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Spain's Socialists will grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in return for support of new government 11/09/2023 10:49pm • MADRID (AP) — Spain's Socialist Party has struck a deal with a fringe Catalan separatist party to grant an amnesty for potentially thousands of people involved in the region's failed secession bid in exchange for its backing of acting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in forming a new governme Police say 2 Jewish schools in Montreal were hit by gunshots; no injuries reported 11/09/2023 09:30pm • MONTREAL (AP) — Two Jewish schools in Montreal were hit overnight by gunshots, police said Thursday. Staff members discovered bullet holes on the exterior of the buildings when they arrived Thursday morning. Nobody was inside at the time of the shootings, police said. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Man charged after he fired 2 shots trying to prevent purse snatching on NYC subway 11/09/2023 08:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A man who pulled out a pistol and fired it on a New York City subway platform in an apparent attempt to stop someone from stealing a woman's purse was charged Thursday with criminal possession of a weapon and menacing. No one was struck by the gunshots Tuesday inside the station, l Man sentenced to life for fatally shooting 2 Dallas hospital workers after his girlfriend gave birth 11/09/2023 07:46pm • DALLAS (AP) — A man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after being convicted of fatally shooting two workers at a Dallas hospital last year as he argued with his girlfriend, who had just given birth to their child. Nestor Hernandez, 31, was found guilty of capital murder in the October 2022 Former top prosecutor for Baltimore convicted in perjury case tied to purchase of Florida homes 11/09/2023 07:33pm • GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A former top prosecutor for the city of Baltimore was convicted on Thursday of charges that she lied about the finances of a side business to improperly access retirement funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, using the money to buy two Florida homes. A federal jury convicted fo Minneapolis police lieutenant disciplined over racist email promoted to homicide unit leader 11/09/2023 07:28pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police lieutenant who was placed on paid leave for more than a year for forwarding a racist email has been promoted to lead the department's homicide unit, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. The promotion of 25-year veteran Aimee Linson angered police reform ad Two days after an indictment, North Carolina's state auditor says she'll resign 11/09/2023 07:22pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood announced on Thursday that she will resign from her elected post next month, a decision coming two days after she was indicted on charges that she misused her state-owned vehicle for personal activities. Wood, a Democrat who was first el Police investigate vandalism at US Rep. Monica De La Cruz's Texas office over Israel-Hamas war 11/09/2023 07:16pm • McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas police said Thursday they are investigating messages spray-painted on U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz's office that condemn the Republican's support for Israel in the war with Hamas. De La Cruz is a first-term congresswoman whose district is on the U.S.-Mexico border. Spoke Father of Liverpool striker Luis Díaz released after his kidnapping in Colombia by ELN guerrillas 11/09/2023 06:55pm • BARRANCAS, Colombia (AP) — The father of Liverpool striker Luis Díaz was released Thursday by members of a guerrilla group who kidnapped him in northern Colombia, the government announced, ending a 12-day ordeal for the family. Luis Manuel Díaz’s kidnapping on Oct. 28 from his hometown of Bar 2 men accused of assaulting officers with flagpole, wasp spray during Capitol riot 11/09/2023 06:44pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two men in Indiana and Illinois were arrested this week and accused of separately assaulting peace officers with a flagpole and wasp spray during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Troy Allen Koen, 53, of Brownsburg, Indiana, fac Former Arizona senator reports being molested while running in Iowa 11/09/2023 06:29pm • COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A former United States senator from Arizona has said she was molested while jogging along the Missouri River in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Martha McSally described the Wednesday morning attack in a video she posted online. “A man came up behind me and he engulfed me in a Chase on Texas border that killed 8 puts high-speed pursuits in spotlight again 11/09/2023 06:14pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The white Honda Civic sped down Highway 57, a rural two-lane corridor that reaches the U.S.-Mexico border, after a Texas sheriff's deputy tried pulling over the car and gave chase when it didn't stop. High-speed pursuits of migrants and suspected smugglers have become routine Virginia school system says ongoing claim of sex assaults on school grounds was fabricated 11/09/2023 06:14pm • FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Allegations that a northern Virginia seventh-grader was repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted at her school more than a decade ago were totally fabricated, lawyers for the school system contend in a court filing seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit she filed. The onetime s Former Louisville officer charged in Breonna Taylor raid says he was defending fellow officers 11/09/2023 06:09pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The ex-Louisville police officer on trial for firing into Breonna Taylor’s apartment the night she was killed testified Thursday he had to react quickly after a fellow officer was shot in the leg during the drug raid. Brett Hankison said he saw a muzzle flash come from ins FBI offers $10,000 reward for info leading to capture of Jan. 6 attack fugitive from New Jersey 11/09/2023 06:04pm • HELMETTA, N.J. (AP) — After two days of searching for a suspect in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol who fled as federal agents approached his home, the FBI on Thursday offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the New Jersey man. The agency said it and other law enfo