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U.S. soldier who crossed into North Korea sentenced to time served
Travis King, the U.S. soldier who ran across the Demilitarized Zone and into North Korea last year, was sentenced Friday to a prison term that amounts to the time he has already served. King pleaded guilty to five charges: One count of desertion, one count of assault on a non-commissioned officer, and three counts of…
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South Carolina restarts executions after 13 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause because prison officials couldn’t get the drugs needed for lethal injections. Owens was convicted of the 1997 killing of a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery. While on trial, Owens killed a…
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Arizona Supreme Court decides nearly 100,000 voters will get full ballot access after clerical error
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that roughly 98,000 Arizonans whose voter registration status was in limbo will be able to participate in the full ballot in November. The uncertainty regarding the voters’ fate came after the Maricopa County Recorder’s office discovered a clerical error from 2004 that granted the nearly 100,000 Arizonans voting registration…
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Heavily indebted Sri Lanka votes in election to decide economic future
Millions of Sri Lankans were casting their votes on Saturday to elect a president who will face the task of bolstering the South Asian country’s fragile economic recovery following its worst financial crisis in decades. More than 17 million of Sri Lanka’s 22 million people are eligible to vote in an election that has shaped up to…
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New Zealand pilot freed after 19 months in captivity in Indonesia’s Papua
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed more than 19 months after being kidnapped by armed separatists in Indonesia’s Papua, authorities said on Saturday. Mehrtens was freed and picked up by a joint team in the Nduga area and was undergoing health check-ups and a psychological examination in Timika regency, the Indonesian police said…
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Election fears ignite ‘preppers’ already planning for the catastrophic unknown
A private Facebook group that he founded, Michigan Preppers, has nearly 18,000 members, up from about 8,000 since the Covid pandemic. He attributes the growth to a feeling of turmoil during President Joe Biden’s term. Uncertainty fueled by global wars, months of protests, rising costs and another presidential race — with the specter of the…
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Kamala Harris campaign seizes on suburban women as key in North Carolina strategy
When Vice President Kamala Harris took the reins of the Democratic nomination in late July, something happened in North Carolina. Volunteers started pouring in by the thousands. Of the more than 23,500 people who stepped forward, 94% of them had never done so before, according to the campaign. In the week after President Joe Biden…
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Hezbollah commanders among 37 killed in Beirut strike; Israeli strike on Gaza school kills 22, officials say
And a senior officer in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said the region was on the brink of war. Calling Israel’s airstrike “another major crime,” Mohsen Rezaee raised the prospect of widening conflict, saying “it is possible that after Lebanon, they may extend their crimes toward Iraq, Syria, or, with an even bigger mistake,…
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How Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs wielded power and prestige to fuel decades of alleged abuse
For decades, Sean “Diddy” Combs presented the image of a wealthy, Black music mogul, one who broke business barriers, threw lavish parties and even created iconic TV moments. But behind the scenes, prosecutors say, was a more sinister picture, with allegations of violence, sex trafficking and severe abuses of power. Throughout his career, Combs’ dominated…
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Russia uses Mexico as a hub for spying on the U.S.
Russian intelligence services are building up their presence in Mexico for spy operations targeting the United States, a return to Cold War tactics by an increasingly aggressive regime, according to U.S. officials and former intelligence officers. Russia has added dozens of personnel to its embassy staff in Mexico City in the past few years, even…