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Youths clash with French police and loot in 4th night of riots triggered by fatal police shooting

Youths clash with French police and loot in 4th night of riots triggered by fatal police shooting

NANTERRE, France (AP) — Young rioters clashed with police and looted stores overnight Friday in a fourth night of unrest in France triggered by the deadly police shooting of a teen , piling more pressure on President Emmanuel Macron after he appealed
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Suspected gunman in Texas shooting that killed 5 neighbors indicted on capital murder charge

Suspected gunman in Texas shooting that killed 5 neighbors indicted on capital murder charge

CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — A man accused of killing five neighbors in Texas after some of them complained that gunfire was keeping a baby awake was indicted Friday on a capital murder charge that could carry the death penalty.
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Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running for office until 2030

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running for office until 2030

SAO PAULO (AP) — Far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was barred Friday from running for office again until 2030 after a panel of judges concluded that he abused his power and cast unfounded doubts on the country’s electronic voting sy
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Biden offers alternative student debt relief plan that would remove immediate threat of default

Biden offers alternative student debt relief plan that would remove immediate threat of default

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden vowed Friday to push ahead with a new plan to provide student loan relief for millions of borrowers while blaming Republican “hypocrisy” for triggering the day's Supreme Court decision that wiped out his original
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A Tajik man fatally shot two officers at Moldova's airport after he was denied entry, officials say

A Tajik man fatally shot two officers at Moldova's airport after he was denied entry, officials say

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — A Tajikistan national who was denied entry into Moldova at its main international airport grabbed a guard's weapon and fatally shot two security officers Friday, officials said. One traveler also was wounded.
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Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, says state constitution gives only limited protections

Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, says state constitution gives only limited protections

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state's abortion ban doesn't violate the state constitution, removing a major hurdle to enforcing the ban Republicans approved last summer.
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The Supreme Court will decide if some judges have gone too far in striking down gun restrictions

The Supreme Court will decide if some judges have gone too far in striking down gun restrictions

WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after its sweeping gun rights ruling , the Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether judges are going too far in striking down restrictions on firearms.
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France mobilizes tens of thousands of police to head off unrest after police fatally shot a teenager

France mobilizes tens of thousands of police to head off unrest after police fatally shot a teenager

NANTERRE, France (AP) — France mobilized tens of thousands of police officers Thursday in an effort to head off widespread urban rioting following the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old that shocked the nation, with commuters rushing home before
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Political consultant gets 24 years for paying hitmen to kill a colleague

Political consultant gets 24 years for paying hitmen to kill a colleague

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey political consultant who had two hitmen kill a colleague for $15,000 was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison on Thursday.
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Deputy acquitted of all charges for failing to act during deadly Parkland school shooting

Deputy acquitted of all charges for failing to act during deadly Parkland school shooting

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s deputy was acquitted Thursday of felony child neglect and other charges for failing to act during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, concluding the first trial in U.S.
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