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Top official in Justice Department's criminal division to depart

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Justice Department’s criminal division is leaving at the end of July after two years of overseeing work that ranged from corporate fraud prosecution to war crimes investigations.

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Boy thrown from carnival ride at Illinois community festival

ANTIOCH, Ill. (AP) — Carnival rides were shut down at an Illinois community festival after a 10-year-old boy was thrown from his seat and seriously injured, authorities said.

Jul 17, 2023 1:51 PM Read more >

Judge strikes down law allowing Tennessee attorney general to argue certain death penalty cases

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers violated the Tennessee Constitution when they passed a law this spring giving the state attorney general more authority to argue certain death penalty cases, according to a judge's ruling Monday.

Jul 17, 2023 1:35 PM Read more >

Blinken urges Congress to act on delayed ambassadorial nominations

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged the Senate to move forward with votes on more than 60 diplomatic nominations, including 38 ambassadors, that have been stalled due to objections by individual lawmakers.

Jul 17, 2023 1:27 PM Read more >

US sending fighter jets, warship to Gulf region to protect ships from Iranian seizures

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending additional fighter jets and a warship to the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman to increase security in the wake of Iranian attempts to seize commercial ships there.

Jul 17, 2023 1:18 PM Read more >

After years of delay, Western Balkans hope for progress on joining the EU - and financial support

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The leaders of several Western Balkan countries that want to join the European Union met informally Monday in Albania's capital, Tirana, to prepare for a summit on their progress in preparing for future membership.

Jul 17, 2023 1:09 PM Read more >

Key Russian bridge to Crimea is struck again as Putin vows response to attack that killed 2

TALLINN, Estonia — An attack before dawn Monday damaged a bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea that is a key supply route for Kremlin forces in the war with Ukraine , forcing the span’s temporary closure for a second time in less than a yea

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Carlee Russell returns home after search, but no word from Alabama police on where she'd been

HOOVER, Ala.

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Biden campaign staffs up with former White House aide Cedric Richmond and fundraising leaders

WASHINGTON (AP) — After having just four official staffers on the payroll last quarter, President Joe Biden's 2024 reelection campaign on Monday announced that former White House aide and congressman Cedric Richmond is joining as co-chair and that tw

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A heat wave in southern Europe generates health warnings for residents and tourists

ROME (AP) — Italian health officials intensified heat warnings Monday as southern Europe began a brutally hot week with temperatures expected to top 40 degrees Celsius — or 104 degrees Fahrenheit — on a continent already sizzling under the sun and ov

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