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Haiti police retake control of a police station in the capital that was attacked by gangs 07/02/2024 10:19am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� Officers regained control of a police station in Haiti's capital that had been the target of armed gangs in recent months, authorities said Monday. The station in Gressier, located in the western tip of Port-au-Prince, was most recently attacked on Sunday in an assault Vandals behead a controversial sculpture of Mary giving birth to Jesus in an Austrian cathedral 07/02/2024 09:47am • VATICAN CITY (AP) ��� Vandals have beheaded a sculpture featuring the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus that had been exhibited in the cathedral in the Austrian city of Linz and drawn criticism from some Catholics who said it was blasphemous. The sculpture had been on view at the St. Mary Cathedral, A powerful summer storm sweeps through Balkans with hail, rain and winds, killing 2 07/02/2024 09:15am • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ��� A powerful storm has swept through countries in the western Balkans after several days of sizzling temperatures, killing two people and damaging houses, pulling out trees and flooding streets, officials said on Tuesday. Heavy rain, hail and strong winds tore through Sloven P��l Enger, Norwegian art thief behind famed 1994 heist of Munch's 'The Scream,' dead at 57 07/02/2024 07:38am • HELSINKI (AP) ��� P��l Enger, a talented Norwegian soccer player turned celebrity art thief who pulled off the sensational 1994 heist of Edvard Munch���s famed ���The Scream��� painting from the National Gallery in Oslo, has died. He was 57. Tina Wulf, press officer at V��lerenga Fotball, an acclaim Le Pen first had success in an ex-mining town. Her message there is now winning over French society 07/02/2024 06:49am • HENIN-BEAUMONT, France (AP) ��� In the former mining town at the heart of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen���s political strategy, her party's electoral success Sunday came as no surprise to hundreds of supporters who gathered to see her victory speech. The same promises to bring back good jobs What we know about the fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old boy in upstate New York 07/02/2024 06:19am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Police in upstate New York tackled and then shot a 13-year-old boy to death after he pointed what turned out to be a BB gun at officers during a foot chase. Utica officials released body camera footage of Friday night's shooting on Saturday and held a contentious public meeting att Son's soccer academy in South Korea denies bullying allegations involving coaches 07/02/2024 06:10am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� Allegations of coaches verbally and physically abusing a young player at the Son Football Academy funded by English Premier League star Son Heung-min are being investigated by South Korean prosecutors. Hundreds of South Korean children have attended the academy with the d Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in India's northeast kill at least 16 people 07/02/2024 05:40am • GUWAHATI, India (AP) ��� Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 16 people over the last two weeks in India's northeast, where more than 300,000 have been displaced from their submerged homes, authorities said on Tuesday. The Indian army and air force have been assisting Driver whose car struck pedestrians in South Korea will face accidental homicide investigation 07/02/2024 04:38am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� A driver whose car struck pedestrians waiting at a crowded intersection in South Korea's capital, killing nine people, will be investigated on allegations of accidental homicide, police said Tuesday. The car hit several people Monday night in central Seoul, after reported Australian police arrest 14-year-old boy suspected of stabbing a student at the University of Sydney 07/02/2024 04:04am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� A 14-year-old boy dressed in military clothing was arrested after police alleged he stabbed a 22-year-old student in the neck Tuesday at the University of Sydney. The student was taken to hospital in a stable condition. The suspect was treated in hospital for cuts and w As Iran faces a rare runoff presidential election, disenchanted voters are staying away 07/02/2024 01:20am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Over 20 years ago, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stood before a crowd at Friday prayers to denounce the United States for its disenchanted electorate. ���It is disgraceful for a nation to have a 35% or 40% voter turnout, as happens in some of the n Israel orders Palestinians to flee Khan Younis, signaling likely new assault on southern Gaza city 07/02/2024 12:11am • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� The Israeli army ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from much of Khan Younis on Monday, a sign that troops are likely to launch a new ground assault into the Gaza Strip���s second-largest city. The order suggests Khan Younis will be the latest target of Israel Pakistani court sentences Christian man to death for posting hateful content against Muslims 07/02/2024 12:08am • MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) ��� A court in Pakistan sentenced a Christian man to death for sharing what it said was hateful content against Muslims on social media after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the eastern Punjab province last year, his lawyer said Monday, adding he will appeal the v Highlights from Supreme Court term: Rulings on Trump, regulation, abortion, guns and homelessness 07/02/2024 12:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court ended its term by ruling for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, a decision that almost certainly means Donald Trump won't stand trial before the November election. That closely watched ruling, which drew sharp dissent fro Today in History: July 2, Civil Rights Act signed into law 07/02/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Tuesday, July 2, the 184th day of 2024. There are 182 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress prohibiting discrimination and segregation based on race