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'Millennium bomber' sentence overturned

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Monday overturned a 22-year prison sentenced for convicted "millennium bomber" Ahmed Ressam, calling it unreasonably lenient....
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2nd Wis. judge strikes down state's voter ID law

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge on Monday struck down the state's voter identification law less than a week after another judge temporarily stopped it, complicating plans for state officials who want the law in place for the upcoming presidential primary.

Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess issued the permanent ...

White House: No change in Afghan strategy

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration said Monday the war strategy in Afghanistan remains intact despite the mass killing of Afghan civilians on Sunday, allegedly by an American soldier. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called the episode "inexplicable" but insisted it won't force the U.S. to change course....
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WTO upholds Boeing subsidy ruling

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
The World Trade Organization upholds most of its ruling that Boeing received illegal subsidies from the US government.
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Q&A: NYPD spies on Muslims. Legal? Good policy?

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
NEW YORK (AP) -- A secret New York Police Department program to spy on Muslim businesses, infiltrate mosques and monitor Muslim students on college campuses has ignited a debate over how to strike a balance between civil liberties and national security. The NYPD has vigorously defended the tactics, calling them legal and necessary....
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Q&A: NYPD spies on Muslims. Legal? Good policy?

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
NEW YORK (AP) -- A secret New York Police Department program to spy on Muslim businesses, infiltrate mosques and monitor Muslim students on college campuses has ignited a debate over how to strike a balance between civil liberties and national security. The NYPD has vigorously defended the tactics, calling them legal and necessary....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Lawmakers seek end to US deal with Russian firm

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Defense Department should stop doing business with a Russian arms exporter that is providing weapons to a Syrian government killing its citizens, a bipartisan group of 17 senators said Monday....
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Lost mural by Leonardo may have been discovered

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) -- Researchers may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th-century fresco painted on the wall of one of Florence's most famous buildings....

PSU: Paterno's firing over 'failure of leadership'

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State trustees, faced with continued alumni and student criticism for firing football coach Joe Paterno, released a statement Monday intended to underscore their rationale for his ouster: "failure of leadership" for his actions following a reported sex assault involving former assistant Jerry Sandusky....
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VIDEO: Landowner exacts rubbish revenge

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
A man is filmed returning a pile of rubbish to the headquarters of a firm he claimed dumped it on his land.
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Russell Group adds universities

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
Four more universities are joining the Russell Group of leading universities - Durham, Exeter, Queen Mary, University of London, and York.
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Printed poster plays music clips

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
Posters that play music via printed circuits formed with conductive ink are being demonstrated at the South By Southwest Show in Texas, USA.
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Suit: NASA specialist axed over belief in intelligent design

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A computer specialist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is going to court over allegations that he was wrongfully terminated because of his belief in intelligent design.

Openings statements in the lawsuit by David Coppedge were expected Monday afternoon in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Mr. Coppedge, who ...

Turkey: 4 journalists released in coup plot trial

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- A Turkish court released four journalists from jail on Monday who had been accused of being involved in an alleged secularist plot to topple the country's Islamic-rooted government....

British court: Right-to-die case can proceed

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
LONDON (AP) -- In a case that challenges Britain's definition of murder, a severely disabled man who says his life has no "privacy or dignity" will be granted a hearing on his request that a doctor be allowed to give him a lethal injection....

Health care lawyer Clement as high court regular

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Paul Clement used to argue for the federal government's power until he started arguing against it....

Health care lawyer Clement as high court regular

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Paul Clement used to argue for the federal government's power until he started arguing against it....

Health care lawyer Clement as high court regular

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Paul Clement used to argue for the federal government's power until he started arguing against it....
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Health care lawyer Clement as high court regular

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Paul Clement used to argue for the federal government's power until he started arguing against it....

Health care lawyer Clement as high court regular

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-06-09 21:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Paul Clement used to argue for the federal government's power until he started arguing against it....
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