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Former Syrian military official arrested in Los Angeles

FILE - Freed Syrian detainees gather in front of posters showing Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, and his father Hafez Assad after they were released from Adra Prison on the north-east outskirts of Damascus, Syria, on Jan. 15, 2013. A former Syrian military official who oversaw the prison where human rights officials say torture and abuse took place has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of immigration fraud. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)

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‘I can’t breathe’: Eric Garner remembered on the 10th …

Legacy Garner, Eric Garner's youngest daughter, center, marches with family and supporters during an event to memorialize Eric Garner in the Staten Island borough of New York, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

EPA watchdog investigating delays in how the agency used …

FILE - Debris from a Norfolk Southern freight train lies scattered and burning along the tracks Feb. 4, 2023, the day after it derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The EPA's Inspector General announced Tuesday, July 16, 2024, an investigation into why the agency didn't get its specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors into the air over East Palestine until four days after the derailment last year. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira to face a military court-martial, …

FILE - This artist depiction shows Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, right, appearing in U.S. District Court in Boston, April 14, 2023. (Margaret Small via AP, File)

Army private who fled to North Korea is in talks to resolve …

FILE - A TV screen shows a file image of American soldier Travis King during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on Aug. 16, 2023. A lawyer for Army Pvt. King, who fled to North Korea and was later charged with desertion and possessing sexual images of a child, says he's in negotiations with military prosecutors to resolve the case against his client. King had been scheduled for a preliminary hearing Tuesday in Fort Bliss, Texas. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

‘Of all the places’: Deep red Butler, Pennsylvania, grapples …

A memorial rest along a fence outside the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pa., Wednesday, July 17, 2024, the site where firefighter Corey Comperatore died after a gunman opened fire at the rally. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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2024 Election Latest: US Rep. Adam Schiff calls for …

Texas delegates watch during the Republican National Convention Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Tennessee won’t purge voter rolls of people who disregard …

FILE - A "vote here" sign is seen at the Brainerd Youth and Family Development Center, Aug. 1, 2020, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Tennessee's top election office sent letters to more than 14,000 registered voters asking them to prove their citizenship, a move that alarmed voting rights advocates as possible intimidation. (C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)

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Archeologists find musket balls fired during 1 of …

Museum curator Nikki Walsh holds up two Revolutionary War musket balls, which are believed to be fired at the British by colonial militia men, at Minute Man National Historical Park, Monday, July 15, 2024, in Concord, Mass. Archeologists say the musket balls date back nearly 250 years and were fired during one of the first battles in the Revolutionary War. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Kathy Willens, pathbreaking Associated Press photographer …

In this 2021 photo provided by the Willens family, Kathy Willens poses for a photo with a copy of Billie Jean King's autobiography "All In" with an image Willens took of King in 1977 on the cover. (Willens family via AP)

Out-of-state officers shot and killed a man wielding …

Police investigate a shooting near King Park during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. The shooting occurred outside of the security perimeter for the Republican National Convention. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Prosecutors say neo-Nazi ‘murder cult’ leader plotted …

FILE - Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, March 16, 2022. Prosecutors said Tuesday, July 16, 2024, that the leader of a neo-Nazi extremist group based in eastern Europe has been charged with plotting to have an associate dress up as Santa Claus and hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children in New York City to sow terror. The Maniac Murder Cult's goal is to upset social order and governments via terrorism and violent acts that promote fear and chaos, according to an announcement that included Olsen and others. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)