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Family of Erik and Lyle Menendez call for their release and say they're victims who were vilified

Family of Erik and Lyle Menendez call for their release and say they're victims who were vilified

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Multiple generations of family members of Erik and Lyle Menendez pleaded for the brothers' release from prison on Wednesday, saying they deserve to be free despite life sentences for the 1989 killings of their parents in Beverly Hi
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Air India passengers get lift from air force after bomb scare forces Nunavut landing

Air India passengers get lift from air force after bomb scare forces Nunavut landing

IQALUIT — More than 200 Air India passengers have landed in Chicago after a bomb threat forced their flight to be diverted to Nunavut.
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3 dead and 4 injured in Mississippi bridge collapse, sheriff says

3 dead and 4 injured in Mississippi bridge collapse, sheriff says

MENDENHALL, Miss. (AP) — At least three people died and four were critically injured after a Mississippi bridge, in the process of being demolished, collapsed Wednesday afternoon while work was being conducted at the site, authorities said.
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Rustad says no plan for user-pays health as B.C. voters break advance polling record

Rustad says no plan for user-pays health as B.C. voters break advance polling record

B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad says he has no plan for a user-pays health-care system in British Columbia, after the rival NDP released a recording of him calling the Canada Health Act "silly" for not allowing such a system.
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Judge invalidates new Georgia election rules, including ones on ballot hand count and certification

Judge invalidates new Georgia election rules, including ones on ballot hand count and certification

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge has declared that seven new election rules recently passed by the State Election Board are “illegal, unconstitutional and void.
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3 dead and 4 injured in Mississippi bridge collapse, sheriff says

3 dead and 4 injured in Mississippi bridge collapse, sheriff says

MENDENHALL, Miss. (AP) — At least three people died and four were injured after a Mississippi bridge, in the process of being demolished, collapsed Wednesday afternoon while work was being conducted at the site, authorities said.
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AFN head urges support for child welfare deal, says they won't get better from Tories

AFN head urges support for child welfare deal, says they won't get better from Tories

OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is urging chiefs to vote in favour of a landmark child welfare deal with Ottawa, saying she doesn't think a better agreement would be possible under a different federal government.
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Raptors all-star Barnes ready for regular-season return after nearly eight months off

Raptors all-star Barnes ready for regular-season return after nearly eight months off

TORONTO — It's been the better part of eight months since Scottie Barnes was in a regular-season NBA game. A week away from the Toronto Raptors' home opener, he feels he's ready.
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North Korea says its revised constitution defines South Korea as 'hostile state' for first time

North Korea says its revised constitution defines South Korea as 'hostile state' for first time

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea confirmed Thursday that its recently revised constitution defines South Korea as “a hostile state" for the first time, two days after it blew up unused road and rail links that once connected the country with the
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Mexico’s ex-public security chief sentenced to 38-plus years in US prison for taking cartel bribes

Mexico’s ex-public security chief sentenced to 38-plus years in US prison for taking cartel bribes

NEW YORK (AP) — The man once heralded as the architect of Mexico’s war on drug cartels was sentenced to more than 38 years in a U.S. prison on Wednesday for taking massive bribes to aid drug traffickers.
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