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Month: October 2023

Luis Rubiales pictured during press conference on April 20

FIFA bans Luis Rubiales from ‘all football-related activities’ for three years after unwanted kiss on Jennifer Hermoso

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, has banned Luis Rubiales – the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) – from all soccer-related activities for three years over his unwanted kiss on Spain’s Women’s World Cup-winning star player, Jennifer Hermoso. In a statement released on Monday, FIFA said

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Maine mass shooter had numerous run-ins with authorities, showed warning signs long before shooting

By DAVID SHARP, ROBERT F. BUKATY, JAKE BLEIBERG and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine spent Monday piecing together the events that led to the worst mass shooting in the state’s history — with the gunman’s record of interaction with police and warning signs involving mental illness and violent threats

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Slovakia’s new government announces a massive deployment at the Hungarian border to curb migration

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The new Slovak government has announced a “massive” deployment of police and armed forces along the border with Hungary to prevent growing numbers of migrants entering the country. Prime Minister Robert Fico says the move is planned to start late on Monday. He says that illegal migration must be brought under

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What Trump can say and can’t say under a gag order in his federal 2020 election interference case

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The gag order in Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington bars him and anyone else involved in the case from making public statements targeting prosecutors, court staff or “any reasonably foreseeable witness.” The order does not name potential witnesses who are

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Pumpkins with Maine victims’ names part of growing memorial outside Lewiston bowling alley

By Shaun Ganley Click here for updates on this story     LEWISTON, Maine (WCVB) — Maine residents have been visiting a growing memorial outside Just-in-Time Recreation, one of Wednesday night’s mass shooting scenes. Eighteen people were killed in two mass shootings in Lewiston. According to Maine State Police officials, seven people died Wednesday night at Just-In-Time

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Fans wait to see if the match between Marseille and Lyon will go ahead.

Lyon coach Fabio Grosso left with ‘glass stuck in his head’ after Marseille fans throw projectiles at team bus

By George Ramsay and Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — Lyon head coach Fabio Grosso was left “seriously injured” and with pieces of glass stuck in his head after projectiles were thrown at the soccer team’s bus ahead of a Ligue 1 game against Marseille on Sunday. The match at Marseille’s Stade Velodrome was subsequently postponed

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Venezuela’s high court has suspended the opposition’s primary election process, including its result

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s high court has suspended of the opposition’s entire primary election process, including its result. It is the latest challenge by the government of Nicolás Maduro to its adversaries ahead of the 2024 presidential election. The court on Monday ruled the opposition’s Oct. 22 contest

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Online threats stoke fear among Jewish students at Cornell University

By DAVID BAUDER and BRIAN P. D. HANNON Associated Press ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Cornell University administrators have dispatched campus police to a Jewish center after threatening statements against Jewish students appeared on a discussion board. Cornell President Martha E. Pollack says there were a series of “horrendous, antisemitic messages” on Sunday threatening violence against

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