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Nebraska prosecutors charge man with murder in fatal stabbing of small town priest inside rectory

Nebraska prosecutors charge man with murder in fatal stabbing of small town priest inside rectory

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Far-right lawmaker extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish parliament

Far-right lawmaker extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish parliament

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A far-right lawmaker in the Polish parliament on Tuesday extinguished candles on a menorah that were lit for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah , creating disruption and scandal as a new pro-EU government was beginning its work.
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Kentucky woman seeking court approval for abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity

Kentucky woman seeking court approval for abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion has learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity, her attorneys said Tuesday.
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Harvard board keeps president as leader of Ivy League school following antisemitism backlash

Harvard board keeps president as leader of Ivy League school following antisemitism backlash

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard President Claudine Gay will remain leader of the prestigious Ivy League school following her comments last week at a congressional hearing on antisemitism, the university's highest governing body announced Tuesday.
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Suicide bomber attacks police station in northwest Pakistan, killing 23 officers and wounding 32

Suicide bomber attacks police station in northwest Pakistan, killing 23 officers and wounding 32

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a police station's main gate in northwest Pakistan early Tuesday, killing at least 23 troops and wounding 32 others, and causing a part of the building to collapse, t
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Texas woman who sought court permission for abortion leaves state for the procedure, attorneys say

Texas woman who sought court permission for abortion leaves state for the procedure, attorneys say

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal condition left the state to get an abortion elsewhere before the state Supreme Court on Monday rejected her unprecedented challenge of one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S.
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Special counsel Jack Smith asks the Supreme Court to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted

Special counsel Jack Smith asks the Supreme Court to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to take up and rule quickly on whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results.
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Man imprisoned as teen for flower shop killing is released after judge throws out his conviction

Man imprisoned as teen for flower shop killing is released after judge throws out his conviction

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A 35-year-old man who was sent to prison for the 2004 killing of a man in a Minneapolis flower shop was released Monday after a judge ruled the eyewitness evidence on which his conviction rested was unreliable.
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Bronze top hat missing from Abraham Lincoln statue in Kentucky

Bronze top hat missing from Abraham Lincoln statue in Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Abraham Lincoln's top hat is missing from a bronze sculpture along the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Critics pan draft text at UN climate talks as watered down as COP28 nears its finale in Dubai

Critics pan draft text at UN climate talks as watered down as COP28 nears its finale in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Countries moved closer to reaching what critics called a watered-down final deal Monday, avoiding calls from more than 100 nations to phase out planet-warming fossil fuels as United Nations climate talks in Dubai ne
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