61 indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges connected to ‘Stop Cop City’ movement | AP News

61 indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges connected to ‘Stop Cop City’ movement | AP News

ATLANTA (AP) — Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges following a long-running state investigation into protests against a proposed police and firefighter training facility in the Atlanta area that critics call “Cop City.”In the sweeping indictment, prosecutors allege the defendants are “militant anarchists” who have supported a violent movement that prosecutors

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Israel’s Supreme Court delays pivotal judicial overhaul hearing after attorney general opposes plan | AP News

Israel’s Supreme Court delays pivotal judicial overhaul hearing after attorney general opposes plan | AP News

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday delayed the first of three pivotal hearings on the legality of the judicial overhaul, spearheaded by the far-right government of Benjamin Netanyahu, after the country’s attorney general expressed staunch opposition to the plan.For the eight months since the coalition took power, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, a Netanyahu

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Spanish soccer federation fires women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda amid Rubiales controversy | AP News

Spanish soccer federation fires women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda amid Rubiales controversy | AP News

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish soccer federation fired women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda on Tuesday, less than three weeks after his team won the Women’s World Cup title and amid the controversy involving suspended federation president Luis Rubiales.The coach was among those who applauded Rubiales when he refused to resign despite facing widespread criticism

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Judges reject Alabama’s congressional lines, will draw new districts to increase Black voting power | AP News

Judges reject Alabama’s congressional lines, will draw new districts to increase Black voting power | AP News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal judges said Tuesday that they will draft new congressional lines for Alabama after lawmakers refused to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority, as suggested by the court.The three-judge panel blocked use of the state’s newly drawn congressional map in next year’s

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Russia says southeast Ukraine is now the main focus of fighting in the war | AP News

Russia says southeast Ukraine is now the main focus of fighting in the war | AP News

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Zaporizhzhia region of southeast Ukraine has become the most recent hot spot for battles in the 18-month war, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday, as Kyiv’s forces press ahead with their counteroffensive.Shoigu told Russian military officers that Ukraine has brought up reserve brigades there that were trained by Kyiv’s

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