The Chinese government moved to stifle opposition following protests in Hong Kong in 2019 against a proposed law allowing extraditions to mainland China.
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Sheriff says gunman didn’t know California dance hall victims
Before the shooting, Huu Can Tran parked a motorcycle just a block away from the ballroom in Monterey Park, which investigators believe he had planned to use as a backup getaway vehicle.
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Russia plays down West’s decision to send tanks, attacks Ukraine anew
The Kremlin warned that tank deliveries would be a dangerous escalation of the conflict in Ukraine.
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U.S. economy slowed but still grew at 2.9% rate last quarter
The economy’s expected slowdown is an intended consequence of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive series of rate hikes.
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Freed after 20 years, Hawaii man reflects on case, future
His attorneys presented new evidence and argued that he didn’t commit the crimes he was convicted of and spent more than 20 years in prison for: the 1991 murder, kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman visiting Hawaii.
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Suspect in Half Moon Bay farm killings faces 7 murder counts
The charges include additional allegations that could result in the death penalty or life in prison without parole.
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Donald Trump to be allowed back on Facebook after 2-year ban
Former President Donald Trump was suspended on Facebook on Jan. 7, a day after the deadly 2021 insurrection.
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Here’s how to compare the Trump, Biden, Pence classified papers cases
There are similarities – but also major differences – among the classified-records situations of President Biden, former President Donald Trump and Trump’s vice president, Mike Pence.
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Álvaro Colom, former president of Guatemala, dies at 71
Colom governed from 2008 to 2012 and supported a United Nations anti-corruption mission that later investigated him.
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Victor Navasky, historian and Nation editor, dies at 90
He presided for years over the liberal weekly The Nation and wrote influential books on the anti-Communist blacklist and Robert F. Kennedy’s justice department.