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Month: September 2023

Michael and Jack McConnell

Minnesota church commemorates 52nd anniversary of US’s first legally-recognized same-sex marriage

By JASON RANTALA Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Sunday marks the 52nd anniversary of the first known same-sex marriage in the country, performed in Minneapolis. Michael and Jack McConnell got married Sept. 3, 1971. They were honored on their anniversary at the church that sponsored their wedding — Hennepin

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Northern Ireland police chief resigns after controversies including huge data breach

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland’s top police officer has resigned following a series of controversies that plagued the police force, including what he described as an “industrial scale” data breach. The Northern Ireland Policing Board confirmed that Simon Byrne has resigned as chief constable. Byrne has faced growing pressure to

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Protesters in southern Syria smash statue as they mark 2015 assassination of anti-government leader

BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of angry protesters in southern Syrian have destroyed the statue of the country’s late president as they marked the 2015 assassination of a prominent anti-government Druze leader. The protests in the province of Sweida, where the Druze community represents the majority of the population, entered their third week on Monday. They

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Elecciones en Argentina: ¿Por qué la participación de los inmigrantes es tan baja en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires?

Betiana Fernández Martino (CNN en Español)- – En las últimas elecciones Primarias, Abiertas, Simultáneas Y Obligatorias (PASO) que se llevaron a cabo el 13 de agosto en Argentina, la cifra de participación electoral fue una de las más bajas desde el regreso de la democracia al país. Solo el 69,62% del electorado habilitado para emitir

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Swedish citizen goes on trial on charges of collecting information for Russia

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The trial has opened in Stockholm of a Russia-born Swedish citizen charged with collecting information for the Russian military intelligence service GRU for almost a decade. Sergey Skvortsov is accused of “gross illegal intelligence activities against Sweden and against a foreign power,” according to prosecutor Henrik Olin. He identified the foreign power

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