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Ivory Coast ex-president plans to return home from exile

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo plans to return to his home country after his passport was returned following his acquittal at The Hague last year, his lawyer said Friday.

Two US marshals shot, fugitive killed in Bronx gunfight

NEW YORK (AP) — A suspect in the shooting of a state trooper in Massachusetts was killed during a gunfight with U.S. marshals in New York City early Friday that left two of the officers wounded.

Rains in western Indonesia leave 5 dead, 2,700 homes flooded

MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Torrential rains in Indonesia’s third largest city caused four rivers to overflow, flooding thousands of homes and killing at least five people, officials said Friday.

Wall Street ticks back toward highs despite dour jobs report

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are ticking higher and heading back toward record highs on Friday, despite discouraging data detailing how much damage the deepening pandemic is doing to the job market.

Officials: Man shot by St. Paul officer streamed sex assault

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A man livestreamed his sexual assault of a former girlfriend on social media and threatened to kill her shortly before he was shot and wounded by a St. Paul police officer who was criticized …

UK defends vaccine decision amid criticism it moved too fast

LONDON (AP) — U.K. regulators went on the offensive Friday to beat back criticism that they rushed their authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine, saying they rigorously analyzed data on safety and effectiveness in the …

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Israel arrests man who doused inside of church with fuel

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police said Friday they arrested a Jewish man after he poured out a “flammable liquid” inside a church near Jerusalem’s Old City, in what they described as a “criminal” incident.

2 marshals wounded in shootout with trooper-shooting suspect

NEW YORK (AP) — A suspect in the shooting of a state trooper in Massachusetts was killed during a shootout with U.S. marshals in New York City early Friday that left two of the officers wounded.

Kuwait says 'fruitful' talks had on resolving Qatar crisis

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait on Friday called ongoing discussions to end the yearslong boycott of Qatar by four Arab nations “fruitful” while Doha's foreign minister said there have been “some movement…

Virginia board renames schools honoring 2 US presidents

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — Schools in Virginia honoring two U.S. presidents who sided with or praised the Confederacy are getting new names, along with an elementary that honored a superintendent who funneled money awa…

Berlin opens long-awaited 1.4-mile subway extension

BERLIN (AP) — A long-awaited subway extension that tunnels under one of Berlin's best-known boulevards and improves transport links from the German capital's central railway station opened Friday.

Trooper-shooting suspect killed in shootout with US marshals

NEW YORK (AP) — A suspect in the shooting of state trooper in Massachusetts was killed during a shootout with U.S. marshals in the Bronx early Friday that left two officers wounded.

Japan spacecraft approaches Earth to drop asteroid samples

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese space agency officials said Friday the Hayabusa2 spacecraft is on its intended trajectory as it approaches Earth to deliver a capsule containing samples from a distant asteroid that could prov…