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Exit polls suggest a big win by South Korea’s liberal opposition parties in parliamentary election

Exit polls suggest a big win by South Korea’s liberal opposition parties in parliamentary election

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s liberal opposition parties were expected to win a landslide victory in Wednesday’s parliamentary election , initial exit polls suggested, a result that if confirmed would make conservative President Yoon Suk Ye
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Fire in large Hong Kong residential building kills at least 5 people and injures 34

Fire in large Hong Kong residential building kills at least 5 people and injures 34

HONG KONG (AP) — A fire in a large, mostly residential building in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning killed at least five people and left another 34 injured.
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Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says

Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona will soon join 14 other states that have banned abortion at all stages of pregnancy, a change triggered by a state Supreme Court ruling Tuesday that found officials may enforce an 1864 law criminalizing all abortions except whe
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Missouri man executed for killing his cousin and her husband in 2006

Missouri man executed for killing his cousin and her husband in 2006

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man was executed Tuesday for killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago in an attack that left the couple’s 4-year-old daughter home alone and unharmed.
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Champions League matches go ahead despite Islamic State terror threat

Champions League matches go ahead despite Islamic State terror threat

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — This week’s Champions League games are going ahead as scheduled despite an Islamic State terror threat, the governing body of European soccer said Tuesday.
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Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the 'God particle,' has died at 94

Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the 'God particle,' has died at 94

LONDON (AP) — Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called “God particle” that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, has died at age 94, the University of Edinburgh said Tuesday.
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How effective are California's homelessness programs? Audit finds state hasn't kept track well

How effective are California's homelessness programs? Audit finds state hasn't kept track well

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over the past five years but didn’t consistently track whether the huge outlay of public money actually improved the situation, according to state audit released Tuesday.
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At least 3 dead and 4 missing in an explosion at hydroelectric plant near Bologna

At least 3 dead and 4 missing in an explosion at hydroelectric plant near Bologna

MILAN (AP) — An explosion Tuesday at a decades-old hydroelectric plant in northern Italy killed at least three workers and injured five others, a regional fire chief said. At least four other people were missing.
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Former Venezuelan oil minister is arrested in connection with corruption probe, authorities say

Former Venezuelan oil minister is arrested in connection with corruption probe, authorities say

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s once powerful oil minister who quit last year has been arrested on allegations of corruption, the government announced Tuesday.
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Michigan school shooter's parents sentenced to at least 10 years in prison

Michigan school shooter's parents sentenced to at least 10 years in prison

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A judge sentenced the parents of a Michigan school shooter to at least 10 years in prison Tuesday for failing to take steps that could have prevented a “runaway train” — the killing of four students in 2021 .
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