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Nicaraguan police detained a bishop and other priests in a pre-dawn raid

Saturday, August 20, 2022

President Daniel Ortega's government has moved systematically against voices of dissent, arresting many opposition leaders last year.

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Mexico arrests ex-attorney general in missing students case

Saturday, August 20, 2022

Prosecutors also announced Friday they had issued arrest warrants in the case against 83 army members, local officials, local police officers and state police, as well as gang members.

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Flood-damaged Death Valley will reopen popular sites to the public

Saturday, August 20, 2022

Death Valley was hit on Aug. 5 by historic downpours that caused millions of dollars in damage to roads and facilities. Officials cautioned visitors to expect delays and continuing road closures.

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Kobe Bryant's widow says the sharing of crash photos turned her grief to horror

Friday, August 19, 2022

Vanessa Bryant testified about her reaction to learning that deputies and firefighters had shared photos of her husband and daughter's bodies at the site of the helicopter crash that killed them.

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An Islamic State member is sentenced to life in prison in the deaths of hostages

Friday, August 19, 2022

El Shafee Elsheikh, part of a group known as the "ISIS Beatles," is the most notorious and highest-ranking member of the Islamic State to be convicted in the U.S,, prosecutors said.

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Michigan's abortion ban is blocked for now

Friday, August 19, 2022

A Michigan judge blocked county prosecutors from enforcing the state's 1931 ban on abortion for the foreseeable future. An attorney representing two GOP county prosecutors said an appeal is planned.

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Apple warns of security flaws in iPhones, iPads and Macs

Friday, August 19, 2022

Apple disclosed serious security vulnerabilities that could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices. Experts advised users to install the latest software updates.

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The Yangtze River is shrinking as drought disrupts the world's No. 2 economy

Friday, August 19, 2022

The disruption adds to challenges for the ruling Communist Party, which is trying to shore up sagging economic growth.

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Multiple fatalities are reported after 2 small planes collide in California

Friday, August 19, 2022

The planes crashed at Watsonville Municipal Airport, which does not have a control tower to direct aircraft landing and taking off.

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Australia's leader says reducing Bali bomber's sentence will upset victims' families

Friday, August 19, 2022

The sentence reduction means Umar Patek could be released on parole ahead of the 20th anniversary of the bombings in October.

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At least 2 people are dead after planes collide in California, officials say

Thursday, August 18, 2022

Two planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at a local airport Thursday and at least two of the three occupants were killed, officials said.

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A Mafia hitman is among three men charged in 'Whitey' Bulger's prison death

Thursday, August 18, 2022

Three men, including a Mafia hitman, have been charged in the 2018 killing of notorious Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger in a West Virginia prison, the Justice Department said.

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A judge denies bail for the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie

Thursday, August 18, 2022

The Chautauqua County district attorney said that Hadi Matar stabbed the author a dozen times in the neck, stomach, chest, hand and right eye, before he could be stopped by shocked bystanders.

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LeBron James' $97.1M contract extension makes him the top-paid player in NBA history

Thursday, August 18, 2022

The 37-year-old All-Star has agreed to a two-year contract extension through the 2024-25 season with the Los Angeles Lakers, his agent announced.

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Ethiopia denounces WHO head for saying crisis ignored because of Tigrayans' skin color

Thursday, August 18, 2022

Ethiopia's government is criticizing as "unethical" the statement by the World Health Organization's director-general that the crisis in the country's Tigray region is "the worst disaster on Earth."

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The world's smallest sea turtle nests in Louisiana for the first time in 75 years

Thursday, August 18, 2022

Kemp's ridley sea turtles have hatched in Louisiana's wilds, officials say, in a victory for barrier island restoration. The tiny turtle is also believed to be the world's most endangered.

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Former judges who sent kids to jail for kickbacks must pay more than $200 million

Thursday, August 18, 2022

The two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated the scheme have been ordered to pay hundreds of people they victimized in one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history.

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Release of men jailed in gang rape stirs protests in India

Thursday, August 18, 2022

Dozens of women protested against the release of the men in the capital, New Delhi on Thursday.

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Police say the death toll in Afghan capital mosque bombing surpasses 20

Thursday, August 18, 2022

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Wednesday attack that also wounded children, the latest to strike the country in the year since the Taliban seized power.

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Hanae Mori, a designer for Japan's films, working women and an empress, dies

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Hanae Mori symbolized the rise of Japan as a modern, fashionable nation and the rise of the working woman.

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