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A man arrested over death of a hockey player whose neck was cut with skate blade is released on bail 11/15/2023 05:40pm • LONDON (AP) ��� A man who was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in the death of American ice hockey player Adam Johnson, whose neck was cut by a skate during a game, was released on bail Wednesday. Johnson, 29, was playing for the Nottingham Panthers against the Sheffield Steelers on Oct. 28 wh Video shows North Carolina officer repeatedly striking a pinned woman during her arrest 11/15/2023 05:26pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� A video circulating on social media shows a North Carolina police officer repeatedly striking a Black woman during an arrest while several other officers hold her down, and although the department contends that the officer was ���intentional��� about where he hit the woman t Haitian gang leader added to FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for kidnapping and killing Americans 11/15/2023 05:19pm • MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) ��� The FBI added a Haitian gang leader to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on Wednesday for the kidnapping and slaying of American missionaries in that country, but conceded capturing him will be a difficult task in the often lawless nation. In conjunction with the announcemen 24 people arrested in a drug trafficking investigation in Oregon 11/15/2023 05:18pm • GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) ��� An investigation into what authorities described as a major drug trafficking group based in southern Oregon resulted in two dozen arrests and seizures of guns, fentanyl, methamphetamine and other drugs, law enforcement agencies said Wednesday. The Drug Enforcement Administ NYC carriage driver shown in video flogging horse is charged with animal cruelty 11/15/2023 05:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A carriage horse driver was charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty on Wednesday, more than a year after his frail, ill horse collapsed on the streets of Manhattan, prosecutors announced. Ian McKeever, 54, was arraigned on a charge of overdriving, torturing and injuring an animal o Mid Atlantic Daybook 11/15/2023 04:31pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Wednesday, Nov. 15. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 The Israeli military has set its sights on southern Gaza. Problems loom in next phase of war 11/15/2023 04:27pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� After raiding the Gaza Strip���s largest hospital, Israel appears close to completing its takeover of the besieged territory���s northern sector, which it has described as the headquarters of the ruling Hamas militant group. But as the military sets its sights on southern Gaza in Nikki Haley walks back her demand that social media ban anonymous posters after facing GOP backlash 11/15/2023 04:15pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� Nikki Haley on Wednesday partially walked back her proposed requirement that social media companies ban people from posting anonymously online for national security reasons, a stance for which she drew backlash across conservative social media and some of her GOP presidential Father of July 4th parade shooting suspect turns himself in to begin jail sentence 11/15/2023 04:03pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� The father of the suspect in a deadly Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago turned himself in Wednesday to begin a 60-day jail sentence, but not before the judge reprimanded him for violating court rules. Robert Crimo Jr. entered a guilty plea to seven misdemeanor coun Black and Latino students lack access to certified teachers and advanced classes, US data shows 11/15/2023 03:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� America���s Black and Latino students are at a disadvantage in nearly every measure of educational opportunity, with less access to advanced classes, counselors and even certified teachers, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Education Department. The findings refle The police officer suspected in French teen's killing that set off riots has been freed during probe 11/15/2023 03:28pm • PARIS (AP) ��� A police officer being investigated in the killing of a 17-year-old of North African origin that touched off riots around France was freed from jail Wednesday while the probe continues. The prosecutor���s office in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, where Nahel Merzouk was shot, said magis Delaware Supreme Court asked to overturn former state auditor's public corruption convictions 11/15/2023 03:28pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) ��� Delaware���s Supreme Court is weighing whether to overturn the unprecedented convictions of the state���s former auditor on public corruption charges. The court heard arguments Wednesday in the case of Kathy McGuiness, who was convicted last year on misdemeanor charges of confli 13-year-old Texas boy sentenced to prison for murder in fatal shooting at a Sonic Drive-In 11/15/2023 02:20pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� A 13-year-old Texas boy convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of a Sonic Drive-In employee has been sentenced to 12 years incarceration, authorities said. A judge issued the sentence Tuesday following days of evidentiary hearings over what punishment the boy should face in the ra Mistrial declared for Texas officer in fatal shooting of an unarmed man 11/15/2023 01:49pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� A mistrial was declared Wednesday for a Texas police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in Austin. The mistrial for Austin Officer Christopher Taylor was announced by Judge Dayna Blazey after jurors were unable to reach a verdict following five days of deliberati Zimbabwe's opposition says the country is going in 'a dangerous direction��� after activist's killing 11/15/2023 01:37pm • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ��� Zimbabwe���s opposition leader warned Wednesday that the country is ���heading into a dangerous direction��� as his party mourned an official abducted while campaigning for upcoming elections and later found dead. Tapfumaneyi Masaya, 51, was part of a team of Citizens for C