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Suicide bomber detonates a device in Turkey's capital hours before president's speech to lawmakers
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the heart of the Turkish capital, Ankara, while a second assailant was killed in a shootout with police Sunday, the interior minister said. The attack occurred hours before Turkey's Parliament was set to...
Man who served time in Ohio murder-for-hire case convicted in shooting of Pennsylvania trooper
A man who served time in a high-profile murder-for-hire case in Ohio nearly two decades ago has been convicted of shooting a state trooper in a western Pennsylvania convenience store last year. Jurors in Beaver County last week deliberated for more than five hours before convicting...
2 people killed and 2 wounded in Houston shooting, sheriff says
HOUSTON (AP) — Two people were killed and two more hospitalized with gunshot wounds in a shooting that authorities believe stemmed from a romantic dispute, a Houston-area sheriff said Sunday. Deputies responded to the shooting in northwest Houston Sunday morning and found multiple...
Pakistani Taliban attack a police post in eastern Punjab province, killing 1 officer
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani Taliban fighters attacked a police post in eastern Punjab province early Sunday, killing one officer and injuring three others, and triggering a shootout that killed two of the attackers, officials said. The attack occurred in the Mianwali district...
Man accused of locking a woman in a cell in Oregon faces rape, kidnapping charges in separate case
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man accused of abducting a woman in Seattle, driving her hundreds of miles to his home in Oregon and locking her in a makeshift cinder block cell is facing fresh charges of kidnapping and rape in a separate case involving alleged crimes two months earlier, court documents...
North Macedonia national park's rising bear population poses a threat to residents
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A rising bear population is posing a threat to people in an area in western North Macedonia, where bear break-ins are increasingly common. A dozen cases this year of bears attempting to break into houses in search of food have been reported by...
Virginia ex-superintendent convicted of misdemeanor in firing of teacher
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia jury has convicted a former schools superintendent on a misdemeanor charge in connection with what prosecutors said was the retaliatory firing of a teacher who reported that an elementary school student inappropriately touched her. Former Loudoun...
A Baltimore man is charged in the fatal shooting of an off-duty sheriff's deputy, police say
BALTIMORE (AP) — A 40-year-old Baltimore man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of an off-duty sheriff's deputy that followed an altercation at a bar, authorities said Saturday. Deputy Ryan Demby, 23, of the Howard County Sheriff's Office was in a...
Missing inmate who walked away from NJ halfway house recaptured, officials say
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) — Authorities in New Jersey have announced the recapture of a man who failed to return to a halfway house after serving a prison sentence for attacking and seriously injuring his parents more than two decades ago. The New Jersey Department of Corrections...
Death toll from Pakistan bombing rises to 54 as suspicion falls on local Islamic State group chapter
QUETTTA, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a bombing in southwestern Pakistan as people celebrated the Prophet Muhammad's birthday rose to 54 after two critically wounded patients died in hospitals overnight, officials said Saturday. A suspected suicide bomber or bombers blew...
