Before Rupert Murdoch hit America, he ripped through Britain like a tornado | AP News

Before Rupert Murdoch hit America, he ripped through Britain like a tornado | AP News

LONDON (AP) — Before he hit America, Rupert Murdoch ripped through Britain’s media like a tornado.His newspapers changed the political and cultural weather and swung elections. His satellite television channels upended the staid broadcasting scene.Journalists and politicians in the U.K. both hailed and reviled the 92-year-old mogul after he announced Thursday that he was stepping

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Guantanamo judge rules 9/11 defendant unfit for trial after panel finds abuse rendered him psychotic | AP News

Guantanamo judge rules 9/11 defendant unfit for trial after panel finds abuse rendered him psychotic | AP News

WASHINGTON (AP) — A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled a 9/11 defendant incompetent to stand trial after a military medical panel found that the man’s abuse in CIA custody years earlier had rendered him psychotic.Judge Col. Matthew McCall rendered the decision, Guantanamo military commission spokesman Ron Flesvig said Friday.Ramzi bin al-Shibh was one

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Director of migration drama denounced by right-wing leaders as film opens in Poland | AP News

Director of migration drama denounced by right-wing leaders as film opens in Poland | AP News

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Right-wing Polish leaders amplified their denunciations of a new feature film by director Agnieszka Holland before its scheduled premiere in the country Friday, accusing the work of defaming Poland with its exploration of a migration crisis along the border with Belarus.“Green Border” won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film

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The US East Coast is under a tropical storm warning with landfall forecast in North Carolina | AP News

The US East Coast is under a tropical storm warning with landfall forecast in North Carolina | AP News

MIAMI (AP) — Communities along the U.S. East Coast prepared for heavy rain, flooding and high winds from an approaching storm, dismissing schools early on Friday and canceling weekend events ahead of an expected landfall in North Carolina on Saturday. Although the system had reached tropical storm strength, it wasn’t yet given a name and

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Appeals court takes up transgender health coverage case likely headed to Supreme Court | AP News

Appeals court takes up transgender health coverage case likely headed to Supreme Court | AP News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court is considering cases out of North Carolina and West Virginia that could have significant implications on whether individual states are required to cover health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance.The Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in cases Thursday involving the coverage

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At least 20 students abducted in a new attack by gunmen targeting schools in northern Nigeria | AP News

At least 20 students abducted in a new attack by gunmen targeting schools in northern Nigeria | AP News

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen abducted at least 20 students in northwestern Nigeria during an attack early Friday that targeted their school, local media and authorities reported Friday, the latest in a cycle of violence in the country’s troubled northern region.The students were taken hostage when the gunmen broke into their accommodation near the Federal

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US pledges $100M to back proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to Haiti | AP News

US pledges $100M to back proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to Haiti | AP News

NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration pledged $100 million on Friday to support a proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to restore security to conflict-ravaged Haiti and urged other nations to make similar contributions.Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the U.S. would provide logistics, including intelligence, airlift, communications and medical support to the mission, which

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