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The Latest: Venezuela calls US 'serious threat to peace'
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Latest from the U.N. General Assembly (all times EDT): 6:50 p.m. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has blasted the United States as “the most serious threat to peace in the world” in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly while calling for the Trump...
TikTok says coordinated attack behind suicide clip uploads
LONDON (AP) — TikTok says a video of a man apparently taking his own life that circulated on its platform was spread deliberately by a group of users working together. The company found evidence of a “coordinated attack" when it investigated why the video was suddenly appearing on the popular...
Man sentenced for making false statements about ISIS videos
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Auburn man was sentenced to 57 months for making false statements to the FBI during a terrorism investigation, prosecutors announced Monday. Nayef Amjad Qashou, 26, was given the sentence last week. Prosecutors said the FBI interviewed Qashou in 2018 after they received tips...
Vermont community reconsiders rules after mask-less parade
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont community is reviewing its requirements for parade permits after members of the town fire department held a parade to commemorate the 9/11 attacks without masks. Acting Bellows Falls Municipal Manager Charles “Chuck” Wise said he “foolishly”...
2 Pakistani soldiers killed in shootout with militants
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's military on Sunday said two soldiers were killed in a shootout with militants during a search operation in the country’s northwest, a former militant stronghold. The operation was conducted late Saturday in the Spalga area near Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan...
Ethiopia charges prominent opposition figure with terrorism
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia has charged its most prominent opposition figure, Jawar Mohammed, and 23 others with terrorism-related offenses, telecom fraud and other crimes, the attorney general’s office announced Saturday. They could face life in prison if convicted. They will appear in...
Woman suspected of selling drugs that resulted in ODs
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Friday charged a Southern California woman with selling narcotics to several individuals who suffered overdoses, including one who died. Marisol Bolanos Hernandez, 35, faces one count of drug distribution resulting in serious bodily injury, the U.S. Department of...
Jury convicts Indiana man accused of killing, cannibalism
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A southern Indiana man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and eating parts of her body was convicted of a murder charge Friday. Jurors deliberated for about five hours before announcing the guilty verdict against Joseph Oberhansley of Jeffersonville in Tammy Jo...
Missouri man given probation for shooting threat at Walmart
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Jefferson City man charged with threatening to shoot people at a Walmart last year has been sentenced to probation. Nicholas Pratte, 39, was sentenced Tuesday to two years of unsupervised probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of making a terrorist threat,...
Indian military admits wrongdoing in 3 Kashmir killings
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — In a rare admission of wrongdoing, the Indian military on Friday said its soldiers in Kashmir exceeded their legal powers in the killings of three local men it had described as Pakistani terrorists. Col. Rajesh Kalia, an Indian army spokesman, said police are investigating whether...
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