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Reparations for Black Californians could top $800 billion

Reparations for Black Californians could top $800 billion

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It could cost California more than $800 billion to compensate Black residents for generations of over-policing, disproportionate incarceration and housing discrimination, economists have told a state panel considering reparations
Video shows guards walking away during fire that killed 38

Video shows guards walking away during fire that killed 38

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — After migrants in northern Mexico placed mattresses against the bars of their detention cell and set them on fire, guards quickly walked away and made no apparent attempt to release the men before smoke filled the room an
Boy Scouts' $2.4 billion bankruptcy plan upheld by judge

Boy Scouts' $2.4 billion bankruptcy plan upheld by judge

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A $2.4 billion bankruptcy plan for the Boy Scouts of America has been upheld by a federal judge, clearing an important hurdle in the legal challenge by certain insurance companies and dissenting sex abuse survivors.
AP sources: Judge rules Pence must testify before grand jury

AP sources: Judge rules Pence must testify before grand jury

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that former Vice President Mike Pence will have to testify before a grand jury in the Justice Department's investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results
Court reinstates Adnan Syed's conviction in 'Serial' case

Court reinstates Adnan Syed's conviction in 'Serial' case

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Portugal: Refugee held as suspect in Muslim center stabbings

Portugal: Refugee held as suspect in Muslim center stabbings

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A man wielding a large knife killed two Portuguese women and wounded several other people at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon on Tuesday, authorities said.
Police: Nashville shooter bought 7 guns before school attack

Police: Nashville shooter bought 7 guns before school attack

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The person who killed three children and three adults at a Christian school in Nashville legally bought seven firearms in recent years and hid the guns from their parents before the attack, police said Tuesday.
Greece: 2 held in alleged plot to attack Jewish restaurant

Greece: 2 held in alleged plot to attack Jewish restaurant

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two men accused of planning an extremist attack on a Jewish restaurant in central Athens and possibly other targets that would produce mass civilian casualties have been arrested on terrorism charges in Greece, police said Tuesd
French court refuses to extradite Italian former militants

French court refuses to extradite Italian former militants

PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court on Tuesday ruled against extraditing 10 Italian former far-left militants who were convicted of attacks carried out in the 1970s and 1980s.
Police in Belgium arrest 8 people in counterterrorism raids

Police in Belgium arrest 8 people in counterterrorism raids

BRUSSELS (AP) — Police officers in Belgium have arrested eight people during counterterrorism raids across the country as part of operations aimed at thwarting possible attacks, the federal prosecutor's office said Tuesday.