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Editorial Roundup: United States 06/14/2024 12:41pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 9 The Washington Post says freed hostages are good, now it's time for a truce Some 245 days after Hamas kidnapped them from an outdoor music festival on Oct. 7, 2023, four Israeli hostages are free, liberated in a daring daylight An Italian activist elected to European Parliament has been freed in Hungary, will return home soon 06/14/2024 12:39pm • ROME (AP) — An Italian anti-fascist activist was released from house arrest in Hungary on Friday after being elected as a new member of the European Parliament for the Italian Green and Left Alliance, the party’s leaders said. Local police in Budapest removed Ilaria Salis’ electronic bracelet AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean 06/14/2024 12:07pm • June 7-13, 2024 Within Bolivia, the world’s third-biggest producer of the coca leaf, and of cocaine, the ancient leaf has inspired spiritual rituals among Indigenous communities for generations — and more recently, among the well-heeled with a deluge of coca-related products. Amid Mexico’s hea Former Nashville officer arrested after allegedly participating in an adult video while on duty 06/14/2024 11:37am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Nashville police officer has been arrested for two counts of felony official misconduct after law enforcement officials say he allegedly participated in adult video while on duty. According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, 33-year-old Sean Herman was fired Israel-Hamas war roils congressional race outside New York City, testing Democrats in pivotal clash 06/14/2024 11:24am • TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The war between Israel and Hamas is roiling a congressional primary election between two Democrats in New York, reflecting a divide that has splintered the party nationally since the conflict began last year. U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, one of several House liberals who have qu 2 men die after falling into manure tanker in upstate New York 06/14/2024 09:55am • CLINTON, N.Y. (AP) — Two men died after falling into a manure tanker in upstate New York, police said. It happened just after 11 a.m. Thursday at a farm in the central New York town of Kirkland. One of the men tried to retrieve a piece of equipment that had fallen into the tanker, the Kirkland Pol DNA testing advances lead to arrest of suspect in Fairfax Co. sex assault cases dating back to 1998 06/14/2024 08:40am • An advancement in DNA testing has lead to an arrest in several cold case sexual assaults in Fairfax County, Virginia. All three cases go back decades. Edward Eugene Pottmyer, 58, of Chantilly has been arrested on charges connected to three unsolved sexual assault cases, according to a Thursday ne Sweden summons Iraqi diplomat to protest death penalties reportedly handed to 2 Swedes 06/14/2024 08:07am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden's Foreign Ministry said officials summoned the Iraqi chargé d’affaires Friday to protest against death sentences handed down to Swedes in Iraq. Swedish media reported in recent days that two Swedes have been sentenced to death in Iraq after being convicted of k Swedish officials say weak replacement parts caused a fatal roller coaster derailment last year 06/14/2024 08:03am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish accident investigators on Friday said the country's oldest amusement park didn't properly test new parts for a roller coaster that derailed last year and sent some passengers plunging to the ground, killing one and injuring nine others, one seriously. The June 2 AP Week in Pictures: Global 06/14/2024 07:31am • June 7-13, 2024 Cambodians pray for rain and good fortune in the He Neak Ta ritual, people suffering respiratory ailments receive a secret herbal treatment with live fish in India, and soldiers and politicians commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France. People react to the war between Hamas Godfather of Go-Go's son leads Chuck Brown Band at Maryland concert to ring in Father's Day, Juneteenth 06/14/2024 06:53am • It's time to "bust loose" and ring in both Father's Day and Juneteenth with some go-go music! This Saturday, the Chuck Brown Band headlines a free concert at Watkins Regional Park in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on a lineup that includes Trouble Funk, the Luther Relives Tr Explosions in a Swiss garage have left 2 people dead and 11 injured 06/14/2024 06:51am • BERLIN (AP) — Two people have been found dead after explosions in an underground parking garage at an apartment building in northern Switzerland and 11 others sustained minor injuries, authorities said Friday. Swiss media reported that the explosions created a large cloud of smoke that was visible Former Germany defender Jérôme Boateng back in court for domestic abuse case 06/14/2024 06:08am • MUNICH (AP) — Germany defender Jérôme Boateng went on trial for a fourth time on allegations of assault against his former partner on Friday, but the proceeding was quickly halted after the judge appealed to both parties to reach an agreement. German news agency dpa reported that judge Susanne H Boy accused of terrorist act in Sydney church faces new charges of stabbing bishop and priest 06/14/2024 04:55am • SYDNEY (AP) — A 16-year-old boy accused of committing a terrorist act by stabbing a bishop in a Sydney church in April faces two additional charges, a court was told on Friday. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested at the scene of the stabbing on April 15 in an Assyrian Orth Spiraling criminal violence causes morgue to overflow, foul odors to spread in Ecuadorian city 06/13/2024 10:35pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Spiraling criminal violence in one of Ecuador’s most dangerous cities caused a buildup of unidentified and unclaimed bodies that exceeded the capacity of Guayaquil's main morgue, officials confirmed Thursday. The government of Guayas, the province of which Guayaquil is the