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A Seoul police officer, under investigation after the crowd crush, is found dead

The 55-year-old intelligence officer, identified only by his surname Jeong, had been accused of destroying evidence that police knew of the risk but took few measures to control the massive crowd. (Image credit: Kang Jin-Kyu/AFP via Getty Images)

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A Seoul police officer, under investigation after the crowd crush, is found dead

The 55-year-old intelligence officer, identified only by his surname Jeong, had been accused of destroying evidence that police knew of the risk but took few measures to control the massive crowd. (Image credit: Kang Jin-Kyu/AFP via Getty Images)

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Why AP called the Oregon governor race for Tina Kotek – The Associated Press – en Español

Why AP called the Oregon governor race for Tina Kotek  The Associated Press – en Español Oregon election results: Democrat Tina Kotek holds off Republican Christine Drazan in gubernatorial race  Fox News Tina Kotek has first press conference after being projected as

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Vatican opens preliminary abuse investigation into French cardinal

The Vatican said on Friday it was launching a preliminary investigation into French cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, after he admitted to a “reprehensible” act on a 14-year-old. France’s Catholic church on Monday revealed that 11 former or serving French bishops have

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Democrats keep slight leads in Arizona Senate, governor races

Democrats are holding on to narrow leads in key Arizona contests, but the races for U.S. Senate and governor are still too early to call.

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‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ continues the series’ quest to recover and celebrate lost cultures

As someone who teaches and writes about Afrofuturism, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” I’m particularly excited about the introduction of Namor and the hidden kingdom of Talokan, which he leads. The first “Black Panther”

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Twitter Blue Stopped Taking Signups After a Wave of Fake Accounts

Twitter’s relaunched premium service — which grants blue-check “verification” labels to anyone willing to pay $8 a month — was unavailable Friday after the social media platform was flooded by a wave of imposter accounts approved by Twitter. Before billionaire

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Russia bans entry to Biden’s siblings and US senators

Russia said on Friday it had banned entry to 200 US citizens, including President Joe Biden’s siblings and several senators, in response to Washington’s sanctions over the Kremlin’s offensive in Ukraine. The foreign ministry said the 200 US nationals included

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Brazil sets new Amazon deforestation record for October

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest broke the monthly record for October, with the destruction of 904 square kilometers (350 square miles), official figures showed Friday. The grim news comes less than two months before far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s four-year

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