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France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador, Macron says
Sunday, September 24, 2023
The change comes after Niger's democratically elected president was deposed in a coup. French troops pulled out of neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso in recent years after coups there.
Usher will headline the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas
Sunday, September 24, 2023
"It's an honor of a lifetime to finally check a Super Bowl performance off my bucket list," the music megastar said of his appearance at the Feb. 11, 2024 game.
One Kosovo police officer killed and one wounded, raising tensions with Serbia
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Kosovo's prime minister on Sunday said one police officer was killed and another wounded in an attack he blamed on support from neighboring Serbia, increasing tensions between the two former war foes.
Israel strikes Gaza for the third straight day as West Bank violence escalates
Sunday, September 24, 2023
A series of violent escalations on the border between Israel and Gaza over the past week during a sensitive Jewish holiday period raised the specter of an escalation for the first time since May.
FBI investigates alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police building called the 'Brave Cave'
Saturday, September 23, 2023
The FBI said Friday it has opened a civil rights investigation into allegations in recent lawsuits that police in Baton Rouge, La., assaulted drug suspects they detained in the obscure warehouse.
'Euphoria' star Angus Cloud accidentally overdosed on meth, cocaine and fentanyl
Friday, September 22, 2023
Cloud, 25, who starred as a drug dealer on the HBO series, died of "acute intoxication," a California coroner's office said. His family has said he'd been struggling with the death of his father.
Zelenskyy arrives in Canada to speak before Parliament and boost support for Ukraine
Friday, September 22, 2023
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will speak to the Canadian Parliament on Friday as part of his campaign to bolster support from Western allies for Ukraine's war against the Russian invasion.
Bus carrying high school students to band camp crashes, killing 2 adults
Thursday, September 21, 2023
A bus carrying high school students to a band camp veered off a New York highway and tumbled down an embankment Thursday, killing two adults and seriously injuring several others, officials said.
Bags of fentanyl found beneath trap floor of day care center where 1-year-old died
Thursday, September 21, 2023
New York City police said detectives executed a search warrant on a Bronx apartment when they found the narcotics and other paraphernalia concealed by plywood and tile flooring.
'Not sure where the airplane is,' pilot told 911 dispatcher after F-35 ejection
Thursday, September 21, 2023
4-minute recording captures bizarre circumstances for the resident explaining that a pilot parachuted into his backyard, the pilot who doesn't know what became of his jet, and a puzzled dispatcher.
A record number of Australians enroll to vote in referendum on Indigenous Voice
Thursday, September 21, 2023
The referendum would enshrine in Australia's constitution an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The Voice would advise on policies that impact the nation's most disadvantaged ethnic minority.
Kraft is recalling some American cheese slices over potential choking hazard
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
The company said one of its wrapping machines developed a temporary issue that makes it possible for a thin strip of film to remain on the slice even after it's been removed from the wrapper.
A 96-year-old federal judge was barred from hearing cases in a fight over her fitness
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
The unusually public and bitter fight over whether a judge should continue to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sparked a lawsuit and turned judges against one another.
Maryland apologizes to man wrongly convicted of murder and agrees to pay him $340,000
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Demetrius Smith will be compensated by the state of Maryland after spending years behind bars, including over a year after he had been proven innocent. He was released from prison in 2013.
Southern Baptists expel church as pastor defends blackface and Native caricatures
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Matoaka Baptist Church pastor said he was impersonating Ray Charles in one incident and dressed as a Native woman during "Cowboys and Indians Night" at a church camp.
Temple University says acting president JoAnne A. Epps has died after a collapse
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Epps died after collapsing at a memorial service Tuesday afternoon, the university said. She was 72.
Australian wildfire danger causes fire ban in Sydney and closes schools
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Authorities have forecast the most destructive wildfire season during the approaching Southern Hemisphere summer in Australia's populous southeast since the fires of 2019-20 that killed 33 people.
Italy cracks down on migrants as Meloni calls for a naval blockade off North Africa
Monday, September 18, 2023
The measures approved by the Cabinet focused on migrants who don't qualify for asylum and are slated to be repatriated to their home countries.
India expels senior Canadian diplomat in tit-for-tat row over Sikh activist's killing
Monday, September 18, 2023
India expelled a senior Canadian diplomat a day after Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat over allegations that India may have had links to the assassination of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil.
$250K reward offered for assailant who shot Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy
Sunday, September 17, 2023
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said he believed the shooting of deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer was a "targeted attack." But the motive was not yet known.