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Opposition candidates file court appeal questioning Algerian presidential election outcome

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The two opposition candidates who ran in Algeria’s election are challenging the result and calling into question President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s landslide victory. Islamist Abdellali Hassani Cherif and socialist Youcef Aouchiche on Tuesday filed appeals with Algeria’s Constitutional Court while harshly rebuking election officials and disputing the vote count. The challenge followed

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‘It was unnecessarily violent.’ 2 women doused with gasoline, lit on fire after arriving to work in Detroit

By WXYZ Web Team Click here for updates on this story     DETROIT (WXYZ) — An investigation is underway after two women were doused with gasoline and set on fire after they arrived at work in Detroit on Monday morning. Chief of the Detroit Fire Department Fire Investigation Division, Dennis Richardson, said both of the women

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A suspect is in custody after a teen is critically hurt in a shooting at a Nebraska high school

Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police have arrested a 14-year-old suspect following a shooting that critically injured a teenage boy at a high school in Nebraska’s largest city. Families rushed Tuesday to Omaha Northwest High School after the shooting was reported by the school resource officer during lunch. Omaha Police Deputy Chief Sherie

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Beyoncé talks protecting her peace and explains why we don’t have ‘Cowboy Carter’ and ‘Renaissance’ visuals

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Beyoncé rarely does interviews. When she does, however, she definitely has some things to say. The superstar is the cover subject for the October issue of GQ in a story titled, “The Business of Being Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.” Beyoncé is adding spirits to her empire of music, clothing and

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Bright lights detected by NASA telescopes lead to a dancing pair of supermassive black holes

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Two telescopes have spotted the closest pair of supermassive black holes to date. The duo, only about 300 light-years apart, were observed in different wavelengths of light using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. While black holes are invisible against the dark void of space, these

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Israel launches multiple airstrikes on southern Lebanon, killing Hezbollah special forces commander

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Irene Nasser and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — Israel has launched multiple strikes on southern Lebanon over the last day, including one which killed a senior Hezbollah commander. Mohammed Qassem Al-Shaer, a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, was killed in a strike on the village of Qaraoun in the western Beqaa

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A Texas official gets probation for accidentally shooting his grandson at a wedding

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Texas county commissioner will spend one year on probation for accidentally shooting his grandson during a Nebraska wedding he was officiating. Michael Gardner, 63, of Odessa, Texas, was sentenced Monday for misdemeanor child abuse in the September 2023 shooting. His grandson, then 12, survived the shoulder wound. “It’s something I’ll

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Viral TikTok calls out City of Sacramento for replacing damaged streetlamps with traffic cones

By Tori Apodaca Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — A TikTok recently went viral calling out the City of Sacramento for replacing damaged streetlamps with orange traffic cones. The TikToker kept track of when some of the streetlamps fell during storms or accidents. Some of the electrical wiring where they

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El Paso City Council votes unanimously to draft ordinance on use of residential properties as entertainment venues

Update: El Paso City Council voted unanimously to “direct the City Manager and City Attorney to draft an ordinance that prohibits the use of residential properties as entertainment venues,” as Item 21 on today’s meeting agenda reads. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Art Fierro, El Paso City Council Representative for District 6, opened the discussion

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Princess Catherine Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of the Princess of Wales, the former Catherine (Kate) Middleton. Personal Birth date: January 9, 1982 Birth place: Reading, Berkshire, England Birth name: Catherine Elizabeth Middleton Father: Michael Middleton, former airline pilot, now mail-order business owner Mother: Carole (Goldsmith) Middleton, former flight attendant

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