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Month: October 2024

Pro-Palestinian protester charged with assault after occupying building at University of Minnesota

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Local prosecutors have charged one pro-Palestinian protester with assault while not filing charges against 10 other people who barricaded themselves inside an administrative building at the University of Minnesota. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office says on Wednesday that a 23-year-old woman has been charged with fourth-degree assault and was released

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What to know about how Helene’s aftermath is affecting voting in western North Carolina

Associated Press HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — Poll workers and voters in western North Carolina are overcoming several obstacles to participate in the election after Hurricane Helene’s destruction in the region. Election workers’ extraordinary efforts to hold elections have been on full display in Buncombe and Madison counties as the towns there recover from the

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Israeli weapon seen in rare AP photos of Beirut airstrike appears to be a powerful smart bomb

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — In all but the blink of an eye, an Associated Press photographer’s camera captured the moments that a battleship-gray Israeli bomb plummeted toward a Beirut building before detonating to bring the tower down. The airstrike came 40 minutes after Israel warned people to evacuate two buildings in the area that

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Explosion in a packed Kabul market injures 11 people, including children, humanitarian group says

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A nongovernmental group says an explosion in a packed Kabul market has injured 11 people, including some children. The source of Wednesday afternoon’s blast was not immediately clear and nobody from the Taliban was available for comment about the incident. The humanitarian group Emergency NGO, which runs a surgical center in the

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Kentucky school choice ballot measure pits competing messages from Gov. Andy Beshear, Sen. Rand Paul

Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — As Kentucky voters ponder whether to allow some of their tax dollars to support students attending private schools, the high-stakes debate has turned into a test of influence between popular political heavyweights — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul. Both have appeared in TV ads

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Man pleads guilty to neighbor’s murder and had funeral pamphlet with victim’s name in his home

Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a former police officer for more than a decade in South Carolina has pleaded guilty to killing his neighbor. Prosecutors say the evidence against 43-year-old Justin Rawlins Moody included a funeral pamphlet in his home with “RIP Oscar” and “you should love your neighbor” written on it.

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A hurricane’s historic destruction hasn’t stopped North Carolina election workers and voters

Associated Press HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — Elections officials, poll workers and voters in western North Carolina have been adapting in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s destruction. The storm destroyed roads, bridges and homes, and left communities without power and water. Despite the widespread destruction, election workers have rallied to set up polling sites and

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