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7 Afghan military students AWOL from US posts

FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) - Officials say seven Afghan military students in four different states have been absent without leave since earlier this month. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports U.S. Navy Defense Press Operations commander Patrick L. Evans said in an…

Student Arrested for Wearing Gorilla Mask to Protest

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) - A student at East Tennessee State University has been arrested for disrupting a Black Lives Matter event on campus wearing a gorilla mask, carrying around a rope and trying to hand out bananas. Johnson City…

No federal charges in police killing in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A prosecutor says a white Memphis police officer won't face federal civil rights criminal charges in the shooting death of a 19-year-old black man. U.S. Attorney Edward Stanton told reporters Tuesday that a federal review found…

Lawsuit challenges Alabama's felon voting rights ban

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A federal lawsuit is challenging Alabama's practice of stripping convicted felons' of their right to vote. Greater Birmingham Ministries and a number of Alabamians who are not allowed to vote because of a past felony conviction…

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