U.S. officials accused the two Pakistani brothers of helping al-Qaida members with housing and other lower-level logistical support.
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Trans youth care ban headed to Tennessee governor’s desk
Republican Gov. Bill Lee has voiced support for the bill.
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IS attacks on Syria truffle hunters are deadliest in a year
Sleeper cells still terrorize populations nearly four years after the group was defeated in Syria.
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U.S. mass killings linked to extremism spiked over last decade
The number was at least three times higher in the last decade than the total from any other 10-year period since the 1970s.
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Harvey Weinstein gets 16 years for rape, sexual assault
The sentence comes on top of the more than 20 years the 70-year-old Weinstein has left to serve for a similar 2020 conviction in New York.
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U.N. approves resolution calling for Russia to leave Ukraine
The nonbinding General Assembly resolution, considered a barometer of world opinion, passed 141-7, with 32 abstentions.
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Drone footage shows Bakhmut’s destruction, a year after Russian invasion of Ukraine
New video footage of Bakhmut shot from the air with a drone for The Associated Press shows how the longest battle of the year-long Russian invasion has turned the city of salt and gypsum mines in eastern Ukraine into a ghost town
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Michigan State shooter’s father wants stricter firearm controls
Michael McRae, 67, told The Detroit News he is praying for something to change in America, even as his son, 43-year-old Anthony McRae, was accused of being behind the nation’s 67th mass shooting in 2023.
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How credit scores are evolving to improve access to credit
Advocates say it’s positive that ratings agencies have started making it easier for consumers to prove that they’ll able to pay back money they borrow.
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On the stand, Alex Murdaugh denies killing his wife and son, but admits lying
Murdaugh, 54, is charged with fatally shooting his wife, Maggie, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul.