Guatemala presidential candidate rushes to expand base beyond urban youth
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China says US military aid to Taiwan will not deter its will to unify the island
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Continue Reading American nurse and her child kidnapped from their community ministry in Haiti
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Continue Reading A firefighter has been killed while battling a wildfire in British Columbia, Canada
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Frisco, Texas, police chief issued an apology on Friday after a family from Little Rock, Arkansas, who were…
Continue Reading ‘We’ve made a mistake’: Frisco police with guns drawn mistakenly pull over family headed to a basketball tournament
CNN By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The Frisco, Texas, police chief issued an apology on Friday after a family from Little Rock, Arkansas, who…
Continue Reading Appellate court rules that Missouri man with schizophrenia can be executed after all
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Continue Reading Robert Chambers, NYC’s ‘Preppy Killer,’ is released after 15 years in prison on drug charges
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By Nic F. Anderson and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Butler County, Ohio, deputies found approximately 30 dead dogs and puppies, in various stages…
Continue Reading Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials
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Wagner troops moving towards Polish border and could try sneaking across, PM says
CNN By Martin Goillandeau, Sharon Braithwaite and Oleg Racz, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 troops from the Russian mercenary group Wagner are…
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Continue Reading Marine staff sergeant found not guilty in 2021 death of recruit at South Carolina’s Parris Island
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Continue Reading Olympic boxer Félix Verdejo found guilty of kidnapping, death of pregnant woman and unborn child
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Continue Reading ‘Preppy Killer’ Robert Chambers is released again from prison after serving years for unrelated drug crimes
By Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Robert Chambers, known as the “Preppy Killer” for murdering a teenager in Central Park in 1986, was released…
Continue Reading Bay Area man fatally stabbed a woman and posted video of her ‘last moments’ on Facebook, police say
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Continue Reading Medal of Honor recipient watches as warship bearing his name is christened in Maine
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Continue Reading Wagner mercenaries in Belarus move closer to the Polish border, Poland’s prime minister says
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Continue Reading ‘The Few, the Proud’ aren’t so few: Marines recruiting surges while other services struggle
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Continue Reading Kansas man sentenced to nearly 57 years in death of 2-year-old daughter who went days without food
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man whose 2-year-old daughter died after going days without food while he was passed out drunk has been sentenced to…
Continue Reading Ex-Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon joins push for third-party presidential bid as Democrats try to stop it
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A 6-year-old girl who was accidentally struck by a boat propeller on Lake Pleasant in Arizona Friday morning, has…
Continue Reading US Secretary of State tells Australia that WikiLeaks founder is accused of ‘very serious’ crime
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Continue Reading African Union gives 15-day ultimatum to Niger junta to end regime but soldiers seek continuity
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man who confessed to five bank robberies last year, including one bank he robbed twice, has been sentenced to…
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Former Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo has been found guilty on two charges related to the death of his 27-year-old…
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By Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — A bank robbery suspect’s escape was thwarted when he fell into a recycling bin – right where police were…
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