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16-year-old killers of transgender teenager in England sentenced for 'sadistic' murder 02/02/2024 01:18pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The two 16-year-old convicted murderers of a transgender teenager in northwest England nearly a year ago were handed life sentences Friday with minimum prison terms of 20 and 22 years. Justice Amanda Yip lifted the reporting restrictions on naming the killers of 16-year-old Brianna G The best African music performance Grammy is new. Its global appeal is not 02/02/2024 01:00pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� From an electrifying and colorful musical performance at the FIFA World Cup to a new Grammy Awards category, African music genres and talents are reaching audiences and dance floors across the globe in a breakthrough for an industry that has long endured structural challenges 1-year prison sentence for ex-Metro transit officer in beating of unarmed rider 02/02/2024 12:59pm • A former D.C. Metro Transit Police Department officer has been sentenced to a year in prison for beating an unarmed rider with a metal baton in 2018. Andra Vance, 48, was sentenced Wednesday to one year and one day in prison, plus a year of supervised release, according to a news release from the As Europe���s farmers find common cause in grievances, governments race to offer concessions 02/02/2024 12:17pm • THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) ��� Greece���s annual Agrotica trade fair traditionally gives farmers a chance see the latest equipment and agricultural innovations. This year, the event is a focal point for their long-standing frustrations. Tractors lined up Friday around the conference center hosting t Massachusetts Senate approves gun bill aimed at ghost guns and assault weapons 02/02/2024 12:10pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� The Massachusetts Senate approved a sweeping gun bill Thursday designed to crack down on ���ghost guns,��� toughen the state���s prohibition on assault weapons and outlaw devices that convert semiautomatic firearms into fully automatic machine guns. The Senate approved the bill on a UK police say a woman attacked with chemicals is doing 'very poorly.' The suspect is still at large 02/02/2024 11:51am • LONDON (AP) ��� Authorities in Britain searched nationwide Friday for a suspect still at large two days after a chemical attack in London left a woman hospitalized with life-changing injuries and also injured her two young daughters. Metropolitan Police Commander Jon Savell said Friday that the wom Toddler twins found dead in car parked on Miami highway 02/02/2024 11:30am • MIAMI (AP) ��� Three-year-old twins died after being found unresponsive in a car parked along Interstate 95 in Miami early Friday and the female driver was critically injured when she jumped off an overpass when police arrived, authorities said. The investigation had traffic tied up north of Downto A man dies after falling from the Tate Modern art gallery in London 02/02/2024 11:10am • LONDON (AP) ��� A man died Friday after falling from the Tate Modern art gallery, one of London's busiest tourist attractions, police said. The Metropolitan Police force said officers and ambulance crews were called to the gallery at about 10:45 a.m. (1045 GMT). A man, who has not been identified, w Today in History: February 2, ���American Sniper��� Chris Kyle killed 02/02/2024 10:20am • Today in History Today is Friday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2024. There are 333 days left in the year. Today in History: On Feb. 2, 2013, former Navy SEAL and ���American Sniper��� author Chris Kyle was fatally shot along with a friend, Chad Littlefield, at a gun range west of Glen Rose, Texas; susp Serbia will seek a UN Security Council meeting over latest escalation of tensions with Kosovo 02/02/2024 09:29am • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ��� Serbia will seek an urgent U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss the escalation of tensions with its former province of Kosovo after its government decided to ban the use of the Serbian dinar and introduce the euro in areas where minority Serbs live, Serbia's president s CAF taking steps to tackle 'unprofessional' behavior by journalists at Africa Cup 02/02/2024 09:21am • ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) ��� The Confederation of African Football is taking steps to tackle what it calls the ���escalating unbecoming and unprofessional��� conduct of journalists at the Africa Cup of Nations. It comes after several incidents, including reporters fighting among each other and cele Norway expects landslides, avalanches and heavy rain after the worst storm in over 30 years 02/02/2024 08:40am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� Authorities in Norway issued several landslide and avalanche warnings for the southern part of the country Friday as it continued to get hammered by bad weather that officials said also might close roads in the north at short notice. Flights to and from the airport in t Farmers are blocking key roads between Belgium and the Netherlands in the latest sign of their anger 02/02/2024 07:13am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Farmers parked their tractors across key road crossings on the border between Belgium and the Netherlands on Friday in their latest protest against excessive red tape and competition from cheap imports. The roadblocks, mainly by Belgian farmers with support of some Dutch colleagues Swedish security agency is investigating an object found at the Israeli Embassy as an act of terror 02/02/2024 07:01am • STOCKHOLM (AP) ��� Sweden's domestic security agency said Friday that it's investigating ���a dangerous object��� that was found at the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm earlier this week as possible terrorism. The agency, known by its acronym SAPO, said that it had taken over the investigation from Stoc Hospitalized man tells Japanese police he is a highly wanted fugitive, dies four days later 02/02/2024 05:55am • TOKYO (AP) ��� A man who died at a Japanese hospital this week told police before he passed away that he was one of the country's most wanted fugitives and had been on the run for nearly 50 years for being part of a radical group that carried out bombings in the 1970s, police said Friday. Police had