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ICC prosecutor Karim Khan steps aside pending outcome of sexual misconduct investigation

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan steps aside pending outcome of sexual misconduct investigation

BRUSSELS (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has stepped down temporarily pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, the court announced Friday.
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Judge OKs Iowa limits on K-6 gender identity, sexual orientation teaching but not elective programs

Judge OKs Iowa limits on K-6 gender identity, sexual orientation teaching but not elective programs

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa can continue to restrict instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools up through the sixth grade, a federal judge said, but has to allow nonmandatory programs related to the topics. U.S.
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Military commanders will be told to send transgender troops to medical checks to oust them

Military commanders will be told to send transgender troops to medical checks to oust them

WASHINGTON (AP) — Military commanders will be told to identify troops in their units who are transgender or have gender dysphoria, then send them to get medical checks in order to force them out of the service , officials said Thursday.
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Florida executes suspected serial killer once eyed for possible link to the OJ Simpson case

Florida executes suspected serial killer once eyed for possible link to the OJ Simpson case

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A suspected serial killer once scrutinized for a possible link to the O.J. Simpson case that riveted the nation in the 1990s was executed Thursday in Florida for the murder of a woman found dead in a Tampa motel room.
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Wisconsin judge pleads not guilty to helping a man evade federal immigration agents

Wisconsin judge pleads not guilty to helping a man evade federal immigration agents

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin judge pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges accusing her of helping a man who is illegally in the country evade U.S. immigration authorities seeking to arrest him in her courthouse.
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Putin spurns Zelenskyy meeting but lower-level Ukraine-Russia talks are still on

Putin spurns Zelenskyy meeting but lower-level Ukraine-Russia talks are still on

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct peace talks in three years, both countries said Thursday, but hopes for a breakthrough remained dim after Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned an offer by Ukrainian Presi
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Autopsies misclassified deaths in police custody that were homicides, Maryland officials say

Autopsies misclassified deaths in police custody that were homicides, Maryland officials say

ANNAPOLIS, Md.
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DeSantis signs a bill making Florida the 2nd state to ban fluoride from its water system

DeSantis signs a bill making Florida the 2nd state to ban fluoride from its water system

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republican Gov.
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54 people killed in overnight airstrikes on southern Gaza city, hospital says

54 people killed in overnight airstrikes on southern Gaza city, hospital says

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Multiple airstrikes hit Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis overnight into Thursday, killing more than 50 people in a second consecutive night of heavy bombing, while another airstrike in the north of the Palestinian te
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New Zealand's Parliament will debate suspending Māori lawmakers who performed a protest haka

New Zealand's Parliament will debate suspending Māori lawmakers who performed a protest haka

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand parliamentary committee has recommended the unprecedented suspensions of three Māori lawmakers for performing a protest haka in the debating chamber last year.
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