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FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2003, file photo, John Hinckley Jr. arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington. Lawyers for Hinckley, the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, are scheduled to argue in court Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, that the 66-year-old should be freed from restrictions placed on him after he moved out of a Washington hospital in 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Is John Hinckley, who shot Reagan, no longer a threat?

A federal judge is considering whether the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan should be be unconditionally released from the restrictions he's been living under
Cars from an Amtrak train that derailed the day before are shown illuminated by floodlights, late Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, as they rest near a train signal near Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago with two locomotives and 10 cars. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Investigators seek cause of deadly Montana train derailment

Investigators are seeking the cause for the weekend derailment of an Amtrak train in far northern Montana that killed three people
Residents clean the ash from the street in Santa Cruz de la Palma on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain on Monday Sept. 27, 2021. A massive cloud of ash prevented flights in and out of the Spanish island of La Palma on Sunday as molten rock continued to be flung high into the air from an erupting volcano. (AP Photo/Saul Santos)

Scientists: Spanish volcano has entered 'low activity' phase

A Spanish island volcano that has buried more than 500 buildings and displaced over 6,000 people since last week lessened its activity on Monday, although scientists warned that it was too early to declare the eruption phase finished
FILE - In this March 11, 2021, file photo, anti-coup protesters retreat from the frontlines after policemen fire sound-bombs and fire with rubber bullets in Yangon, Myanmar. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres bracketed Myanmar with Afghanistan and Ethiopia as nations for whose people 'œpeace and stability remain a distant dream" in a speech last Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, to open the annual U.N. General Assembly. (AP Photo/File)

Concerned United Nations can only sidestep Myanmar crisis

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres bracketed Myanmar with Afghanistan and Ethiopia as nations for whose people 'œpeace and stability remain a distant dream" in a speech last Tuesday to open the annual U.N. General Assembly
Monsoon rain may worsen floods in Thailand, Bangkok prepares
Seasonal monsoon rains may worsen flooding that has already badly affected about a third of Thailand
A Resident passes next to a damaged Greek Orthodox chapel after a strong earthquake in Arcalochori village on the southern island of Crete, Greece, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 has struck the southern Greek island of Crete, and Greek authorities say one person has been killed and several more have been injured. (AP Photo/Harry Nikos)
Strong quake hits Greek island of Crete; 1 dead, 9 injured
A strong earthquake has struck the Greek island of Crete
Bullet fired outside hits Chicago paramedic's hat inside ER
A Chicago Fire Department paramedic treating a patient inside a hospital emergency room narrowly escaped serious injury when a bullet shattered a window and struck his hat
Lexi Worth of Bloomington, Illinois, introduces her son, Axel Riordan, 3, to her horse, Spirit, at J.R. Equestrian in LeRoy, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Lexi tries to provide stimulation for Axel as he suffers with metachromatic leukodystrophy a rare genetic disease that destroys the myelin around nerves throughout the body. (David Proeber/The Pantagraph via AP)
Bloomington family channels activism after rare diagnosis
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - The animals at J.R. Equestrian in LeRoy know that Axel Riordan is different. They knew his mother first because she works at the facility, but they have come to know her 3-year-old son, too.
FILE - In this Friday March 12. 2021, file photo, a view of the empty Federal College of Forestry Mechanization school, following abduction of students by gunmen in Afaka, Kaduna, Nigeria. They spent weeks in the captivity of gunmen in forests ringing Nigeria's troubled northwest region before being freed. Now at least 25 students in northwest Kaduna State have sent in applications for scholarships and admission into schools abroad through a local school committee overseeing the application process. Some of the students, parents and teachers spoke with The Associated Press. (AP Photo, File)
After captivity, Nigerian students seek overseas education
They spent weeks in the captivity of gunmen in forests ringing Nigeria's troubled northwest region before being freed
In this photo provided by Kimberly Fossen an ambulance is parked at the scene of an Amtrak train derailment on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, in north-central Montana. Multiple people were injured when the train that runs between Seattle and Chicago derailed Saturday, the train agency said. (Kimberly Fossen via AP)
A look at recent Amtrak accidents
The deadly Amtrak derailment in north-central Montana of the Empire Builder, traveling from Chicago to Seattle, is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board
Members of Communist Party of India shout slogans during a protest against farm laws in Mumbai, India Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. The farmers called for a nation-wide strike Monday to mark one year since the legislation was passed, marking a return to protests that began over a year ago. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
India's farmers renew protests, challenging Modi government
Thousands of Indian farmers are blocking major roads and railway tracks outside the capital of New Delhi, marking one year of protests against agricultural laws that they say will shatter their livelihoods
A U.S. national flag tops a barricade delimiting territorial gang control in the Bel Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. More than a city, Port-au-Prince is an archipelago of gang-controlled islands. Some neighborhoods are abandoned. Others are barricaded behind fires, destroyed cars and piles of garbage, occupied by heavily armed men. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Haitians returning to a homeland that's far from welcoming
This is the Port-au-Prince that awaits Haitian deportees: An archipelago of gang-controlled islands in a sea of despair
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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