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Month: October 2023

Gunmen kill 6 construction workers in volatile southwestern Pakistan

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say gunmen shot and killed six construction workers overnight in the volatile southwestern Baluchistan province. Gunmen opened fire overnight at eight construction workers in the city of Turbat, about 377 miles south of Quetta – the capital of the province, authorities said. Two survived and were hospitalized for treatment.

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Australians decide if Indigenous Voice is needed to advise Parliament on minority issues

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians voted in a referendum Saturday to decide whether to enshrine in the nation’s constitution a mechanism for Indigenous people to advise Parliament on policies that affect their lives. Proponents said creating the Indigenous Voice via the constitution would recognize the special place that Indigenous people

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Officers involved in tasing man who caught fire and later died won’t be criminally charged, New York attorney general’s office says

By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — The New York attorney general’s office says criminal charges won’t be brought against officers after a man covered in hand sanitizer was tased and caught on fire – an incident that left him dead weeks later. Three officers with the Catskill Police Department were involved in the incident

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Palestinians flee within Gaza after Israel orders mass evacuation and stages brief ground incursions

By WAFAA SHURAFA and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians scrambled to flee northern Gaza on Saturday after the Israeli military ordered nearly half the population to evacuate south and carried out limited ground forays ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamas’ bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel.

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Voting closes in New Zealand’s election, with polls indicating people favor a conservative change

By NICK PERRY Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Voting has closed in New Zealand and ballot counting was underway in a general election, with opinion polls indicating people were favoring a conservative change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda Ardern. Ardern unexpectedly stepped down

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Balean a joven de 19 dentro de apartamento en indio, la familia llora la muerte y las autoridades buscan a los sospechosos

Detectives de indio están investigando el homicidio de un joven de diecinueve años que fue asesinado esta mañana dentro de un apartamento en el Bulevar Doctor Carreón. Telemundo 15 hablo con un familiar que espera justicia. Lupita garza tía a la víctima, dijo: “Nos está lastimando. Le está doliendo a mi hermano, está muy angustiado.

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‘An incredible find’: Florida road crews discover 19th-century boat buried in St. Augustine

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Construction workers in northeast Florida have unearthed a piece of 19th-century history buried beneath the oldest city in the United States. Florida Department of Transportation crews were digging as part of an ongoing drainage improvement project in downtown St. Augustine on October 5 when they discovered a nearly

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Australians decided if Indigenous Voice is needed to advise Parliament on minority issues

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians voted in a referendum Saturday to decide whether to enshrine in the nation’s constitution a mechanism for Indigenous people to advise Parliament on policies that affect their lives. Proponents said creating the Indigenous Voice via the constitution would recognize the special place that Indigenous people

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Evolving crisis fuels anxiety among Venezuelans who want a better economy but see worsening woes

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press SAN JOAQUIN, Venezuela (AP) — The avocado trees across the road from Jose Hernandez’s tin-roofed home help feed several retirees in the rural community of San Joaquin along a highway two hours southwest of Venezuela’s capital. He and his neighbors cut the avocados with the owner’s permission and sell

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Australians cast final votes in a referendum on whether to create an Indigenous Voice

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Polling closed in half of Australia’s states Saturday in the country’s first referendum in a generation, deciding whether to tackle Indigenous disadvantages by enshrining in the constitution a new advocacy committee. They closed first in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania at 6 p.m. local time

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Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders mass evacuation with ground attack looming

By ISABEL DeBRE, EDITH M. LEDERER and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians scrambled to flee northern Gaza after Israel’s military ordered about 1 million people to leave for the territory’s south ahead of an expected ground invasion following the surprise attack a week ago by the ruling Hamas militant group — despite

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