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Boston mayor apologizes to Black men wrongly accused in 1989 murder that shone spotlight on racism

By STEVE LeBLANC
Dec 20, 2023 10:00 am - BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued a formal apology Wednesday to two Black men who were wrongly accused in a 1989 murder of a white woman, a case that coarsene...
South dominates US population gains as deaths drop

By MIKE SCHNEIDER
Dec 19, 2023 12:26 pm - ORLANDO, Fla. — South Carolina and Florida were the two fastest-growing states in the U.S., as the South dominated population gains in 2023, and the U.S. growth rate tick...
Storm batters Northeastern US, knocking out power, grounding flights and flooding roads

By PATRICK WHITTLE
Dec 18, 2023 12:54 pm - PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A storm barreled up the East Coast on Monday, flooding roads and downing trees in the Northeast, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, and f...
A suspected cyberattack paralyzes the majority of gas stations across Iran

Associated Press
Dec 18, 2023 7:02 am - TEHRAN, Iran — Nearly 70% of Iran’s gas stations went out of service on Monday following possible sabotage — a reference to cyberattacks, Iranian state TV reported. The r...
European Union investigating Musk's X over possible breaches of social media law

Associated Press
Dec 18, 2023 6:51 am - LONDON — European Union are looking into whether Elon Musk’s online platform X breached tough new social media regulations in the first such investigation since the rules...
Arizona’s governor is sending the state’s National Guard to the border to help with a migrant influx

By ANITA SNOW
Dec 15, 2023 10:15 pm - PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's governor on Friday ordered the state's National Guard to the border with Mexico to help federal officials manage an influx of migrants. Democrat...
Mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher in Virginia gets 2 years in prison for child neglect

By BEN FINLEY and DENISE LAVOIE
Dec 15, 2023 10:15 pm - NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in a Virginia classroom was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for felony child neglect ...
Prince Harry hails court victory as ‘great day for truth’ after judge finds tabloid hacked his phone

By BRIAN MELLEY
Dec 15, 2023 7:30 am - LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry won his historic phone hacking lawsuit Friday against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over 140,000 pounds ($180,000) in the f...
A US pine species thrives when burnt. Southerners are rekindling a 'fire culture' to boost its range

By JAMES POLLARD
Dec 15, 2023 7:01 am - WEST END, N.C. (AP) — Jesse Wimberley burns the woods with neighbors. Using new tools to revive an old communal tradition, they set fire to wiregrasses and forest debris ...
Airbnb agrees to pay $621 million to settle a tax dispute in Italy

Associated Press
Dec 15, 2023 6:58 am - ROME (AP) — Short-term rental platform Airbnb has agreed to pay 576 million euros ($621 million) to settle a years-long dispute over unpaid taxes in Italy but said it won...

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