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Investigators searching home connected to killer of California college student Kristin Smart

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities plan Thursday to enter the second day of their search of a the home connected to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996,...

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South Korean court reduces prison sentence for ex-prime minister in martial law case

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An South Korean appeals court has reduced the prison sentence of a former prime minister convicted of rebellion for his role in then President Yoon Suk Yeol’s ill-fated imposition...

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Man charged in Colorado firebomb attack on demonstrators to plead guilty to murder

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A man accused of a firebomb attack that killed one person and injured a dozen others during a demonstration last year in Boulder, Colorado, in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza...

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Russia is ramping up its attempts to kill opponents in Europe, intelligence officials say

When Vladimir Osechkin wants to take his children to school or go to the supermarket, he calls the police. The Russian activist has lived under protection since 2022 because French officials...

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Southern Poverty Law Center attorneys make first court appearance in fraud case

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lawyers for the Southern Poverty Law Center will appear in court Thursday for the first time since the civil rights group was charged with defrauding donors by failing to disclose...

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Tennessee poised to vote on new US House map sought by Trump that carves up Memphis

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are poised to take up a plan Thursday that could carve up a majority-Black congressional district, reshaping it to the GOP's advantage as part...

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AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

US fires on Iranian oil tanker as Trump pressures Tehran for deal to end war WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military fired on an Iranian oil tanker Wednesday as President Donald Trump sought...

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Southeast Asian leaders will reaffirm core values in veiled Mideast war rebuke

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders plan to issue a contingency plan that upholds international law, sovereignty and freedom of navigation in what could be seen as a veiled rebuke to the...

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Chief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court is not political

HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Supreme Court justices are not “political actors,” Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday, insisting unpopular court decisions are based solely on the law. “I...

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Alaska wildlife agents can kill bears from helicopters in an effort to protect caribou, judge says

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska wildlife agents can resume shooting and killing black and brown bears — including from helicopters — as part of a plan to help recover a caribou herd that was once an...

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