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News organizations seek unsealing of plea deal with 9/11 defendants

Sep. 06, 2024 19:13 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven news organizations filed a legal motion Friday asking the U.S. military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to make public the plea agreement that prosecutors struck with alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two fellow defendants. The plea...

Trump campaign was warned not to take photos at Arlington before altercation, defense official says

Aug. 28, 2024 21:17 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's campaign was warned about not taking photographs before an altercation at Arlington National Cemetery during a wreath-laying ceremony earlier this week to honor service members killed in the Afghanistan War withdrawal, a defense official told The Associated Press...

Tank and the Bangas to pay tribute to their New Orleans roots at Essence Festival

Jul. 06, 2024 18:02 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Seven years ago, New Orleans band Tank and the Bangas squeezed into the corner of a classroom and recorded themselves performing their song “Quick,” for National Public Radio’s Tiny Desk contest, the nonprofit's annual search for the “next great undiscovered artist.”...