Southern California university mourns loss of four seniors killed in Pacific Coast Highway crash | AP News

Southern California university mourns loss of four seniors killed in Pacific Coast Highway crash | AP News

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California university wrestling with the deaths of four seniors who were struck by a car sought to comfort students and faculty Thursday in a prayer service that recalled the young women as “bright lights with promise and aspirations.”Provost Jay Brewster gave that description of the Pepperdine University’s Seaver College

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Peru imposes harsh penalties for stealing cellphones, including life in prison | AP News

Peru imposes harsh penalties for stealing cellphones, including life in prison | AP News

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s government will impose harsh penalties for those who steal a cellphone, including life in prison if a robber kills someone while stealing their mobile device.The changes to the country’s penal code, approved recently in Congress, went into effect Thursday.Peru’s penal code did not include prison time for stealing cellphones, but

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Workers at Mexico’s federal courts kick off 4-day strike over president’s planned budget cuts | AP News

Workers at Mexico’s federal courts kick off 4-day strike over president’s planned budget cuts | AP News

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of judicial employees, from administrative staff to judges, took to the steps of Mexico City’s largest federal court Thursday to kick off a national, four-day strike against proposed budget cuts.In the first labor action to emerge in Mexico’s judiciary in decades, workers are protesting planned reductions in funding for the

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Sidney Powell vowed to ‘release the Kraken’ to help Donald Trump. She may now testify against him | AP News

Sidney Powell vowed to ‘release the Kraken’ to help Donald Trump. She may now testify against him | AP News

NEW YORK (AP) — The Kraken has cracked.Lawyer Sidney Powell, who famously vowed to unleash a mythical sea monster of litigation to prove that Donald Trump didn’t lose the 2020 election, has now struck a deal with Georgia prosecutors admitting she conspired to wrongly interfere with the state’s election results. Her guilty plea Thursday culminates

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At Donald Trump’s civil trial, scrutiny shifts to son Eric’s ‘lofty ideas’ for valuing a property | AP News

At Donald Trump’s civil trial, scrutiny shifts to son Eric’s ‘lofty ideas’ for valuing a property | AP News

NEW YORK (AP) — The spotlight at Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial turned Thursday to the former president’s son Eric, with documents and testimony suggesting the scion envisioned a “lofty” value on a suburban New York golf course where the family business proposed building luxury townhouses.The trial stems from New York Attorney General Letitia James’

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