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Month: January 2024

Michigan school shooter’s mother to stand trial for manslaughter in 4 student deaths

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The mother of a Michigan school shooter is headed to trial on involuntary manslaughter charges. Jury selection started Tuesday. Prosecutors are trying to pin criminal responsibility on Ethan Crumbley’s parents in the deaths of four students at Oxford High School in 2021. Jennifer and James Crumbley

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Testy encounters between lawyers and judges a defining feature of Trump’s court cases so far

By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Testy encounters between lawyers for former President Donald Trump and judges have come to be expected as the attorneys carry into the courtroom the bombastic, and often antagonistic, style that defines his campaign trail demeanor. In arguments that seem to

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Suspect in killing of 8 people in suburban Chicago has fatally shot himself in Texas, police say

By KATHLEEN FOODY and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban Chicago fatally shot himself after a confrontation with law enforcement officials in Texas, police said. Police in Joliet, Illinois, said on Facebook that at about 8:30 p.m. Monday 23-year-old Romeo Nance was located

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China’s critics and allies have 45 seconds each to speak in latest U.N. review of its human rights

GENEVA (AP) — China will face international scrutiny Tuesday over domestic polices in places like Hong Kong, Tibet and the western Xinjiang region as the global power receives its latest U.N.-backed review of its human rights record. An extraordinarily high number of more than 160 countries have registered to take part in a discussion around

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Relatora de la ONU expresa “preocupación” por el retraso en la elección de integrantes del Poder Judicial de Bolivia

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — La relatora especial de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) para la Independencia de los Magistrados y Abogados, Margaret Satterthwaite, expresó “preocupación” por el actual retraso en la elección de nuevos integrantes del Poder Judicial de Bolivia. En un comunicado de prensa publicado este lunes en el

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Stock market today: Asian stocks gain after Wall St’s latest record. Bank of Japan keeps policy lax

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday after Wall Street built on its all-time high reached last week, while Japan’s central bank kept its easy credit policy intact. Shanghai’s benchmark extended its losses, but Hong Kong’s jumped 2.5%. U.S. futures were flat and oil prices edged lower. Tokyo’s

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7.1 magnitude earthquake rattles part of western China, injuring 6 people and collapsing 47 homes

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press AKSU, China (AP) — A magnitude 7.1 earthquake has struck a sparsely populated part of China’s western Xinjiang region, injuring six people and damaging or collapsing more than 120 homes in freezing cold weather. The quake rocked a mountainous county in Aksu prefecture shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday, and around

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Fuerte sismo sacude el noroeste de China: se reportan al menos 3 heridos y más de 40 réplicas

macamilarincon (CNN) –– Un sismo de magnitud 7,0 sacudió el noroeste de China la madrugada del martes, hora local, según el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS). Los medios estatales chinos reportaron posteriormente al menos 40 réplicas y tres heridos. Las tres personas que resultaron heridas se encontraban en un municipio a 26 kilómetros del

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More flooding forecast for Australia’s northeast as storm in Coral Sea nears cyclone strength

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A tropical low strengthening over the Coral Sea is forecast to be the second cyclone in as many months to bring destructive winds and flooding to Australia’s northeast. The storm system expected to be named Tropical Cyclone Kirrily later Tuesday or Wednesday morning was tracking west toward the Queensland state coast.

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Exclusive: Israel’s spy chief proposed Hamas leaders leave Gaza as part of broader ceasefire talks

By Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — Israel has proposed that Hamas senior leaders could leave Gaza as part of a broader ceasefire agreement, two officials familiar with the ongoing international discussions told CNN. The extraordinary proposal, which has not been previously reported, comes as Israel has struggled to achieve its stated goal of completely destroying Hamas. Despite its nearly four-month war in Gaza, Israel

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Top Senate Republican says border security package could rise above $14 billion as key sticking points remain

By Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer, Lauren Fox and Clare Foran, CNN Senate GOP Whip John Thune said on Monday that the price tag for the border security provisions in a national security package that negotiators are working to finalize could rise above the $14 billion President Joe Biden initially requested for border security. “That’s being discussed,” Thune

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