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Month: January 2024

South African police arrest suspect in connection with building fire that killed 77

By Mariya Knight and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Police in Gauteng have arrested a suspect in connection with the fire that tore through a five-story building in central Johannesburg last year and killed 77 people, South African public broadcaster SABC reported Tuesday. Gauteng police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhlwi said the suspect was arrested after he confessed

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FEMA devotes more resources to outstanding claims filed by New Mexico wildfire victims

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it is devoting more resources to processing outstanding claims filed by victims of the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history. The 2022 blaze raced across hundreds of square miles and destroyed hundreds of homes after two prescribed fires started by the U.S.

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Scientists spot previously unknown colonies of emperor penguins in Antarctica

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer Scientists have spotted previously unknown colonies of emperor penguins in new satellite imagery. At least some emperor penguins are moving their colonies as melting ice from climate change threatens breeding grounds. The British Antarctic Survey said Wednesday that the four newly found colonies likely existed for many years, but

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Man suspected of killing 8 people in suburban Chicago was related to most of the victims, police say

By KATHLEEN FOODY, SOPHIA TAREEN and KEN MILLER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban Chicago this weekend was related to most of the victims, authorities said Tuesday, a day after the 23-year-old fatally shot himself during a confrontation with law enforcement in Texas. The Illinois

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Pastor accused of defrauding investors of $3M via crypto scheme says he got help from ‘the Lord’

By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado pastor for an online church who is accused of defrauding investors of more than $3.2 million through a cryptocurrency marketplace he ran with his wife says “the Lord” helped him orchestrate the venture. Eli Regalado and his wife Kaitlyn Regalado, of Denver, are facing civil

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Federal prosecutors charge 40 people after four-year probe of drug trafficking in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Approximately 40 people with connections to multiple states and Mexico were arrested Tuesday after a four-year federal investigation exposed multiple drug trafficking operations in east Mississippi, federal prosecutors announced. In 10 federal indictments filed in the U.S. Southern District of Mississippi, those arrested are accused of distributing methamphetamine, cocaine and other

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Federal prosecutors charge 40 people after four-year probe of drug trafficking in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Approximately 40 people with connections to multiple states and Mexico were arrested Tuesday after a four-year federal investigation exposed multiple drug trafficking operations in east Mississippi, federal prosecutors announced. In 10 federal indictments filed in the U.S. Southern District of Mississippi, those arrested are accused of distributing methamphetamine, cocaine and other

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‘Doomsday Clock’ signals existential threats of nuclear war, climate disasters and AI

WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth, for the second year running, is nearing apocalypse, a science-oriented advocacy group said, pointing to its famous “Doomsday Clock” that shows 90 seconds till midnight. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists made the annual announcement Tuesday rating how close humanity is from ending. It cited nuclear threat in Russia’s war on Ukraine

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Attempted murder charges dropped against man accused in Indio shooting, pleads not guilty to assault

Attempted murder charges were dropped against a man accused in an Indio shooting two years ago. He pleaded not guilty Tuesday to new allegations of committing a felony in association with a gang. Tasaun Thomas, 25, of Indio, and 22-year-old Kevin Rene Duarte were each charged with one felony count of attempted murder and two

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