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South Korea will hold election on June 3 to replace ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol
April 07, 2025 - 10:11 PM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will hold a snap presidential election June 3 to replace recently ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, the country's acting leader Han Duck-soo announced Tuesday.
Walter Clayton Jr.'s defensive stop gives Florida its 3rd national title with 65-63 win over Houston
April 07, 2025 - 9:56 PM

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Florida’s Walter Clayton Jr. came up with the perfect going-away present for that spirit-crushing Houston defense that bullied, battered and bedeviled him all night.
Ex-member of former Gambia dictator's military unit on trial for torture in US
April 07, 2025 - 9:34 PM

DENVER (AP) — Opening statements are expected Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of torturing political opponents of Gambia's former military dictator Yahya Jammeh nearly 20 years ago, the latest international trial tied to his regime.
New Mexico opens major-party primary elections to growing ranks of unaffiliated voters
April 07, 2025 - 9:31 PM

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The growing ranks of New Mexico voters with no party affiliation will be allowed to vote in primary elections without changing their nonpartisan status, under a bill signed into law Monday by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
Federal magistrate weighs arguments in Idaho news groups' execution access lawsuit
April 07, 2025 - 9:28 PM

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal magistrate judge is expected to hear arguments Tuesday morning in a lawsuit brought by three news organizations that say Idaho prison officials are unconstitutionally hiding parts of lethal injection executions from public view.
Trump's DHS revokes legal status for migrants who entered the US on Biden-era CBP One app
April 07, 2025 - 9:28 PM

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — Migrants who were temporarily allowed to live in the United States by using a Biden-era online appointment app have been told to leave the country “immediately,” officials said Monday. It was unclear how many beneficiaries would be affected.
Florida man faces execution for killing of woman on break from work at The Miami Herald
April 07, 2025 - 9:19 PM

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of killing a woman who was carjacked on her lunch break from her job at The Miami Herald is set to be executed on Tuesday evening.
Maryland lawmakers end session in a tough budget year, worries about federal cuts
April 07, 2025 - 9:14 PM

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers ended their legislative session late Monday in a challenging budget year that was aggravated by uncertainties with the Trump administration’s downsizing of the federal government on a state that relies heavily on federal jobs and contracts.
How Philadelphia police draw on personal experiences to respond to mental health crises
April 07, 2025 - 9:09 PM

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — On a frigid February morning, Vanity Cordero, a Philadelphia police officer, heard a call over the radio for a man threatening to jump from a bridge. The details sounded familiar.
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April 07, 2025 - 9:04 PM

Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after judges' review
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THOMPSON: Canadians shouldn't blame all Americans for Donald Trump
OPINION I used to wonder why people would support a tyrant, someone who went against everything they were ever taught about being a good…decent…person. With age, however, sometimes comes wisdom. Th

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

Dutch cannabis growers welcome expansion of state-run experiment to make sales legal
BEMMEL, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands expanded a government-run initiative on Monday allowing legal cannabis sales. While growing cannabis is still illegal, cannabis shops — known as coffeeshops — in 10 municipalities

'Collateral attack': BC realtor loses after trying to sue regulator's lawyer
A BC Judge has found a Vancouver realtor's conduct "reprehensible" calling her claims in court "scandalous" and "frivolous" after the realtor tried to sue a lawyer who once represented an opposing side. BC

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South Korea will hold election on June 3 to replace ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol

Walter Clayton Jr.'s defensive stop gives Florida its 3rd national title with 65-63 win over Houston

Ex-member of former Gambia dictator's military unit on trial for torture in US

New Mexico opens major-party primary elections to growing ranks of unaffiliated voters

Federal magistrate weighs arguments in Idaho news groups' execution access lawsuit

Trump's DHS revokes legal status for migrants who entered the US on Biden-era CBP One app

Florida man faces execution for killing of woman on break from work at The Miami Herald

Maryland lawmakers end session in a tough budget year, worries about federal cuts

How Philadelphia police draw on personal experiences to respond to mental health crises

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