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PHOENIX (AP) — A judge who ruled 13 years ago that Hispanics were racially profiled in then-Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns has rejected a bid to end the court’s supervision of the sheriff’s office. Maricopa County failed to show that the objectives of the court’s orders — such as correcting the practices that led to the profiling — had been achieved, U.S. District Judge Murray Snow said in a […]

NEW DELHI, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Leaders of the BRICS group of nations will meet on Saturday in the Indian capital of New Delhi for their annual summit, amid mounting geopolitical tension, disruptions in energy markets, shipping, and global trade.  Here is a look at the bloc’s history, and the challenges it faces today.  WHAT IS BRICS?  The acronym BRIC was coined by Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jim O’Neill in 2001, […]

By Field Level Media Sep 12 (Field Level Media) – Boston College linebacker Bodie Kahoun had to be taken off on a stretcher during the second quarter of the Eagles’ game against Rutgers on Friday night in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Kahoun made a tackle on Rutgers running back Antwan Raymond and remained down on the field before training staffs from both teams attended to him. After a delay of several […]

(Corrects grammar and use of partial quote in paragraph 2) SYDNEY, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Optus, Australia’s No. 2 telecom carrier, on Saturday apologised a day after an outage on its network impacted users across three states and disrupted some emergency services calls.  The 76-minute technical glitch on Friday affected Optus voice calling services in parts of Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania states and the Northern Territory, with some customers experiencing […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched ballistic missiles toward the sea on Saturday, its neighbors said, a day after the U.S., South Korea and Japan ended their trilateral military drill that North Korea views as a security threat. South Korea’s military said it detected the launches of several missiles from North Korea’s eastern costal Wonsan area. It said South Korea has boosted its surveillance posture and was closely […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California labor leader behind a proposal to tax billionaires has been accused of harassing and intimidating several women who work for an affiliated union. The allegations against Dave Regan, president of the SEIU United Healthcare Workers West, are detailed in an investigative report commissioned by SEIU California and obtained Friday by The Associated Press. It includes interviews with several current and former SEIU members and […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi police have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month. Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney said at a news conference Friday that police had secured search and arrest warrants for the man and arrested him when they encountered him walking on the street. The state medical examiner’s office determined Thursday evening that the death […]

By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Brielle Saracini came full circle at her cherished Yankee Stadium on Friday, throwing out the first ceremonial pitch 25 years after her father’s death on September 11, a tragedy that sparked an unlikely friendship with her childhood idol. She was 10 when her father, United Airlines pilot Victor Saracini, died when his hijacked Flight 175 collided with the South Tower of the World […]

By Mohammed Ghobari , Eman Abouhassira and Yasmine Ghania ADEN/DUBAI, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline after the vital oil conduit came under aerial attack in the widening Middle East war. The world’s largest crude oil exporter temporarily closed the pipeline after a drone attack that both Baghdad and Riyadh said had originated in Iraq, where Iranian-backed militias operate. Iraq dismissed a military commander on […]