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A Missouri judge says the state’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, ensuring legal abortions

A Missouri judge says the state’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, ensuring legal abortions

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that Missouri’s near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment , ensuring abortion will be legal in the state.
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Missouri governor commutes sentence of white police officer convicted of fatally shooting Black man

Missouri governor commutes sentence of white police officer convicted of fatally shooting Black man

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s governor has commuted the sentence of a white Kansas City police officer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man whose death fueled racial justice protests.
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France's anti-terrorism court convicts 8 people of involvement in the 2020 beheading of a teacher

France's anti-terrorism court convicts 8 people of involvement in the 2020 beheading of a teacher

PARIS (AP) — France’s anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty outside his school near Paris four years ago, a horrific death that shocked the country.
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Italian court clears Vice Premier Salvini of illegally detaining migrants on a rescue ship in 2019

Italian court clears Vice Premier Salvini of illegally detaining migrants on a rescue ship in 2019

ROME (AP) — A court in Sicily Friday found Italian Vice Premier Matteo Salvini not guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship in 2019, when he was interior minister.
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A car has driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in Germany

A car has driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in Germany

BERLIN (AP) — A car drove into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, German news agency dpa reported.
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Italian court clears Vice Premier Salvini of illegally detaining migrants on a rescue ship in 2019

Italian court clears Vice Premier Salvini of illegally detaining migrants on a rescue ship in 2019

ROME (AP) — A court in Sicily Friday found Vice Premier Matteo Salvini not guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship when he was interior minister.
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Murder and terrorism charges brought against Iranian officer in 2022 killing of American in Iraq

Murder and terrorism charges brought against Iranian officer in 2022 killing of American in Iraq

NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian officer blamed for the 2022 killing of an American in Iraq has been charged in New York with federal murder and terrorism crimes, authorities announced on Friday.
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Murder and terrorism charges brought against Iranian officer in 2022 killing of American in Iraq

Murder and terrorism charges brought against Iranian officer in 2022 killing of American in Iraq

NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian officer blamed for the 2022 killing of an American in Iraq has been charged in New York with federal murder and terrorism crimes, authorities announced on Friday.
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Indiana man sentenced to the maximum of 130 years in prison for 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls

Indiana man sentenced to the maximum of 130 years in prison for 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls

Indianapolis (AP) — An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike was sentenced to a maximum of 130 years in prison Friday in the case that’s long cast a shadow over the teens’ small hometown of
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A teenager stabs a 7-year-old to death and wounds a teacher and 3 more children in a Croatian school

A teenager stabs a 7-year-old to death and wounds a teacher and 3 more children in a Croatian school

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A knife-wielding teenager walked into a school in Croatia’s capital on Friday, stabbed a 7-year-old girl to death and wounded three more children and their teacher, authorities said. The attack took place around 9:50 a.m.
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