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Court OKs immunity defense in alleged sex trafficker's death
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A sex trafficking victim accused of killing a man who allegedly trafficked her can argue at trial that she was justified in killing him, Wisconsin's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday ...
Jul 06, 2022
July 4 shooting suspect bought guns legally despite threats
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) - The man charged with killing seven people when he unleashed a hail of bullets on an Independence Day parade from a rooftop in suburban Chicago legally bought the high-powere...
Jul 06, 2022
UK's Johnson vows to stay on despite top tier resignations
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he plans to stay in power despite the resignations of two top Cabinet ministers and a slew of more junior officials. Johnson told lawmakers Wedn...
Jul 06, 2022
Seoul spy agency files charges against ex-chiefs over NKorea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's spy agency filed charges on Wednesday against two of its former directors over their handling of separate border incidents with North Korea in recent years whic...
Jul 06, 2022
South Africa holds funeral for 21 teens who died in tavern
EAST LONDON, South Africa (AP) - More than a thousand grieving family and community members are attending the funeral in South Africa's East London for 21 teenagers who died in a mysterious tragedy at...
Jul 06, 2022
Tory leadership candidate disqualified and Yukon heat: In The News for July 6, 2022
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Wednesday, July 6, 2022 ... What we are watchi...
Jul 06, 2022
Might be time to leave the U.S., Highland Park locals muse after July Fourth rampage
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. - It was 10:17 a.m. on the Fourth of July, central daylight time, when Shelly Sella's cellphone rang. She remembers the time precisely. What she heard - it was her daughter, Lauren...
Jul 06, 2022
True motive of B.C. bank shooting may never be known, says criminologist
Questions of what would motivate twin brothers to enter a British Columbia bank dressed in body armour and prepared for a gun battle remain unanswered, but a criminologist sees similarities to two oth...
Jul 06, 2022
Patrick Brown fights back after barred from Conservative leadership race
OTTAWA - Patrick Brown has been disqualified from the federal Conservative leadership race, after ballots have already begun to be mailed out, and his campaign is fighting back against what it calls a...
Jul 06, 2022
Marcos plays balancing act in meeting with China's FM
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - New Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will meet China's top diplomat Wednesday to discuss long-simmering disputes in the South China Sea, as he wades into foreign po...
Jul 06, 2022
