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London’s plan to charge drivers of polluting cars sparks protests and stirs political passions
LONDON — London’s traffic cameras are under attack. Police say hundreds of license plate-reading cameras have been damaged, disconnected or…
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Denver to pay $4.7 million to settle claims it targeted George Floyd protesters for violating curfew
Denver will pay $4.7 million to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged that protesters were unjustly targeted for violating…
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A Russian who worked at a US consulate is accused of collecting information for US diplomats
Russia’s top domestic security agency says a detained former employee of the U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok is accused of collecting…
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A funeral home in El Salvador offers pink coffins with Barbie linings
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A funeral home in El Salvador has taken Barbie mania to an extreme, offering pink…
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Thousands take to streets in Gaza in rare public display of discontent with Hamas
Several thousand people briefly took to the streets across the Gaza Strip to protest the territory’s chronic power outages and…
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Israeli doctors walk off the job, more strikes may be looming after a law weakening courts passed
JERUSALEM — Thousands of Israeli doctors walked off their jobs, labor leaders threatened a general strike and senior justices rushed…
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Thousands march on Jerusalem as former Israeli officials beg Netanyahu to halt legislation overhaul
JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of protesters marched into Jerusalem on Saturday evening in a last-ditch show of force aimed…
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Charges dismissed against white woman who spat on Black woman during protests in Connecticut
HARTFORD, Conn. — HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A judge Friday dismissed hate crime and other charges against a white woman…
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New York City agrees to pay $13 million to 2020 racial injustice protesters in historic class action
NEW YORK — New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit…
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Israeli protesters block highways in ‘day of disruption’ against Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli protesters blocked highways and gathered outside Tel Aviv’s stock exchange and military headquarters on Tuesday…
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