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UN top court orders Israel to open more land crossings for aid into Gaza

Mar. 28, 2024 18:40 PM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into the war-ravaged enclave. The International...

Six Russian journalists have been detained by authorities. They include one who covered Navalny

Mar. 28, 2024 18:24 PM EDT

Authorities in Russia have detained six journalists across the country this month, including a journalist who covered the trials of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny for several years, media freedom organization Reporters Without Borders said Thursday. Antonina Favorskaya...

Suspect charged with murder, attempted murder in deadly Rockford rampage

Mar. 28, 2024 17:50 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — A 22-year-old man has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder in a frenzied stabbing and beating rampage that left four people dead in a matter of minutes in a northern Illinois city, authorities said Thursday. Christian Soto is also charged with seven...

Appeals panel won't order North Carolina Senate redistricting lines to be redrawn

Mar. 28, 2024 17:38 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal appeals court declined Thursday to order North Carolina legislators to redraw some state Senate districts, rejecting arguments that clear evidence has been presented showing Republican manipulation of boundaries means Black voters there are prevented from electing...

Israeli court halts subsidies for ultra-Orthodox, deepening turmoil over mandatory military service

Mar. 28, 2024 17:24 PM EDT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered an end to government subsidies for many ultra-Orthodox men who do not serve in the army — a blockbuster ruling that could have far-reaching consequences for the government and the tens of thousands of religious men who refuse...

Bus driver accused of stalking boy, 8, sentenced to nine years in prison

Mar. 28, 2024 17:24 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former school bus driver who stalked and threatened an 8-year-old boy in New Hampshire was sentenced on Thursday to nine years in prison. Michael Chick, of Eliot, Maine, who pleaded guilty in federal court last month to one count of cyberstalking, also was...

Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison

Mar. 28, 2024 17:08 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud on hundreds of thousands of customers that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, once one of the world’s most popular platforms for exchanging digital currency. ...

For-profit school accused of preying on Black students reaches $28.5 million settlement

Mar. 28, 2024 16:11 PM EDT

A for-profit college accused of targeting women and Black students with false advertising about how long it would take to complete a degree, then extracting millions of dollars in extra tuition payments, agreed to a $28.5 million settlement announced Thursday. The class-action...

Trump backers try again to recall Wisconsin GOP Assembly speaker as first effort stalls

Mar. 28, 2024 15:24 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Backers of former President Donald Trump are launching a second effort to recall Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from office after the first attempt appears to have failed. Recall organizers filed paperwork to start a second recall effort on...

High court rules Maine's ban on Sunday hunting is constitutional

Mar. 28, 2024 15:04 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's highest court has ruled that the state's longstanding ban on Sunday hunting is constitutional. The court considered a lawsuit that asked whether the ban on hunting game animals such as deer, turkey and moose on Sundays was still necessary. Maine is...