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DA suggests judge could permanently halt Trump’s hush money case while upholding his conviction

NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors are urging a judge not to throw out President-elect Donald Trump's hush money criminal conviction but suggesting a willingness to end the case in a way that would preserve ...

Dec 10, 2024

Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, a Syrian opposition war monitor said Tuesday, and the Israeli defense ...

Dec 10, 2024

A South Korean court issues arrest warrant for ex-defense minister over martial law imposition

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for the former defense minister in connection with last week's martial law imposition. The Seoul Central District Court said...

Dec 10, 2024

France flies out 2 Mirage fighter jets from Chad to signal beginning of military withdrawal

PARIS (AP) - France flew out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad on Tuesday, signaling the beginning of the withdrawal of its military forces from the former French colony in Central ...

Dec 10, 2024

Negotiations over the war in Ukraine could start 'in the winter,' Poland's leader Tusk says

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that negotiations over the war in neighboring Ukraine could start "in the winter," as his country prepares to take over the rotat...

Dec 10, 2024

Negotiations over the war in Ukraine could start 'in the winter,' Poland's leader Tusk says

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that negotiations over the war in neighboring Ukraine could start "in winter," as his country prepares to take over the rotating ...

Dec 10, 2024

Israel's Netanyahu takes the stand in long-running corruption trial

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand on Tuesday in his long-running trial for alleged corruption, setting off what's expected to be a weekslong spectacle th...

Dec 10, 2024

Mass evacuation of Philippine towns underway after a brief but major volcanic eruption

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot streams of gas and deb...

Dec 09, 2024

Mass evacuation of Philippine villages underway after a brief but major volcanic eruption

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday a day after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot streams of gas a...

Dec 09, 2024

Polygamous sect leader gets 50 years in prison in scheme to orchestrate sex involving children

PHOENIX (AP) - A polygamist religious leader who claimed more than 20 spiritual "wives" including 10 underage girls was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Monday for coercing girls as young as 9 years...

Dec 09, 2024