Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaAn opposition presidential candidate in Zanzibar detained as he tried to vote early on Tuesday has been released, after nine people were shot dead by security forces ahead of Wednesday’s elections, according to his party.
China’s plans to ‘improve’ democracy in Hong Kong could spell the end of the city’s opposition
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Hong Kong As members of China's political elite prepared for an annual summit in Beijing this week, state-run news agency Xinhua noted "there is no perfect democracy, only democracy that fits best." Hong Kong may be...
Student shot in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, school shooting has died
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A 15-year-old boy who was shot Monday at a junior high school in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, has died from his injuries, police said. The teen was pronounced dead Wednesday evening, Pine Bluff police said in a prepared st...
Susan Collins says she will vote to confirm Deb Haaland for Interior secretary
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Washington Sen. Susan Collins, a key moderate Republican from Maine, said Wednesday she will vote to confirm Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland as Interior secretary, further securing a likely successful confirmation for on...
A Virginia police officer was fatally shot during a traffic stop and responding law enforcement killed the alleged shooter
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A police officer in northern Virginia was shot to death Friday afternoon during a traffic stop, and responding law enforcement fatally shot his killer, authorities said. Officer Dominic "Nick" Winum, 48, had been wi...
A Wisconsin firefighter was shot after heat from a burning building discharges loaded firearm inside, the fire department says
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A Wisconsin firefighter is in critical condition Tuesday after a loaded firearm inside a burning building discharged and struck him, according to the fire department. Justin Frederickson, a firefighter with the Corn...
Lady Gaga’s dog walker shot, two of her French bulldogs stolen
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Lady Gaga's dog walker was shot and her two French bulldogs, Koji and Gustav, were stolen Wednesday night in Hollywood, a source close to the singer tells CNN. The source said the singer "is offering half-a-million ...
Michigan county GOP censures Republican congressman for vote against Marjorie Taylor Greene
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Washington Michigan GOP Rep. Fred Upton was censured Tuesday by a local Republican Party in his congressional district for his vote to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her House committee assignments. The Cass...
PA GOP expected to consider censure of Sen. Pat Toomey over vote to convict Trump
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The Pennsylvania Republican state committee is holding a meeting Wednesday night with the expectations that the issue of censuring Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Pat Toomey over his impeachment vote will be discussed. Sever...
Unknown vandals shot a historical marker for Jackie Robinson and another for lynching victims in rural Georgia
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There are over 2,300 historical markers in Georgia, a few dozen of which belong to the state's Civil Rights Trail, devoted to events and locations that impacted the Civil Rights movement. Two of those signs were fo...
Members of Maine GOP state committee condemn Sen. Susan Collins’ vote to convict Trump
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Members of the Maine Republican Party state committee are condemning "in the strongest possible terms" Republican Sen. Susan Collins' vote to convict former President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial this month...
A mother of 5 was shot and killed after her kids found a gun in her purse, police say
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Five children are motherless after a gun accident killed their mother and injured their youngest sibling. The 25-year-old woman was at home with her children when she was fatally shot, police in Cornelius, North Car...