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AP Week in Pictures: Global | Aug. 24 - Aug. 31, 2023

Aug. 24 - Aug. 31

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Russia-Ukraine war: critics of counteroffensive are ‘spitting in the faces of soldiers’, says Kyiv – as it happened

Ukraine’s foreign minister also says critics of the offensive’s slow progress should ‘shut up’

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Wisconsin's new liberal Supreme Court justice hasn't heard a case but Republicans may impeach

Even before the newly elected justice who gave liberals a one-seat majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has heard a case, Republican lawmakers are talking about taking the unprecedented step of impeaching and removing her from office

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro questioned about sneaking in diamond jewelry and the sale of two luxury watches

Brazilian federal police are questioning former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for attempting to sneak in diamond jewelry reportedly worth $3 million and the sale of two luxury watches that he received as gifts from Saudi Arabia while in office

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'We’ll … kill you:' Election workers get threats, warnings they'll be lynched, US government says

More than a dozen people nationally have been charged with threatening election workers by a special Justice Department unit

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Hall of Famer Gil Brandt, who helped build Cowboys into 'America's Team,' dies at 91

Gil Brandt, overshadowed by coach Tom Landry and general manager Tex Schramm as part of the trio that built the Dallas Cowboys into “America’s Team” in the 1970s, has died

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Justice Clarence Thomas reports he took 3 trips on Republican donor's plane last year

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is acknowledging that he took three trips last year aboard a private plane owned by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow

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White House asks Congress to pass short-term funding to keep government operating, official tells AP

The White House says Congress should pass a short-term funding measure to ensure the government keeps operating after the current budget year ends Sept. 30

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Niger's military regime orders police to expel French ambassador and revokes his diplomatic immunity

A statement from Niger's military regime says the junta has revoked the diplomatic immunity of France’s ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the African country

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College students are still struggling with basic math. Professors blame the pandemic

U.S. colleges are searching for solutions as they see alarming numbers of students arrive with gaps in their math skills

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton pursued perks beyond impeachment allegations, ex-staffers say

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's accusers say impeachment charges don't tell the full story of how the three-term Republican reaped the benefits of elected office

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Newsom plans to transform San Quentin State Prison. Lawmakers and the public have had little input

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is planning to spend $360 million demolishing a sprawling former furniture factory at San Quentin State Prison and replacing it with something reminiscent of a college campus

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Voters in one Iowa county reject GOP-appointed auditor who posted about 2020 election doubts

Voters in one Iowa county have rejected a GOP-appointed auditor who had previously made social media posts that questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election, among other conspiracy theories

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‘San Francisco will end up like Detroit’: Why Elon Musk and tech CEOs are fighting lawsuit on homeless crisis

Litigation centers on definition of who counts as ‘involuntarily homeless,’ Josh Marcus reports

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University of North Carolina students rally for gun safety after fatal shooting of faculty member

A school shooting that frightened students and left one faculty member dead at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has galvanized gun safety advocates

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Sauce Gardner voted top cornerback by panel of AP Pro Football Writers

Sauce Gardner piled up plenty of awards in an impressive rookie season for the New York Jets

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Justin Jefferson selected top wide receiver by panel of AP Pro Football Writers

Justin Jefferson has been setting records and terrifying defenses since the Minnesota Vikings selected him in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft

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Anti-abortion activist who kept foetuses in her home is convicted of blocking access to clinic

Lauren Handy and four others were convicted of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act

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Retired Giants catcher Buster Posey goes back to school to complete his degree from Florida State

Retired San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey is working to complete his college degree 15 years after last taking a class at Florida State

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Former official under Belarus President Lukashenko to face Swiss trial over enforced disappearances

A former member of Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko’s special security forces is to face trial in Switzerland next month for the forced disappearances of political opponents in the late 1990s

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Spain has condemned inappropriate World Cup kiss. Can it now reckon with sexism in soccer?

Spain has spoken loudly through its government, political parties, soccer clubs, players and ordinary citizens to condemn the kiss of a player by the head of its soccer federation that sullied its Women’s World Cup victory

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Haitian judge interviews Colombian suspects for the first time since the president was assassinated

A judge in Haiti is for the first time interrogating some of the 18 Colombian suspects arrested more than two years ago in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse

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Gabon's wealthy, dynastic leader thought he could resist Africa's trend of coups. He might be wrong

The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, knew well the threat of military coups in his part of the world

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How to avoid the No. 1 text message scam putting your money at risk

Bank impersonations are the top reported type of text message scam

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Palestinians clash with own security forces in a West Bank refugee camp, leaving 1 dead

Fighting has erupted in a refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank between Palestinians and their own security forces, Palestinian authorities said, leaving a 25-year-old Palestinian dead

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