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Month: September 2023

Germany considering short-term migration border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic

BERLIN (AP) — A government official says that Germany is considering establishing short-term border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic to keep irregular migrants from entering the country. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told a German newspaper on Friday that setting up temporary police checks at border crossings would help Germanyprevent the smuggling and trafficking

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Abingdon man federally indicted for allegedly sexually assaulting woman aboard Carnival cruise ship

By WMAR Staff Click here for updates on this story     BALTIMORE (WMAR) — An Abingdon man faces federal charges after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman aboard a Carnival cruise ship. Prosecutors say 21-year-old Jalen Thomas Kelley committed the assault sometime between January 1 and 2 aboard the Carnival Legend, which was scheduled to set sail

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It’s not all grim across regional theater. Some venues offer ways to beat the post-pandemic blues

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone who enters Barter Theatre in southwestern Virginia is met and welcomed by Katy Brown, the producing artistic director. It’s a simple touch but a telling one for the 90-year-old theater in Abingdon that has forged a very human connection with its 8,000 residents. Barter

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Arrests made in boy’s shooting death that sparked New Mexico governor’s aggressive guns ban

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two people were arrested Thursday in connection with a shooting outside an Albuquerque baseball stadium that killed an 11-year-old boy and prompted the New Mexico governor to issue a controversial gun ban. Jose Romero, 22, and Nathen Garley, 21, were being held for the Sept. 6 shooting after an Albuquerque Isotopes

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Spain’s World Cup winners return to action after sexism scandal with 3-2 win in Sweden

GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AP) — Spain’s World Cup-winning women’s team have gotten back to being soccer players. A 3-2 win over Sweden in Gothenburg was Spain’s first match since capturing the biggest prize in women’s soccer last month in Australia. That achievement ultimately was tarnished by a sexism scandal sparked by former Spanish soccer federation president

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Giorgio Napolitano, former Italian president, 1st ex-Communist in that post, has died, at 98

ROME (AP) — Italy’s presidential palace says Giorgio Napolitano, the first former Communist to rise to Italy’s presidency, has died. Napolitano, who was also the first person to be elected twice to the presidency, was 98. A statement issued Friday night by the Quirinal presidential palace confirmed Italian news reports of the death of Napolitano,

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Zelenskyy speaks before Canadian Parliament in his campaign to shore up support for Ukraine

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Canada to stay with his country to victory as he went to the Canadian Parliament seeking to bolster support from Western allies for Ukraine’s war against the Russian invasion. Zelenskyy flew into Canada’s capital late on Thursday after meetings with President

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