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Month: April 2024

Spain’s prime minister says he will consider resigning after wife is targeted by judicial probe

MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has denied corruption allegations against his wife but says he will consider resigning after a judicial investigation was launched into accusations that she used her position to influence business deals.  Sánchez says in a letter posted on his X account that while the allegations against his wife

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48-year-old cold case closed after LaGrange man’s manner of death listed as ‘undetermined,’ sheriff’s office says

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — The Troup County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday announced the closure of a 48-year-old cold case involving the disappearance of Kyle Clinkscales, a 22-year-old Auburn University student from LaGrange. According to authorities, Clinkscales disappeared on the night of Jan. 27, 1976, after

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Teen charged in mass shooting at LGBTQ+ friendly punk rock show in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A teenage suspect who allegedly made derogatory remarks about LGBTQ+ people before opening fire at a backyard punk rock show now faces felony charges. The shooting killed one person and wounded six others in Minneapolis last August. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports 18-year-old Dominic James Burris appeared in juvenile court Tuesday on

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Ancestry website to catalogue names of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II will be digitized and made available for free on Ancestry. The genealogy company announced Wednesday it is collaborating with the Irei Project, which has been working to memorialize more than 125,000 detainees. Ancestry is known

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Reggie Bush getting 2005 Heisman Trophy back, Heisman Trust cites ‘enormous changes in college athletics’

By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Reggie Bush is getting his 2005 Heisman Memorial Trophy back after having had to relinquish the award in 2010. In a press release Wednesday on Heisman.com, the decision by the Heisman Trust to reinstate Bush followed a deliberative process in which it closely monitored the “enormous changes” in the college

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Former girlfriend provides tearful testimony on boyfriend’s fate in trial of alleged crime boss Mike Miske

By Kristen Consillio Click here for updates on this story     HONOLULU (KITV) — The former girlfriend of missing man Jonathan Fraser took the stand again Tuesday in the federal trial of alleged crime boss Michael Miske. Ashley Wong wept as video played of her and her then-boyfriend Fraser throwing flowers into the ocean in honor

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A Minnesota state senator is charged with burglary, accused of breaking into her stepmother’s house to obtain her dad’s ashes

By Brammhi Balarajan and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A state senator in Minnesota has been charged with first-degree felony burglary on suspicion of breaking into her stepmother’s house Monday to retrieve sentimental items related to her late father, including his ashes, according to a probable cause statement obtained by CNN. Police responded to a

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Microsoft and Amazon face scrutiny from UK competition watchdog over recent AI deals

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — British competition regulators say they’ll scrutinize recent artificial intelligence deals by Microsoft and Amazon over concerns that the moves could thwart competition in the AI industry. The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday it’s looking into Microsoft’s partnership with France’s Mistral AI and the company’s hiring

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