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Sal Mungia defeats Dave Larson for open WA Supreme Court seat
Sal Mungia, a Tacoma trial attorney, has defeated Dave Larson, a Federal Way Municipal Court judge, in a razor-close race for an open state Supreme Court seat. |
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Morgan Wallen and Post Malone headline a very collaborative Country Music Association Awards
Post Malone and Morgan Wallen’s collaboration “I Had Some Help” could make both men big winners at Wednesday’s night’s Country Music Association Awards. |
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They pretended to be from church to kidnap and rob the elderly, police say; 2 arrested
LOS ANGELES — For four months, two people terrorized older residents in South L.A., Boyle Heights and the MacArthur Park area, gaining their trust through friendly conversation in order to kidnap and rob their victims at gunpoint, authorities said. |
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Susan Smith to ask parole board for her freedom after serving 30 years for drowning her children
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Susan Smith, the South Carolina mother convicted of killing her two sons by rolling her car into a lake in 1994 with the boys strapped in their seats inside, asked a parole board for her freedom on Wednesday. |
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US will allow Ukraine to use American antipersonnel land mines against Russian forces
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Biden administration will allow Ukraine to use American-supplied antipersonnel land mines to help it slow Russia’s battlefield progress in the war, the U.S. defense secretary said Wednesday, marking Washington’s second major policy shift in days after it decided to let Ukraine strike targets on Russian soil with longer-range U.S.-made missiles. |
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ICC sentences al-Qaida-linked former police chief to 10 years for war crimes in Mali
THE HAGUE (AP) — The International Criminal Court sentenced an al-Qaida-linked extremist leader to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out when he headed the Islamic police in the historic desert city of Timbuktu in the west African country of Mali. |
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Pope approves new papal funeral rites to simplify ritual, allow for burial outside the Vatican
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that will be used when he dies, simplifying the rituals to emphasize his role as a mere bishop and allowing for burial outside the Vatican in keeping with his wishes. |
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Biden’s move on Venezuela leaves Trump little room to cut a deal
Nicolás Maduro was hoping for a “fresh start” with the U.S. under Donald Trump. Instead, he’s getting déjà vu. |
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Explosion rocks condominium in Detroit suburb, sparking fires and injuring 2
ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — An explosion possibly caused by a natural gas leak rocked a suburban Detroit condominium, damaging other units, sparking fires and leaving two people seriously injured, officials said. |
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Man convicted of murder in killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley
ATHENS, Ga. — A Venezuelan man has been convicted of murder in the killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, a case that fueled the national debate over immigration during this year’s presidential race. |
