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News A judge has granted permission to Derek Chauvin’s lawyers to have tissue samples from George Floyd’s body examined. It’s part of the former Minneapolis police officer’s efforts to challenge his federal conviction of violating Floyd’s civil rights after he was also convicted in Floyd’s 2020 killing.  Derek Chauvin, convicted on state murder charges in 2021,Continue Reading

News The Israeli military will remain inside Syrian territory — in what is supposed to be a demilitarized zone — indefinitely, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, as part of what he described as an effort to shore up security amid the turmoil in Syria. Recently seized a swath of territory alongside theContinue Reading

News At least 34 people have been killed by Cyclone Chido in Mozambique since it made landfall. Nearby, hundreds or even thousands could be dead in the French overseas territory of Mayotte. More than 174,000 estimated to be impacted by Cyclone Chido in Mozambique: OCHAThomson Reuters · Posted: Dec 17,Continue Reading

News The Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz School in Khan Younis was struck without warning by Israel while displaced Palestinians slept on Sunday. At least 20 were killed by the strike, mostly women and children, survivors say. Israeli military said it targeted sites used by Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants overContinue Reading

Accused in CEO killing shouts to cameras as he enters courthouse Luigi Mangione, who is facing murder charges in connection with the shooting death of insurance CEO Brian Thompson, shouted toward gathered journalists in Hollidaysburg, Pa., on Tuesday as police hustled him into a courthouse. In the days since LuigiContinue Reading

From the moment he stepped back into the prime minister’s job over two years ago, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to do whatever he could to stop, defer or otherwise avoid this day. On Tuesday, the 75-year-old became the first sitting Israeli leader to appear as a defendant in a criminal case whenContinue Reading

Notre-Dame reopens cathedral doors 5 years after devastating fire Howling winds couldn’t stop Notre-Dame’s heart from beating again. With three resounding knocks on its doors by Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, wielding a staff carved from fire-scorched beams, the cathedral roared back to life on Saturday evening. Howling winds couldn’t stopContinue Reading

Joe Biden is drawing condemnation from political allies for establishing a new precedent in American history with the first-ever pardon for presidential offspring. And all they can do, really, is complain. Because the president’s blanket pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, last weekend highlights the expansive power of the U.S.Continue Reading

On a late Saturday afternoon, two days before U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened tariffs on Canadian goods over migrants and fentanyl, the RCMP alerted U.S. Border Patrol about a group of people crossing illegally from Quebec into an area near Chateaugay, N.Y. Border Patrol agents initially spotted the group, but thenContinue Reading