebuild its government amid rampant gang violence. ���This critical step toward will give the Haitian people an opportunity to select th Man tells jury he found body but had no role in fatal attack on Detroit synagogue leader 07/03/2024 04:41pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� A man charged with killing a Detroit synagogue leader during a violent overnight encounter denied any role Wednesday, telling jurors that he never entered her home but had discovered and touched her bloody body outdoors. Michael Jackson-Bolanos repeatedly said ���absolutely not��� w Philadelphia's Temple University hires John Fry as its president from neighboring Drexel 07/03/2024 04:20pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Temple University has hired John Fry of nearby Drexel University to become its 15th president, concluding a search that had been buffeted by the sudden death last fall of acting President JoAnne Epps, the Philadelphia school said. Fry, 63, has been Drexel's president since 2010 A conservative leading the pro-Trump Project 2025 suggests there will be a new American Revolution 07/03/2024 04:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The leader of a conservative think tank orchestrating plans for a massive overhaul of the federal government in the event of a Republican presidential win said that the country is in the midst of a ���second American Revolution��� that will be bloodless ���if the left allows it to Trump, for now, is ceding the spotlight to Biden as the president's campaign reels from bad debate 07/03/2024 04:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Donald Trump likes to be the one in the spotlight. But in the days since President Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance, the presumptive Republican nominee has kept a low profile, leaving the focus on the drama engulfing the Democratic Party as he and his campaign revel in a s Los Angeles to pay $21M to settle claims over botched fireworks detonation by police 3 years ago 07/03/2024 03:44pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Los Angeles will pay more than $21 million to settle claims by residents of a neighborhood where police bungled the detonation of a cache of illegal fireworks three years ago, injuring 17 people and displacing dozens of others. The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved t Police say a roadside bomb has killed a former Pakistani senator and 4 others in northwest Pakistan 07/03/2024 02:27pm • KHAR, Pakistan (AP) ��� A former senator in Pakistan was killed Wednesday when a vehicle carrying him and supporters struck a roadside bomb in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban near the Afghan border, police said. Four other people were killed. The attack occurred in Bajur, a district in Review: Eddie Murphy brings 'Beverly Hills Cop' back to comedic form in nostalgic 4th installment 'Axel F' 07/03/2024 02:03pm • After rescuing ���SNL��� and sharing the big screen with Nick Nolte in ���48 Hrs.��� (1982) and Dan Aykroyd in ���Trading Places��� (1983), Eddie Murphy became a blockbuster leading man as the fast-talking Axel Foley in ���Beverly Hills Cop��� (1984). Directed by Martin Brest, the fish-out-of-wa Why mass shootings and violence increase in the summer 07/03/2024 01:48pm • Violence and mass shootings often surge in the summer months, especially around the Fourth of July, historically one of the deadliest days of the year. A flurry of shootings around the holiday a year ago left more than a dozen people dead and over 60 wounded. Just two years ago, another mass shootin Egypt swears in a new Cabinet as mounting economic challenges fuel public discontent 07/03/2024 01:12pm • CAIRO (AP) ��� Egypt���s new Cabinet was sworn in Wednesday with major changes in the defense, foreign ministry and economy portfolios as the country faces mounting public discontent and conflicts in neighboring nations. Years of economic mismanagement, the coronavirus pandemic and the fallout of wa Bond increased to $1M for Texas woman accused in attempted drowning seen as possible hate crime 07/03/2024 12:47pm • EULESS, Texas (AP) ��� A Texas woman accused of trying to drown a 3-year-old at an apartment complex pool in suburban Dallas after making racist remarks toward the child���s mother has been rearrested following an increase in her bond to $1 million, according to court records. Elizabeth Wolf, 42, ha Severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to the deadly stampede at an Indian festival 07/03/2024 12:34pm • HATHRAS, India (AP) ��� Severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to a stampede at a religious festival that killed at least 121 people in northern India, authorities said Wednesday, as the faithful surged toward the preacher and chaos ensued among the quarter of a million attendees. As po Italy appeals court upholds conviction of 2 Americans in death of a Rome police officer but reduces sentences 07/03/2024 11:40am • ROME (AP) ��� Italy appeals court upholds conviction of 2 Americans in death of a Rome police officer but reduces sentences. Indonesia dismisses its chief election commissioner over sexual assault 07/03/2024 10:49am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesia���s electoral commission fired its chairman on Wednesday after finding him guilty of sexual assault following a complaint by an employee. The General Election Commission's ethics council said its chairman, Hasyim Asyari, committed the assault in October and it The big bet on the UK election is not who will be prime minister 07/03/2024 10:10am • LONDON (AP) ��� In one of the store-front betting shops that are ubiquitous in London, a bookie howls with laughter when asked if anyone is placing bets on Thursday���s election. It���s not that you can���t wager on politics. But the odds on the main event this year have become so lopsided that a wa