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Two candidates drop out of Iran presidential election, due to take place Friday amid voter apathy

Two candidates drop out of Iran presidential election, due to take place Friday amid voter apathy

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two candidates in Iran's presidential election withdrew from the race as the country prepared Thursday for the upcoming vote, an effort by hard-liners to coalesce around a unity candidate in the polls to replace the
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Bolivian general arrested after apparent failed coup attempt as government faces new crisis

Bolivian general arrested after apparent failed coup attempt as government faces new crisis

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Led by a top general vowing to “restore democracy,” armored vehicles rammed the doors of Bolivia's government palace Wednesday in what the president called a coup attempt , then quickly retreated — the latest crisis in the Sout
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Feds charge 5, including man acquitted at trial, with conspiring to bribe Minnesota juror with $120K

Feds charge 5, including man acquitted at trial, with conspiring to bribe Minnesota juror with $120K

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Five people were charged Wednesday with conspiring to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for the acquittal of defendants in one of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases, the U.S.
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Texas man executed for 2001 abduction and killing of 18-year-old woman

Texas man executed for 2001 abduction and killing of 18-year-old woman

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who admitted he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and fatally shot an 18-year-old woman in 2001 was executed Wednesday evening. Ramiro Gonzales, 41, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m.
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Former Honduran president sentenced to 45 years for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into US

Former Honduran president sentenced to 45 years for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into US

NEW YORK (AP) — A defiant former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced in New York Wednesday to 45 years in prison for teaming up with some bribe-paying drug traffickers for over a decade to ensure over 400 tons of cocaine made it t
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Jury recommends death penalty for ex-prison guard trainee who murdered 5 women inside Florida bank

Jury recommends death penalty for ex-prison guard trainee who murdered 5 women inside Florida bank

A jury recommended Wednesday that a former prison guard trainee be sentenced to death for his execution-style murders of five women inside a Florida bank five years ago.
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Kenya's president says he won't sign a finance bill that led protesters to storm the parliament

Kenya's president says he won't sign a finance bill that led protesters to storm the parliament

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's president said on Wednesday he won't sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes that prompted thousands of protesters to storm the parliament the previous day , leaving several people killed as police opened fire.
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The Supreme Court seems poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, a Bloomberg News report says

The Supreme Court seems poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, a Bloomberg News report says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a pregnant patient’s health is at serious risk, according to Bloomberg News, which said a copy of the opinion was briefly posted Wednesday on the court's we
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A US journalist goes on trial in Russia on espionage charges that he and his employer deny

A US journalist goes on trial in Russia on espionage charges that he and his employer deny

YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday, 15 months after his arrest in the Russian city on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S.
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No charges for London driver who had seizure and plowed into a school, killing 2 children

No charges for London driver who had seizure and plowed into a school, killing 2 children

LONDON (AP) — The driver of a 4x4 who plowed into a school in southwest London in July, killing two children , suffered a seizure that could not have been predicted and will face no criminal charges, police said Wednesday.
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