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Month: November 2023

Manhunt ends for suspect accused of killing 4 family members – including teen girl – in series of Memphis shootings

By Paradise Afshar and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A manhunt is over for the man suspected of fatally shooting four family members, including a 13-year-old girl, in Memphis, Tennessee, after police say he was found dead on Sunday from what appears to be a “self-inflicted gunshot wound.” The suspect, Mavis Christian Jr., 52, was

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A year after a mass shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub, community feels supported but says work remains

By JESSE BEDAYN and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — After the mass shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs that turned a drag queen’s birthday celebration into a massacre, the conservative community was forced to reckon with its reputation for being unwelcoming to gay, lesbian and transgender people. What motivated

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Maine and Massachusetts are the last states to keep bans on Sunday hunting. That might soon change

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Some states are steadily chipping away at longstanding bans on Sunday hunting, and there’s a push to overturn the laws in Maine and Massachusetts, the final two states with full bans. Maine’s highest court is considering a lawsuit asking whether the state’s 19th century law, which

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41 workers in India are stuck in a tunnel for an 8th day. Officials consider alternate rescue plans

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Officials trying to reach 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for eight days were contemplating alternative rescue plans Sunday after snags with a drilling machine caused them to halt digging. A new drilling machine arrived at the accident site

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Fiscal de Puerto Rico y su familia están entre las víctimas de las intensas lluvias en República Dominicana

Sofía Barruti (CNN Español) — El secretario de Justicia de Puerto Rico, Domingo Emanuelli, informó este domingo que un fiscal de ese país y miembros de su familia están entre las víctimas mortales reportadas tras las lluvias atípicas registradas en República Dominicana este fin de semana. Emanuelli detalló que Michel Orozco Marín se desempeñaba como fiscal

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Ahead of Dutch elections, food banks highlight the cost-of-living crisis, a major campaign theme

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press VOORBURG, Netherlands (AP) — Thousands of families are lining up for free handouts at food banks across the Netherlands. The queues underscore how poverty is taking root even in lower middle class families and why tackling it has become a major theme in next Wednesday’s parliamentary election. The cost-of-living crisis,

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Fiery right-wing populist Javier Milei wins Argentina’s presidency and promises ‘drastic’ changes

By DANIEL POLITI and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Right-wing populist Javier Milei will become the next president of Argentina after promising a dramatic shake-up to the state in a fiercely polarized election campaign held amid deep discontent over soaring inflation and rising poverty. With 99.4% of votes tallied in Sunday’s

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Oregon’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law faces growing pushback amid fentanyl crisis

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation law that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs in favor of an emphasis on addiction treatment is facing strong headwinds in the progressive state after an explosion of public drug use fueled by the proliferation

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