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Competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights will appear on Nebraska’s November ballot
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska voters will choose between two competing abortion measures to either expand abortion rights or limit them to the current 12-week ban - a development likely to drive more ...
Aug 26, 2024
South Carolina sets date for first execution in more than 13 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina has set a Sept. 20 date to put inmate Freddie Eugene Owens to death in what would be the state's first execution in more than 13 years. South Carolina was once one...
Aug 26, 2024
Michigan man gets another life sentence in 2-year-old's kidnapping death
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A federal judge has handed a Michigan man who pleaded guilty in the kidnapping and killing of his former girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter a second life sentence. U.S. Distri...
Aug 26, 2024
A 2nd ex-Memphis officer pleads guilty in Tyre Nichols' death. He could serve 40 years in prison
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Federal prosecutors agreed to recommend a prison sentence of no more than 40 years for a former Memphis police officer who pleaded guilty Friday to federal civil rights violation...
Aug 26, 2024
An attack at a festival in a German city kills 3 people and wounds at least 5 seriously
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) - An attacker with a knife killed three people and seriously wounded at least five late on Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, authorities said. Witness...
Aug 26, 2024
Islamic State group claims responsibility for knife attack that killed 3 in Solingen, Germany
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) - The Islamic State militant group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a knife attack that killed three people and wounded eight more at a crowded festival marking this city'...
Aug 26, 2024
German police say a 26-year-old man has turned himself in, claiming to be Solingen knife attacker
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) - German police said early Sunday that a 26-year-old man turned himself in, claiming to be behind the deadly Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded. Dsseld...
Aug 26, 2024
German police say 26-year-old man has turned himself in, claiming to be behind Solingen knife attack
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) - A 26-year-old man turned himself into police, saying he was responsible for the Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city's 6...
Aug 26, 2024
Tropical Storm Hone increases to Category 1 hurricane strength while approaching Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) - Tropical Storm Hone increased to a Category 1 hurricane while continuing its steady approach toward Hawaii late Saturday, forecasters said. Hone (pronounced hoe-NEH) had top winds of 7...
Aug 26, 2024
2 separate bus crashes in Pakistan leave at least 36 people dead, officials say
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Two separate bus crashes hours apart in Pakistan on Sunday left at least 36 people dead and dozens more injured, officials said. The first happened when a bus carrying Shiite Muslim p...
Aug 26, 2024