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Month: July 2023

French national police chief says officers under investigation ‘have no place in prison’

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s national police chief has said that law enforcement officers under investigation shouldn’t be jailed like ordinary citizens amid a walkout by numerous Marseille police over the detention of a colleague for his actions during nationwide riots. The apparently unprecedented remarks by Frederic Veaux in a weekend

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Several businesses damaged in shooting along Buford Highway, police say

By Atlanta News First staff Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — Brookhaven police are investigating after a reported shooting left multiple businesses significantly damaged. All northbound lanes were briefly shut down near the 2800 block of Buford Highway early Monday morning as investigators combed through the scene. According to Brookhaven

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Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary is charged with directing a terrorist organization

LONDON (AP) — High-profile British radical preacher Anjem Choudary has appeared in a London court, charged with leading a terrorist organization. The 56-year-old Choudary faces three counts under the Terrorism Act: directing a terrorist organization, membership in a banned organization and addressing meetings to encourage support for the group. Prosecutors say the charges relate to

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Israeli parliament approves key part of judicial overhaul that has exposed deep fissures in society

By TIA GOLDENBERG and ISAAC SCHARF Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a key portion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s divisive plan to curb the powers of the country’s justice system despite massive protests that exposed unprecedented fissures in Israeli society and accused the government of pushing the country toward authoritarian

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‘Futurama’ is back – again

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The past of “Futurama” figures in prominently to its present. Matt Groening’s popular animated sci-fi series has returned for its third iteration, this time on Hulu. The show originally debuted on Fox in 1999 to much excitement given the success of Groening’s other animated series, “The Simpsons.” In

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Ary Borges scores first hattrick of Women’s World Cup as Brazil thump Panama; Germany thrashes Morocco

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Germany and Brazil made impressive starts to their Women’s World Cup campaigns on Monday with thumping victories against debutants Morocco and Panama respectively. Ary Borges scored the first hattrick of the tournament as she helped Brazil beat Panama 4-0. Earlier in the day, Germany had beaten Morocco 6-0. Borges

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Philippine president vows to defend territory, announces amnesty for rebels in key speech

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has emphasized his administration’s resolve to defend the country’s territory through diplomacy in a key speech but did not mention China, with which it has had an escalating series of conflicts in the disputed South China Sea. Marcos also announced in

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Israeli lawmakers to vote on weakening Supreme Court amid protests, as Netanyahu leaves hospital

By Richard Allen Greene, Amir Tal, Hadas Gold and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli lawmakers are set to vote on the first part of the government’s sweeping plan to weaken the power of the country’s courts on Monday, despite six months of street protests, parliamentary maneuvering, compromise talks and increasingly urgent warnings from

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Escena de sexo en la película “Oppenheimer” se convierte en el último objetivo de los nacionalistas hindúes de la India

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La última película taquillera de Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”, desató controversia entre la derecha hindú en la India, con algunos llamando a un boicot y exigiendo la eliminación de una escena de sexo en la que el personaje principal pronuncia una frase famosa de las sagradas escrituras de la religión. La

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Humid today, hotter tomorrow

The burst of Monsoonal moisture lingers today with dew points in the 60s this morning, there is also a Windblow Dust Advisory in place through Noon tomorrow. That is a result of the potential for convective thunderstorms that could kick up sand an dust around the region. Tomorrow another Excessive Heat Warning goes into effect

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Israeli parliament approves key part of Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul as opposition exits chamber

By TIA GOLDENBERG and ISAAC SCHARF Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a key portion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s divisive plan to reshape the country’s justice system despite massive protests that have exposed unprecedented fissures in Israeli society. The vote came after a stormy session in which opposition lawmakers chanted

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