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Jury deliberating fate of ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas investigative reporter

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury began deliberating Monday in the trial of a former Las Vegas-area Democratic politician accused of killing an investigative journalist who prosecutors said the official blamed for writing stories that destroyed his career, ruined his reputation and threatened his marriage. “And he did it because Jeff wasn’t done

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What to stream: Adam Sandler, John Legend, ‘Only Murders in the Building’ and Star Wars Outlaws

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Adam Sandler’s first comedy special since 2018, Ryan Gosling’s “The Fall Guy” comes to Peacock, and DJ and dance producer Zedd is back with an album after nearly a decade. Emma Stone gives a performance worth watching in “Kinds of Kindness,” her latest collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos, and

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Cows obstruct Nigeria’s capital as climate change and development leave herders with nowhere to go

Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At an intersection seven miles from the presidential villa, frustrated drivers honk as a herd of cattle feeds on the grass beautifying the median strip and slowly marches across the road, their hooves clattering against the asphalt. For the teenage herder guiding them, Ismail Abubakar, it is just another

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Protesters against judiciary overhaul plan urge Mexican president to ‘respect democracy’

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Protestors took to the streets across Mexico on Sunday in the latest opposition to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposed judicial overhaul and other moves by the governing party that critics say will weaken democratic checks and balances. Demonstrators rallied in Mexico City as well as in Michoacan, Puebla,

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