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Man gets life in prison in killing of transgender model in the South Caucasus nation of Georgia
A man was convicted Wednesday of stabbing to death a transgender actor and model in her apartment in Georgia last year, a ...
A boat catches fire in Congo and capsizes, leaving at least 50 people dead, a local official says
A boat has capsized after catching fire in northwestern Congo, leaving at least 50 people dead and more than 100 missing, a local official said on Wednesday. Dozens were ...
ACLU sues Defense Department school system over banning race- and gender-related books
The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the Department of Defense’s school system for children of military families, asserting that the removal of race- and gender-related books and curricula ...
OpenAI picks labor icon Dolores Huerta and other philanthropy advisers as it moves toward for-profit
OpenAI has named labor leader Dolores Huerta and three others to an advisory board that will help guide the artificial intelligence company’s philanthropy as it attempts to shift itself into ...
Slave descendants fight to protect their threatened island community at Georgia’s highest court
Georgia’s highest court waded Wednesday into a fight between Black landowners and local officials who have weakened long-standing protections for one of the ...
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen goes to El Salvador to push for Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen arrived in El Salvador Wednesday to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who ...
US imposes sanctions on a Chinese refinery accused of buying Iranian oil
The Treasury Department imposed sanctions Wednesday on a Chinese refinery accused of purchasing more than $1 billion worth of Iranian oil, saying the proceeds help finance both ...
Judge finds cause to hold Trump administration in criminal contempt for violating deportation order
A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court ...
Portsmouth Fire Marshal’s Office investigates apartment fire on Effingham Street
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The Portsmouth Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a Tuesday night apartment fire. Portsmouth Fire Rescue and Emergency Services responded to a report of a multi-family ...
Thousands of users report problems with Spotify music streaming app
Thousands of users reported outages across Spotify on Wednesday morning. The music streaming service confirmed the outage in ...
Boasberg moves to hold Trump admin in contempt over deportation flights
A federal judge Wednesday found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for willfully disobeying ...
New Orleans Pelicans tap Joe Dumars to lead basketball operations
The New Orleans Pelicans have hired Joe Dumars — a former NBA champion as both a player and an executive with the Detroit Pistons — as their executive vice president of ...