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Month: October 2023

Spirit Airlines cancels dozens of flights to inspect some of its planes. Disruptions will last days

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Spirit Airlines canceled about 100 flights on Friday after pulling some planes out of service for inspections, and the airline expects the disruptions to last several days. Spirit did not describe the nature of the inspections and did not respond when asked for further information, but the Federal Aviation

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Judge in Missouri transgender care lawsuit agrees to step aside but decries ‘gamesmanship’

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge has agreed to step aside in a lawsuit challenging a new Missouri law restricting gender-affirming health care for minors, despite what he called “gamesmanship” from the plaintiffs’ lawyers who sought a new judge. St. Louis Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer was appointed by the state

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Belgian minister quits after ‘monumental error’ let Tunisian shooter slip through extradition net

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s justice minister resigned on Friday over what he described as a “monumental error” after it was discovered that Tunisia was seeking the extradition last year of an Islamic extremist who shot dead two Swedes and wounded a third this week. Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne said

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Carín León and Formula One’s Sergio Pérez discuss their musical collaboration, ‘Por La Familia’

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the music video for “Por La Familia,” a new track from Carín León and BorderKid, León is whisked away into a surrealist landscape inspired by Mexico. His taxi driver? Formula One’s Sergio “Checo” Pérez. It might seem like an unusual pairing, but bringing León

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Hearing in Trump classified documents case addresses a possible conflict for a co-defendant’s lawyer

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — The federal judge overseeing the Florida classified documents case against Donald Trump is holding a hearing about a potential conflict of interest involving a co-defendant’s lawyer. Prosecutors say Trump valet Walt Nauta’s lawyer, Stanley Woodward, has a conflict because he previously

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Christine Sinclair, the all-time international goal-scorer, is retiring from Canada’s national team

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Christine Sinclair, the top goal-scorer in international soccer, has announced she will retire from the Canadian national team at the end of this season. Sinclair, 40, cryptically announced her decision Thursday night on Instagram with a video that showed a pair of cleats swinging in the breeze while

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Appeals court upholds January 6 obstruction prosecution, in a ruling that could bolster case against Trump

By Katelyn Polantz, Senior Reporter, Crime and Justice, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court has upheld the Justice Department’s ability to prosecute January 6, 2021, rioters with an obstruction charge, in a new opinion that is likely to bolster prosecutors’ criminal case against former President Donald Trump on the same charge. The decision, issued

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Hamas libera a una madre e hija estadounidenses que tenía como rehenes, mientras se profundiza la crisis humanitaria en Gaza

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Hamas liberó a las ciudadanas estadounidenses Judith Tai Raanan y a su hija Natali Raanan, de 17 años, quienes habían sido secuestradas durante el ataque contra Israel hace casi dos semanas, según informó la Oficina del Primer Ministro de Israel. Las Raanan son del área de Chicago y estaban visitando a

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American mother and daughter taken hostage by Hamas are released as humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepens

By Alex Marquardt, Kaitlan Collins, Oren Liebermann, Michael Conte, Sana Noor Haq, Eric Bradner and Eva Rothenberg, CNN (CNN) — Hamas released two American hostages, Judith Tai Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter, Natalie Raanan, on Friday nearly two weeks after launching a deadly attack in Israel and abducting around 200 people. The US citizens were

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