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A 13-year-old boy found shot in the woods was a victim of Sweden's gang violence, prosecutor says
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A 13-year-old boy found dead in woods near his home in the suburbs of Stockholm earlier this month was the latest victim of a deadly gang war in Sweden, a prosecutor said Thursday. Milo, who was only identified by his first name, had been shot in the head...
Lebanon launches probe into late-night shots outside US Embassy that caused no injuries
AUKAR, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese security agencies are investigating a late-night shooting outside the heavily fortified U.S. Embassy just north of Beirut, officials said Thursday. No one was hurt in the small-arms fire. The shots erupted near the entrance to the embassy compound in...
Inside the delicate art of maintaining America's aging nuclear weapons
KANSAS CITY NATIONAL SECURITY CAMPUS, Mo. (AP) — In an ultra-sterile room at a secure factory in Kansas City, U.S. government technicians refurbish the nation’s nuclear warheads. The job is exacting: Each warhead has thousands of springs, gears and copper contacts that must work in conjunction...
Jackson says we must own hardest chapters of US history during 1963 church bombing remembrance
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Standing at the pulpit of the Birmingham, Alabama, church where four little girls were killed by a Ku Klux Klan bomb in 1963, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the nation must remember and own the uncomfortable moments of its past in order to move forward. ...
US military orders new interviews on the deadly 2021 Afghan airport attack as criticism persists
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon's Central Command has ordered interviews of roughly two dozen more service members who were at the Kabul airport when suicide bombers attacked during U.S. forces' chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal, as criticism persists that the deadly assault could have been stopped....
Today in History: September 15, 4 Black girls killed in bombing of Birmingham church
Today in History Today is Friday, Sept. 15, the 258th day of 2023. There are 107 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 15, 1963, four Black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at the 16th Street...
On 60th anniversary of church bombing, victim's sister, suspect's daughter urge people to stop hate
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Sixty years ago, a bomb planted by Ku Klux Klan members ripped through a Birmingham church, killing four little girls as they prepared for Sunday services. Lisa McNair's sister Denise was one of the girls who lost their lives. Tammie Fields’ father was...
Powerful explosion kills 5 Palestinians in Gaza. Israel says the blast was caused by mishandled bomb
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least five Palestinians were killed and over 20 others were wounded Wednesday in an explosion next to the separation fence along the Israeli frontier with Gaza, Palestinian health officials said. The cause of the blast was not immediately known. ...
Court convicts Portuguese hacker in Football Leaks trial and gives him a 4-year suspended sentence
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A Portuguese hacker whose bombshell revelations on the “Football Leaks” website rocked European soccer was convicted Monday by a Lisbon court of nine crimes and given a suspended prison sentence of four years. The three-judge panel found Rui Pinto, now...
Roadside bombing in northwestern Pakistan kills a security officer and wounds 9 people
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bombing targeted Pakistani security forces Monday in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing a security officer and wounding nine people, including three civilians, police said. The Pakistani Taliban later claimed responsibility for the...
