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A look at military justice in Afghan killing case

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. military has already held a probable cause hearing for the soldier suspected in the weekend killings of 16 Afghan villagers, but the military still has not released his name or said when charges would be filed....
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State plan for Detroit finances would shift power

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
DETROIT (AP) -- State officials aiming to put cash-strapped Detroit on a strict financial diet delivered an ultimatum Tuesday with a plan to shift political power, consolidate public utilities and shrink city staff and salaries....
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State plan for Detroit finances would shift power

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
DETROIT (AP) -- State officials aiming to put cash-strapped Detroit on a strict financial diet delivered an ultimatum Tuesday with a plan to shift political power, consolidate public utilities and shrink city staff and salaries....
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State plan for Detroit finances would shift power

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
DETROIT (AP) -- State officials aiming to put cash-strapped Detroit on a strict financial diet delivered an ultimatum Tuesday with a plan to shift political power, consolidate public utilities and shrink city staff and salaries....
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Defense lawyer: NYC temple plot case misguided

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
NEW YORK (AP) -- A lawyer for an Algerian native accused of planning to blow up synagogues said Tuesday that her client was a mentally unstable man targeted by the New York Police Department as part of its "unconstitutional and illegal" surveillance of Muslims....
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Defense lawyer: NYC temple plot case misguided

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
NEW YORK (AP) -- A lawyer for an Algerian native accused of planning to blow up synagogues said Tuesday that her client was a mentally unstable man targeted by the New York Police Department as part of its "unconstitutional and illegal" surveillance of Muslims....
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Journalist recounts fleeing Syrian city under fire

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) -- Explosions illuminated the night as we ran, hoping to escape Syria after nearly three weeks of covering a conflict that the government seems determined to keep the world from seeing. Tank shells slammed into the city streets behind us, snipers' bullets whizzed by our heads and the rebels escorting us were nearly out of ammunition....

King's Cross concourse completed

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
A new concourse, which will more than double capacity at London's King's Cross station in time for the Olympic Games, is to be unveiled.
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Flight attendant rant: 911 calls show fear

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
For several fear-filled minutes last Friday, three passengers on board American Airlines flight 2332 in Dallas called emergency dispatchers to report a flight attendant's apparent meltdown, asking for help and trying to make sense of her strange rant.
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'Homeless Hotspot' stunt stirs debate at SXSW

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A charitable marketing program that paid homeless people to carry Wi-Fi signals at South By Southwest has drawn widespread debate at the annual Austin conference and around the country....
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'Using maths is key to learning'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
Children struggle with school maths as teaching methods don't focus enough on allowing children to use it, argues an expert.
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Council scorecards for adoption

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
Local authorities in England are to be issued scorecards, under new government plans, to measure how quickly they place children with adoptive parents.
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VIDEO: Crossing the St Louis dividing line

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
The city of St Louis, Missouri, remains one of the most segregated cities in the US. But one street in particular has been known to residents as the "dividing line".
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Primaries to rise to 1,000 pupils

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
A growing number of primary schools will have 1,000 pupils or more - as extra classes are added to cope with a rapid increase in the birth rate.
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Shisha cafes 'driven underground'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
Shisha cafes in the UK are moving underground to avoid smoke-free legislation.
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Obama treats British PM to hoops in the heartland

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- Basketball fan-in-chief President Barack Obama gave British Prime Minister David Cameron a front-row seat to March Madness on Tuesday, taking his European partner to an election swing state for an NCAA tournament basketball game....

Obama treats British PM to hoops in the heartland

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- Basketball fan-in-chief President Barack Obama gave British Prime Minister David Cameron a front-row seat to March Madness on Tuesday, taking his European partner to an election swing state for an NCAA tournament basketball game....

Highs in 70s in March? Warm spell expected to last

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
CHICAGO (AP) -- Break out the beach towels, flip-flops and baseball bats: Warm weather is arriving early across much of the U.S., even in northern states where perplexed residents are swapping their snow shovels for golf clubs....
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Highs in 70s in March? Warm spell expected to last

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
CHICAGO (AP) -- Break out the beach towels, flip-flops and baseball bats: Warm weather is arriving early across much of the U.S., even in northern states where perplexed residents are swapping their snow shovels for golf clubs....
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Congo's Lubanga trial verdict due

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-14 06:21
The International Criminal Court is set to deliver its first ever verdict, in the case of DR Congo's Thomas Lubanga. accused of using child soldiers.
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