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    Australian police charge five teenagers in Sydney cleric's stabbing

    Australian police said on Thursday they charged five teenagers with terrorism-related offences in investigations following the stabbing of an Assyrian Christian bishop while he was giving a livestreamed sermon earlier this month. The five boys, who were due in children's court on Thursday, were arrested on Wednesday in the Sydney region. Police said they were associates of a 16-year-old boy previously charged in the knifing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, who was injured in the attack on April 15

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    Instagram fraudster 'Jay Mazini' has been sentenced for his crypto scheme that preyed on Muslims

    NEW YORK (AP) — The former Instagram influencer known as “ Jay Mazini ” who swindled millions of dollars from online followers and a network of Muslims during the pandemic was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday, prosecutors said. Jebara Igbara, 28, of New Jersey, had pleaded guilty to fraud charges, admitting that he created a Ponzi scheme that involved cryptocurrency frauds netting around $8 million. Prosecutors say the money funded a decadent lifestyle that included luxury cars an

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  • NewsBBC

    Newspaper headlines: Labour's 'vow to nationalise rail' and school stabbing

    Labour's election promise on the train network and a "horrific" Wales stabbing feature in the papers.

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  • US PoliticsThe Canadian Press

    Connecticut Senate passes wide-ranging bill to regulate AI. But its fate remains uncertain

    HARTFORD (AP) — The Connecticut Senate pressed ahead Wednesday with one of the first major legislative proposals in the U.S. to rein in bias in artificial intelligence decision-making and protect people from harm, including manufactured videos or deepfakes. The vote was held despite concerns the bill might stifle innovation, become a burden for small businesses and make the state an outlier. The bill passed 24-12 after a lengthy debate. It is the result of two years of task force meetings in Con

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    AP News in Brief at 9:09 p.m. EDT

    Arizona indicts 18 in case over 2020 election in Arizona, including Giuliani and Meadows PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former Donald Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani along with 16 others in an election interference case. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in the 2020 presidential election. It shows seven other defendants whose names

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  • SportsThe Canadian Press

    Reggie Bush is reinstated as 2005 Heisman Trophy winner, with organizers citing NIL rule changes

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reggie Bush has his Heisman back. The Heisman Trust reinstated the former Southern California tailback as the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner on Wednesday, citing fundamental changes in the structure of college athletics during the 14 years since Bush forfeited the trophy and the honor. Bush gave up his Heisman following an NCAA investigation that found he received what were impermissible benefits during his time with the Trojans. College football players are now allowed to profit

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    House speaker Mike Johnson heckled by protesters in tense campus visit

    While the Speaker visited Columbia, police confronted Pro-Palestinian protesters at campuses in Texas and California.

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