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Correction: Israel-Palestinians-Georgia story

Jan 22, 2024, 4:38 PM

ATLANTA (AP) — In a story published Jan. 22, 2024, about a Georgia antisemitism bill, The Associated Press erroneously reported Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar’s last name. It’s Bahar, not Baher.

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In this courtroom sketch, Richard Allen, left, is seated next to one of his defense attorneys, Andr...

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A murder trial is closing in the killings of two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A murder trial in the small Indiana town of Delphi was wrapping up Thursday after weeks of testimony and evidence surrounding the fate of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike in 2017. Their killings went unsolved for years before police arrested a man who lived and worked in the […]

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FILE - Private jets sit parked at Scottsdale Airport on Jan. 27, 2015, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Pho...

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Carbon pollution from high flying rich in private jets soars

Carbon pollution from private jets has soared in the past five years, with most of those small planes spewing more heat-trapping carbon dioxide in about two hours of flying than the average person does in about a year, a new study finds. About a quarter million of the super wealthy — worth a total of […]

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Investigators: Kentucky officers wounded by suspect fatally shot him after altercation

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Two Kentucky police officers who were injured in a shooting fatally shot a suspect when he gained control of an officer’s weapon during an altercation at a mental health crisis center, Kentucky State Police said. The Bowling Green Police officers were called to the LifeSkills Adult Crisis Stabilization Unit at […]

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AP Race Call: Democrat Val Hoyle wins reelection to U.S. House in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District

Democratic Rep. Val Hoyle won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Oregon on Thursday. Hoyle, a first-term congresswoman, defeated Republican Monique DeSpain, an Air Force veteran. She succeeded longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio in 2022. The 4th District runs along the western portion of the state and includes Eugene. The Associated Press declared […]

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A Norway Spruce that will serve as this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is placed on a fla...

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A green giant: This year’s 74-foot Rockefeller Christmas tree is en route from Massachusetts

WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A giant Norway spruce that will serve as this year’s Rockefeller Christmas tree was en route to New York City on Thursday from its tiny Massachusetts hometown. The 74-foot-high (23-meter-high) conifer was cut down Thursday morning in West Stockbridge and hoisted onto a flatbed truck by crane. It will travel […]

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AP Race Call: Independent Angus King wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Maine

Independent Sen. Angus King won a third term in the U.S. Senate representing Maine on Thursday, turning back challenges from a former Republican state party chair and a Democratic environmental activist. The 80-year-old former governor would be the oldest senator from Maine to serve if he completes his term, which ends in 2030, but he […]

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Correction: Israel-Palestinians-Georgia story