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California judge halts hearing in fight between state agricultural giant and farmworkers' union

A California judge has temporarily blocked a hearing from taking place in a dispute between one of the state’s most influential agricultural companies and the country’s biggest farmworkers’ union

Crime|News

Former postal worker sentenced to probation for workers' compensation fraud

A former Postal Service employee in Delaware who defrauded taxpayers of almost $100,000 in workers' compensation benefits has been sentenced to probation

Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment

New judge sets ground rules for long-running gang and racketeering case against rapper Young Thug

The new judge presiding over the racketeering and gang prosecution of rapper Young Thug and several other defendants says she plans to move forward expeditiously with the trial, which has already dragged on for more than a year

New judge sets ground rules for long-running gang and racketeering case against rapper Young Thug
Entertainment

Detroit's giant slide is back. There will probably be fewer bruises this time

Ready, set, go

Detroit's giant slide is back. There will probably be fewer bruises this time
Education|Opinion|Political

Ten Commandments won't go in some Louisiana classrooms until at least November as lawsuit plays out

Louisiana has agreed to delay implementing a requirement that the Ten Commandments be placed in all of the state’s public school classrooms, at least until November

Ten Commandments won't go in some Louisiana classrooms until at least November as lawsuit plays out
Crime|Europe

German sentenced to death in Belarus, Europe's only nation to perform executions, rights group says

A Belarusian human rights group says that a German citizen has been sentenced to death for terrorism and other charges connected to an explosion intended to undermine public order

Americas|News

Mexican president calls Donald Trump 'a friend' and says he'll warn him against closing border

Mexico's president has called Donald Trump “a friend,” and says he will write the former U.S. president a letter to warn him against pledging to close the border or blaming migrants for bringing drugs into the United States

Mexican president calls Donald Trump 'a friend' and says he'll warn him against closing border
Sports

Alabama names Bryant-Denny Stadium field after Nick Saban

Alabama football teams will soon be playing on Saban Field

Alabama names Bryant-Denny Stadium field after Nick Saban
Election|Political

South Dakota anti-abortion group appeals ruling that dismissed its lawsuit over ballot initiative

An anti-abortion group in South Dakota is appealing a judge's dismissal of its lawsuit to remove an abortion rights initiative from the November ballot

Celebrity|Entertainment|Europe|News|Opinion

Italian judge orders a journalist to pay 5,000 euros in damages for making fun of Meloni's height

A judge in Milan has ordered an Italian journalist to pay 5,000 euros or nearly $5,500 in damages to Premier Giorgia Meloni for making fun of her height in social media posts

Italian judge orders a journalist to pay 5,000 euros in damages for making fun of Meloni's height
News|Technology

A massive tech outage is causing worldwide disruptions. Here's what we know

Much of the world has faced online disarray as a widespread technology outage affected companies and services across industries — grounding flights, knocking banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air

A massive tech outage is causing worldwide disruptions. Here's what we know
Crime|Europe|Sports

Former Germany defender Jérôme Boateng found guilty of causing bodily harm to ex-partner

Former Germany and Bayern Munich defender Jérôme Boateng was convicted Friday of causing bodily harm to his former partner and was handed a suspended fine and a warning, as a years-long domestic abuse case came to an end

Crime|Europe

Serbian police say they have killed man suspected of fatally shooting 1 policeman, wounding another

Serbian police say they have killed a man suspected of fatally shooting one policeman and wounding another

Crime|News|Political

Former Trump executive Allen Weisselberg released from jail after serving perjury sentence

Retired Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg has been released from jail in New York City after serving a sentence for lying under oath

Former Trump executive Allen Weisselberg released from jail after serving perjury sentence
Asia|Political|World

Strife-torn Myanmar marks 77th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Gen. Aung San

Myanmar’s military government has held a wreath-laying ceremony in the country’s largest city to mark the 77th anniversary of the assassination of the country’s fallen independence heroes, including Gen. Aung San, the father of the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi

Strife-torn Myanmar marks 77th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Gen. Aung San
Asia|Political

Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country's most powerful leader, dies at age 80

Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party and the country’s most powerful politician, has died following months of ill health

Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country's most powerful leader, dies at age 80
Asia

2 killed in a military aircraft crash in Armenia

Armenian authorities say that a small training plane of the Armenian air force has crashed

Economy|Environment|Europe

Germany's chancellor praises lithium deal with Serbia that could reduce Europe's dependency on China

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has praised a tentative deal between the European Union and Serbia that paves the way for the disputed excavation of lithium

Germany's chancellor praises lithium deal with Serbia that could reduce Europe's dependency on China
News|Opinion|Political

FACT FOCUS: A look at claims made at the Republican National Convention as Trump accepts nomination

In a 90-minute, wide-ranging speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination, former President Donald Trump painted a bleak vision of the state of America, distorting facts around crime by immigrants in the country illegally, the state of the economy and jobs

FACT FOCUS: A look at claims made at the Republican National Convention as Trump accepts nomination
Crime|News|Political

Russia convicts US journalist of spying in a trial widely seen as politically motivated

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been convicted of espionage charges that his employer and the U.S. vehemently reject

Russia convicts US journalist of spying in a trial widely seen as politically motivated
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment|News

Harvey Weinstein retrial in NYC tentatively set for November

A judge has tentatively scheduled Harvey Weinstein’s planned retrial on rape and sexual assault charges to begin on Nov. 12

Harvey Weinstein retrial in NYC tentatively set for November
News|Sports

Utah State fires coach Blake Anderson for 'significant violations of his contractual obligations'

Utah State has fired coach Blake Anderson for “significant violations of his contractual obligations.”

Utah State fires coach Blake Anderson for 'significant violations of his contractual obligations'
Sports

Bronny James continues promising play with 13 points in Lakers' 93-89 win over Cavaliers

Lakers rookie Bronny James put together his second promising Summer League performance in a row Thursday night, scoring 13 points in Los Angeles’ 93-89 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers

Bronny James continues promising play with 13 points in Lakers' 93-89 win over Cavaliers
Americas|News|Science|World

Powerful 7.4-magnitude quake strikes north Chile near Argentine border. No reports of major damage

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has hit northern Chile near its border with Argentina

Sports

Canadian Ben Silverman leads PGA Tour's Barracuda Championship

Ben Silverman birdied seven of his last nine holes and scored 19 points to take the lead Thursday in the Barracuda Championship, the only PGA Tour event that uses the modified Stableford scoring system

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