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Serbia demands that NATO take over policing of northern Kosovo after a deadly shootout

Sep. 26, 2023 13:37 PM EDT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president demanded Tuesday to have a NATO-led peacekeeping force take over for the national law enforcement agency in northern Kosovo after a daylong shootout between armed Serbs and Kosovar police left one officer and three gunmen dead. In one of...

Dallas mayor switches parties, making the city the nation's largest with a GOP mayor

Sep. 22, 2023 15:20 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced Friday that he is switching to the Republican Party, making the city the largest in the U.S. to be led by a GOP mayor. Although mayoral offices in Texas are nonpartisan, the switch is a boost for Texas Republicans who have...

Armed Utah man shot by FBI last week carried AR-15 in 2018 police encounter, records show

Aug. 16, 2023 14:18 PM EDT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 75-year-old man shot by officers trying to arrest him for social media threats he made against officials including President Joe Biden had a history of "exercising his 2nd Amendment rights, albeit a little recklessly,” according to Utah police records. ...

Lawmakers approve bill allowing French police to locate suspects by tapping their devices

Jul. 18, 2023 14:45 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Tuesday adopted a sweeping justice reform bill that includes a provision to allow law enforcement agents to remotely tap into the cameras, microphones and location services of phones and other internet-connected devices of some suspected criminals. ...

Editorial Roundup: Mississippi

Jul. 12, 2023 15:00 PM EDT

Greenwood Commonwealth. July 7, 2023. Editorial: An Effort To Stifle Free Speech The Mississippi Legislature made national news this year by expanding the state’s police and judicial presence in Jackson. Republican lawmakers say it’s an effort to get the city’s...