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Memphis prosecutors seek death penalty against man charged with kidnapping and killing teacher

Memphis prosecutors seek death penalty against man charged with kidnapping and killing teacher

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against a man charged with kidnapping a Memphis, Tennessee, school teacher during an early-morning run and killing her.
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The death toll from a South Africa gas leak blamed on illegal gold processing has risen to 17

The death toll from a South Africa gas leak blamed on illegal gold processing has risen to 17

BOKSBURG, South Africa (AP) — The death toll from a toxic gas leak that authorities blamed on an illegal gold processing operation in South Africa rose to 17, including three children, as police removed canisters from a community of closely packed sh
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Russian cruise missile attack on Ukraine city of Lviv kills 4 people and wounds more

Russian cruise missile attack on Ukraine city of Lviv kills 4 people and wounds more

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired cruise missiles Thursday at a western Ukraine city far from the front line of the war , killing at least four people in an apartment building in what officials said was the heaviest attack on civilian areas of Lviv s
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Toxic gas leak in South Africa has killed 16 people, including 3 children, police say

Toxic gas leak in South Africa has killed 16 people, including 3 children, police say

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 16 people, including three children, were killed by a leak of a toxic nitrate gas being used by illegal miners to process gold in a settlement of closely packed metal shacks, South African police and local officials said
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As Israel ends 2-day West Bank offensive, Palestinian residents emerge to scenes of vast destruction

As Israel ends 2-day West Bank offensive, Palestinian residents emerge to scenes of vast destruction

JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian residents of the Jenin refugee camp encountered scenes of widespread destruction Wednesday as they emerged from their homes and returned from nearby shelters following the most intense Israeli military
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A bus careens into a gulch in southern Mexico, leaving 27 people dead

A bus careens into a gulch in southern Mexico, leaving 27 people dead

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A passenger bus lost control and veered off a road and into a 75-foot-deep (25 meter-deep) gully in southern Mexico on Wednesday, killing at least 27 passengers, an official said.
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Iowa's Republican governor calls a special legislative session to revive abortion restrictions

Iowa's Republican governor calls a special legislative session to revive abortion restrictions

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday called a special legislative session to pursue new abortion restrictions after the state Supreme Court declined to reinstate a 2018 ban after about six weeks of pregnancy.
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Tuesday set an unofficial record for the hottest day on Earth. Wednesday may break it.

Tuesday set an unofficial record for the hottest day on Earth. Wednesday may break it.

The planet's temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in at least 44 years and likely much longer, and Wednesday could become the third straight day Earth unofficially marks a record-breaking high, the latest in a series of climate-change ext
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UK, Canada, Sweden, Ukraine take Iran to top UN court over 2020 downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet

UK, Canada, Sweden, Ukraine take Iran to top UN court over 2020 downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet

Flight PS752 was traveling from Tehran to Kyiv on Jan. 8, 2020 when it was shot down soon after takeoff.
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Israel withdraws troops from West Bank militant stronghold and warns 2-day raid is not a one-off

Israel withdraws troops from West Bank militant stronghold and warns 2-day raid is not a one-off

JENIN, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military withdrew its troops from a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, ending an intense two-day operation that killed at least 12 Palestinians, drove thousands of people from their homes a
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