Crime
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Danes: Pirates off West Africa suspected of taking hostages
Dec 15, 2021 6:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Pirates are suspected of taking six hostages from a container ship in international waters in the Gulf of Guinea this week, Denmark's military...
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At Kim Potter trial, jurors get 2 views of former officer
Dec 15, 2021 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Jurors at the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter have been getting two versions of the white former suburban Minneapolis police officer, who says she ma...
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Appellate judges raise doubts about Weinstein's conviction
Dec 15, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A New York appeals court blasted Manhattan prosecutors Wednesday for filling out Harvey Weinstein's rape trial last year with what one judge deemed 'œinc...
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Germany expels Russian diplomats over state-ordered killing
Dec 15, 2021 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Germany announced Wednesday it is expelling two Russian diplomats after a German court concluded that Moscow was behind the killing of a Chechen man in Ber...
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Brazil police search home of likely presidential candidate
Dec 15, 2021 6:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil's Federal Police on Wednesday searched the home of Ciro Gomes, a left-wing politician expected to run for president next year, as part of an...
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Texts show top Trump defenders' private alarm on Jan. 6
Dec 15, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - As a mob overran the U.S. Capitol last January, some of Donald Trump's highest-profile defenders in the media - and even his own son - sent urgent text...
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Span of Memphis street renamed for slain rapper Young Dolph
Dec 15, 2021 6:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Family and friends of slain rapper Young Dolph remembered him Wednesday as a loving father, skilled businessman and generous philanthropist at a ce...
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House votes to hold Mark Meadows in contempt in Jan. 6 probe
Dec 15, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted Tuesday to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he ceased to cooperate with the Jan. 6 Com...
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Rollins tells of threats as she readies for US attorney job
Dec 15, 2021 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Rachael Rollins says she has endured racist and threatening messages as she prepares to become Massachusetts' top federal prosecutor. Rollins. a Democrat, ...
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House votes to hold Mark Meadows in contempt in Jan. 6 probe
Dec 15, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has voted to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he ceased to cooperate with the Jan. 6 Committ...