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UK police investigate allegations of child sex abuse dating back to 1980s after Epstein file release

LONDON (AP) — Police in the UK say they are investigating two allegations of decades-old child sex abuse after looking into potential crimes revealed in documents from the U.S. Justice Department’s...

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WHO worries about outbreak's scale and speed of Ebola spread as Congo announces 134 deaths

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The World Health Organization director-general openly worried Tuesday over the “scale and speed” of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo, where authorities reported...

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Lawyers for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk ask to seal evidence and parts of a key hearing

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lawyers for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk will make their case Tuesday to close portions of a key hearing and seal some evidence after a judge rejected their request to...

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Ketanji Brown Jackson says Supreme Court risks being seen as political after voting rights decision

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Monday that the Supreme Court risks being seen as political in the wake of a major voting rights decision. She spoke after writing a...

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Teenage gunmen open fire on San Diego mosque, killing 3 men and then themselves

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two teenage shooters opened fire at a San Diego mosque on Monday and killed three men — then killed themselves a few blocks away — in an attack police are investigating as a hate...

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Trump says he's called off Iran strike planned for Tuesday at request of Gulf allies

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he is holding off on a military strike on Iran planned for Tuesday because “serious negotiations” are underway. Trump’s announcement...

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Palestinian man shot by Israeli troops while trying to cross into Israel for work dies of wounds

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian man who was shot by Israeli soldiers as he tried to cross the barrier between the occupied West Bank and Israel in search of work died of his wounds Monday, Palestinian...

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Greenland's prime minister tells Trump's envoy self-determination cannot be negotiated

NUUK, Greeland (AP) — Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Monday that he had a respectful and positive meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump ’s special envoy to the Arctic...

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It's official: Wes Streeting of the Labour Party wants to be Britain's next prime minister

LONDON (AP) — Wes Streeting's ambition to head the British government was one of the worst-kept secrets in U.K. politics. But if anyone was unaware, it's now official — the former health secretary...

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Young Kyiv couple killed in a fierce Russian airstrike hoped to start a family, mourners say

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Like many Ukrainians, Maryna Homeniuk fled her homeland after Russia's full-scale invasion four years ago. She managed to complete her degree in the Czech Republic, adding Vietnamese...

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