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Month: September 2023

The suspect in the ambush killing of a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy is set to appear in court

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County prosecutors expect to file charges Wednesday against a man who allegedly shot and killed a sheriff’s deputy as he sat in a patrol car, authorities said. Officials say Kevin Cataneo Salazar ambushed 30-year-old Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer on Saturday in Palmdale, a city of more than 167,000 residents in

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Attorney General Garland faces GOP questioning on authority of prosecutor in Hunter Biden case

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans clashed with Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday, accusing him and the Justice Department of the “weaponization” of the department’s work in favor of President Joe Biden ‘s son Hunter. Garland’s appearance before the House Judiciary Committee was the first in two

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Top US Air Force official in Mideast worried over possible Russia-Iran ‘cooperation and collusion’

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supplying of bomb-carrying drones to Russia could see Moscow help Tehran’s program become more lethal, raising risks across the wider Middle East. That’s according to the top U.S. Air Force commander in the Middle East Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the head of

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Biden pledges to address ‘hard issues’ related to democracy as he meets with Israel’s Netanyahu

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged Wednesday to raise “hard issues,” including protecting the “checks and balances” in a democracy, as he sat down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for their first meeting since Netanyahu took office at the helm of his country’s far-right

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