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Month: April 2024

How South Africa’s former leader Zuma turned on his allies and became a surprise election foe

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa faces an unusual national election this year, its seventh vote since transitioning from white minority rule to a democracy 30 years ago. Polls and analysts warn that for the first time, the ruling African National Congress party that has comfortably held power since Nelson Mandela

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Sydney teen accused of stabbing 2 clerics showed no signs of radicalization, Muslim leader says

By MARK BAKER and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — A Muslim community leader says a 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics during a Sydney church service might have “anger management and behavioral issues” and a “short fuse” but had shown no signs of being radicalized. Authorities have declared the stabbing a

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Phil’s Trailhead parking lot to close for at least a week for maintenance work

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Beginning Monday, the Deschutes National Forest road crew plans to conduct maintenance on the Phil’s Trailhead parking lot. Maintenance activities will include adding additional rock material and fixing potholes. Starting Monday and continuing throughout the maintenance work, the Phil’s Trailhead parking lot will be closed to all traffic, including vehicles, bicycles

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Indonesia emite una alerta de tsunami tras la erupción del volcán monte Ruang en una isla remota

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las autoridades indonesias ordenaron este miércoles la evacuación de cientos de habitantes tras las múltiples erupciones del volcán de una remota isla, lo que hace temer que pueda desplomarse sobre el mar y desencadenar un tsunami. El monte Ruang, un estratovolcán cónico de 725 metros de altura situado en la

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Man suspected of throwing a pipe bomb at The Satanic Temple in Massachusetts is arrested, prosecutors say

By Rob Frehse and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A suspect has been arrested for allegedly throwing a pipe bomb that damaged The Satanic Temple headquarters in Salem, Massachusetts, where investigators found a letter addressed, “Dear Satanist” at the scene last week, prosecutors announced. Sean Patrick Palmer, 49, of Perkins, Oklahoma, was arrested Wednesday morning

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Israelis grapple with how to celebrate Passover, a holiday about freedom, while many remain captive

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Every year, Alon Gat’s mother led the family’s Passover celebration of the liberation of the ancient Israelites from Egypt thousands of years ago. But this year, Gat is struggling with how to reconcile a holiday commemorating freedom after his mother was slain and other family members abducted

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Gov. Kotek hosts signing ceremony for bill providing $30 million for summer learning programs

WOODBURN, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek hosted a signing ceremony Wednesday for House Bill 4082, which legislators passed and the governor signed this year to provide $30 million in state funding for summer learning opportunities across Oregon. The funding means an estimated 48,000 students across Oregon will benefit from summer learning programs this year. The

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Congress moving swiftly on bipartisan action to punish Iran after revenge attack on Israel

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran’s attack against Israel over the weekend has spurred bipartisan legislative action in Congress and sanctions from the Biden administration. Several measures introduced and passed in the House and the Senate seek to publicly condemn and punish Iran financially. And the Biden administration on  Thursday announced sanctions

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Con casi un siglo de antigüedad, este “café obra maestra” de Tokio desalienta la socialización y prohíbe los teléfonos móviles

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Al entrar en el Lion Cafe, en el barrio tokiota de Shibuya, lo primero que llama la atención son los asientos. Todas las sillas miran en una dirección, hacia dos altavoces gigantes en la pared, las estrellas de esta institución de 98 años. Es uno de los pocos meikyoku kissa,

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California school safety officer’s murder trial ends in mistrial after jury fails to reach verdict in shooting of 18-year-old

By Cindy Von Quednow, Taylor Romine and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — A mistrial has been declared more than two years after a former California school safety officer was charged with murder for fatally shooting an 18-year-old woman as she tried to flee a physical altercation, after the jury failed to reach a verdict, officials

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Social media searches play central role at jury selection for Trump’s first criminal trial

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The jury selection process at the historic criminal trial of former President Donald Trump can already credit modern technology for shaping the eventual panel. Several potential jurors whose social media footprints raised alarms have been cut. One of them was a man dismissed

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