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Knife attack at a vocational school in eastern China leaves 8 dead and 17 injured
BEIJING (AP) — A stabbing attack at a vocational school in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi on Saturday left eight people dead and 17 others injured, local police said. The attack took place at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing, a smaller city within...
Wright State takes down Central State (OH) 92-56
FAIRBORN, Ohio (AP) — Brandon Noel scored 19 points as Wright State beat Central State (OH) 92-56 on Saturday night. Noel had seven rebounds for the Raiders (3-2). Michael Imariagbe scored 15 points and added seven rebounds. Alex Huibregste had 14 points and shot 5 for 9, including...
Model charged in stabbing death in the Bronx
NEW YORK (AP) — A model who has appeared in campaigns for Calvin Klein and Levi’s has been formally charged in the stabbing death of a man in New York City, prosecutors said Saturday. Dynus Saxon was arraigned in Bronx criminal court late Friday in connection with the Nov. 10...
Justice Department demands records from Illinois sheriff after July killing of Black woman
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is demanding records related to the shooting of an Illinois woman who was killed in her home by a sheriff's deputy as it investigates how local authorities treat Black residents and people with behavioral disabilities. The...
Minnesota election judge charged with 2 felonies for allegedly letting 11 unregistered people vote
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) — A man who served as a head election judge in a Minnesota township has been charged with two felony counts for allegedly letting 11 people vote even though they weren't registered. Officials began investigating after Hubbard County Auditor Kay Rave could...
Officer wounded when man tried to grab officer's gun from holster and it went off, prosecutors say
POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man has been charged with attempted murder after authorities allege he tried to grab a suburban Philadelphia police officer's gun from its holster and the weapon went off, wounding the officer, prosecutors said. Montgomery County prosecutors said officers in...
They fled war in Sudan. Now, women in refugee camps say they’re being forced to have sex to survive
ADRE, Chad (AP) — Crossing into Chad, the 27-year-old thought she'd left the horrors of Sudan's war behind: the bodies she ran over while fleeing, the screams of girls being raped, the disappearance of her husband when gunmen attacked. But now she says she has faced more suffering — being...
Rudy Giuliani has turned over his luxury watches and Mercedes in defamation case, lawyer says
NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani has relinquished dozens of watches and a Mercedes once owned by movie star Lauren Bacall to two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment, his lawyer said. Joseph Cammarata said in a letter filed late Friday in...
Oregon school board chair resigns, superintendent and principal on leave over sex abuse arrests
ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) — A school district in northwest Oregon has put its superintendent and high school principal on leave, accepted the school board chair's resignation and temporarily canceled classes in response to an uproar over the arrests of a teacher and former teacher on sexual abuse...
California man sentenced to life for hate crime in the killing of a gay college student
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man convicted of stabbing to death a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an act of hate was sentenced Friday to life without parole in prison. Samuel Woodward, 27, was sentenced in a Southern California courtroom at the end of an all-day...
