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Hurricane Gil forms in the eastern Pacific but is not forecast to threaten land

Hurricane Gil forms in the eastern Pacific but is not forecast to threaten land

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Gil strengthened into a hurricane in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday but was not expected to threaten land, forecasters said. The Miami-based U.S.
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Colombian ex-President Álvaro Uribe is sentenced to 12 years house arrest for bribery

Colombian ex-President Álvaro Uribe is sentenced to 12 years house arrest for bribery

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was sentenced Friday to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering and bribery in a historic case that gripped the South American nation and tarnished the conservative strongman’s le
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Manhunt launched after 4 killed in a shooting at a Montana bar

Manhunt launched after 4 killed in a shooting at a Montana bar

ANACONDA, Mont. (AP) — A shooting at a Montana bar left four people dead Friday, authorities said as they launched a manhunt for the suspect. Authorities launched a manhunt Friday after a shooting at a Montana bar left four people dead.
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Appeals court in Bosnia confirms sentence for Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik

Appeals court in Bosnia confirms sentence for Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — An appeals court in Bosnia-Herzegovina confirmed Friday an earlier court ruling that sentenced the pro-Russia Bosnian Serb president, Milorad Dodik, to one year in prison and banned him from politics for six years
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Top EU court rules that soccer governing body FIFA’s decisions can be challenged outside Switzerland

Top EU court rules that soccer governing body FIFA’s decisions can be challenged outside Switzerland

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court ruled on Friday that the decisions of world soccer’s governing body FIFA can be challenged outside Switzerland, opening up a system that currently binds athletes, officials and clubs to accept verdicts t
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El Salvador approves indefinite presidential reelection and extends terms to 6 years

El Salvador approves indefinite presidential reelection and extends terms to 6 years

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The party of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele approved constitutional changes in the country’s Legislative Assembly on Thursday that will allow indefinite presidential reelection and extend presidential terms to six
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Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for 60,000 from Central America and Nepal

Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for 60,000 from Central America and Nepal

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge ruled on Thursday against the Trump administration's plans and extended Temporary Protected Status for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including people from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua.
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Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating implanted defibrillator, court rules

Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating implanted defibrillator, court rules

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator , the state's high court ruled on Thursday.
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Florida carries out record 9th execution of year on man convicted of killing his family

Florida carries out record 9th execution of year on man convicted of killing his family

STARKE, Fla.
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Teacher admits fatally stabbing couple on a hike with their kids in a random attack in Arkansas

Teacher admits fatally stabbing couple on a hike with their kids in a random attack in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A teacher admitted he fatally stabbed a couple he didn't know who were hiking with two of their children in an Arkansas state park, authorities said Thursday, after a five-day search and hundreds of tips led to his arrest.
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