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Madagascar police impose curfew on eve of presidential election, after polling stations torched 11/15/2023 01:24pm • ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) ��� Authorities in Madagascar imposed a night-time curfew in the capital after some polling stations were set on fire ahead of Thursday's presidential elections that most opposition candidates are boycotting. President Andry Rajoelina has pushed for a vote seeking reele Bus accident leaves at least 39 dead and 17 injured on Himalayan road in Indian-controlled Kashmir 11/15/2023 01:06pm • SRINAGAR, India (AP) ��� A passenger bus slid off a Himalayan highway killing at least 39 people and injuring 17 others after rolling down a steep slope onto another road in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. The 42-seater bus was on the way to southern Jammu city from Kishtwar An Iranian rights lawyer detained for allegedly not wearing hijab was freed on bail, husband says 11/15/2023 12:51pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer who was detained last month for allegedly violating the country's mandatory headscarf law was freed on bail, her husband said Wednesday. Reza Khandan, the husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, posted on the platform X, formerly known US Army to overturn century-old convictions of 110 Black soldiers 11/15/2023 12:18pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� The U.S. Army is overturning the convictions of 110 Black soldiers ��� 19 of whom were executed ��� for a mutiny at a Houston military camp a century ago, an effort to atone for imposing harsh punishments linked to Jim Crow-era racism. U.S. Army officials announced the historic reve Magnitude 3.6 earthquake rattles parts of northern Illinois, parts of 3 other states, USGS says 11/15/2023 11:37am • STANDARD, Ill. (AP) ��� A magnitude 3.6 earthquake rattled northern Illinois and parts of three other states early Wednesday, awakening some residents and spurring reports to 911 about homes shaking, the U.S. Geological Survey and police said. The small earthquake was detected about 4:41 a.m. local Bangladesh sets Jan. 7 date for elections that the opposition has vowed to boycott 11/15/2023 11:33am • DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) ��� Bangladesh���s expected parliamentary elections will be held on Jan. 7, electoral authorities announced Wednesday, but the opposition reiterated its vow to boycott the polls unless the government hands power to a caretaker administration. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has pl Police say carjacker stole Amazon delivery van at gunpoint in DC then crashed in Prince George's Co. after chase 11/15/2023 11:26am • A person is in custody after allegedly stealing an Amazon delivery van at gunpoint in Southeast D.C. Tuesday night and taking police on a chase before crashing the vehicle in Prince George���s County, Maryland. D.C. police were alerted by Prince George���s County police that they were following a An ethnic resistance group in northern Myanmar says an entire army battalion has surrendered to it 11/15/2023 11:06am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� A Myanmar army battalion based near the Chinese border surrendered to an alliance of ethnic armed groups that launched a surprise offensive last month against the military, a spokesperson for one of the groups said Wednesday. The surrender on Sunday of 261 people ��� 127 soldiers an Movie Review: Taika Waititi's 'Next Goal Wins' is a sweet, frothy diversion but no knee slide 11/15/2023 10:47am • In ���Next Goal Wins,��� a soccer coach comes from far away to lead a hapless group of athletes. He's a fish-out-of-water type, ill-suited for the job, but rises to the occasion and everyone feels good at the end. Wait, you're thinking, that's the plot of ���Ted Lasso.��� Well, only kind of. Writer- Police say a US tourist died when a catamaran carrying more than 100 people sank in the Bahamas 11/15/2023 10:47am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� A U.S. tourist died in the Bahamas after a catamaran carrying more than 100 people sank while traveling to a private island, police said Wednesday. Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings told The Associated Press that the unidentified 74-year-old woman was from Broomf Md. GOP calls on Democrats to join them in getting tough on crime legislation 11/15/2023 10:36am • House and Senate Republicans called for a renewed effort to combat crime in advance of the 2024 General Assembly session. Calling crime a growing crisis, Republican leaders said it is incumbent that lawmakers act in the coming session. They called on Democrats to join with them to pass measures t NATO to buy 6 more 'eyes in the sky' planes to update its surveillance capability 11/15/2023 10:11am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� NATO announced Wednesday it has opted to buy six new E-7A Wedgetail surveillance planes built by U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing as the 31-nation military alliance looks to update its eyes in the sky in coming years. NATO���s fleet of 14 Airborne Warning and Control System, or AW 3 French Bulldogs dognapped in Southeast DC armed robbery 11/15/2023 09:46am • Three French Bulldogs were stolen in Southeast D.C. early Tuesday morning and police are asking for the public's help in finding three suspects in the armed robbery. The dogs ��� named Chewy, Coco and Buttercup ��� were taken from their owner as he was walking them in the 5200 block of East Capit Suspected German anti-government extremist convicted of shooting at police 11/15/2023 09:25am • BERLIN (AP) ��� A suspected anti-government extremist was convicted of attempted murder in Germany on Wednesday for firing at police who had come to search his home for an unauthorized weapon. The Stuttgart state court sentenced the 55-year-old German citizen, whose name it didn't release, to 14 1/2 Woman dies after being stabbed in random attack at Louisiana Tech University; 2 others hospitalized 11/15/2023 08:21am • RUSTON, La. (AP) ��� One of four women stabbed in what officials said was a random attack on a Louisiana college campus has died, the school announced. Annie Richardson had been in critical condition after Monday's attack and she died of her injuries Tuesday evening, according to a statement from Lo