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Joseph Mensah, an officer with the Wauwatosa Police Department in Wisconsin, has fatally shot three people in the line of duty since 2015 and is resigning from the department Nov. 30.

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  • National

Suburban Milwaukee Police Officer Who Has Killed 3 People Since 2015 Set To Resign

Wauwatosa, Wis., police officer Joseph Mensah reached a separation agreement allowing him to resign Nov. 30. He has killed three people while on duty, including a teenager in February.

November 19, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani points to a map Thursday while speaking to the press about lawsuits related to the 2020 election at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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  • Elections

Despite More Than 2 Dozen Legal Losses, Trump's Lawyers Press On With Election Fights

President Trump's campaign is insisting that Trump has a path to reelection victory despite Joe Biden's decisive win. Lawyers say they will pursue legal challenges to results in swing states.

November 19, 2020
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By:
  • Pam Fessler
Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates arrives for a ceremony for FBI Director Chris Wray at the FBI Building in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 28, 2017. Yates is considered a potential pick for President-elect Joe Biden's attorney general.

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  • Politics

Who Might Joe Biden Select To Lead The Justice Department?

Democrats have condemned what they call inappropriate closeness between the White House and Justice Department in the Trump era. That means picking an attorney general and other personnel is tricky.

November 19, 2020
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  • Carrie Johnson
A new report alleges members of the Australian Defence Force committed war crimes during operations in Afghanistan.

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  • World

Australian Special Forces Unlawfully Killed 39 In Afghanistan, New Report Says

The findings indicate that Australia's special forces soldiers unlawfully killed 39 Afghans nationals or noncombatants during operations from 2009 to 2013.

November 19, 2020
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A customer compares her iPhone 6 (left) with an iPhone 7 at an Apple Store in Chicago. On Wednesday, more than 30 states announced a settlement with Apple over the company's past practice of slowing down a phone's battery.

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  • Technology

Apple Agrees To Pay $113 Million To Settle 'Batterygate' Case Over iPhone Slowdowns

The issue reportedly affected phones released between 2014 and 2016. As part of the settlement, Apple also agreed to be more transparent about software updates that affect a phone's battery life.

November 18, 2020
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, a former Army Green Beret, has pleaded guilty to passing secret information to Russian intelligence.

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  • World

Former Special Forces Captain Guilty Of Espionage

Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, code name lkar Lesnikov, pleads guilty to providing intelligence to Russia, and could spend the rest of his life in prison.

November 18, 2020
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  • Dustin Jones
A police officer stands before damage caused by one of two pub bombings in 1974 in Birmingham, England.

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  • Europe

U.K. Police Arrest Man Over 1974 Birmingham Pub Bombings That Killed 21

This is the first arrest in decades related to the bombings, after six men were wrongfully sentenced to life in prison for the attack but later released.

November 18, 2020
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  • Reese Oxner
South Australian Premier Steven Marshall takes his mask off as he announces a six-day lockdown for South Australia that takes effect midnight Thursday local time.

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  • World

South Australia Enters 'Circuit Breaker' Coronavirus Lockdown

South Australia's strict lockdown went into effect at midnight Thursday and will last six days. No outdoor exercise will be allowed, and only one person per household can leave on a single day.

November 18, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
Mexican defense secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, pictured in a court sketch, had been accused of  helping the H-2 Cartel, an extremely violent Mexican drug trafficking organization, traffic thousands of kilograms of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into the U.S.

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  • Law

U.S. Moves To Drop Drug Trafficking Charges Against Mexico's Former Defense Minister

Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda was accused of working on behalf of one of Mexico's deadliest cartels. On Tuesday, Attorney General Barr said the former general will be investigated by Mexican authorities.

November 18, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo and
  • Carrie Kahn

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  • Law

House Hints It May Drop Supreme Court Case Seeking Mueller Grand Jury Info

The all-but-spoken reason is that it is unlikely the new Congress, sworn in Jan. 3, wants to keep trying to impeach President Trump — unless he refuses to leave office.

November 18, 2020
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  • Nina Totenberg
Kentucky State Rep. Attica Scott had been arrested in September during a protest of following news that no police officers would face criminal charges for the killing of Breonna Taylor.

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  • National

Charges Dropped Against Kentucky Lawmaker Arrested At A Breonna Taylor Protest

State Rep. Attica Scott was charged with first-degree rioting, which is a felony. She was also facing lesser charges of failure to the disperse and unlawful assembly. She called charges "bogus."

November 17, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker

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  • Law

Federal Judge Approves Landmark $8.3 Billion Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement

The controversial deal hashed out between the Department of Justice and the maker of Oxycontin provides hundreds of millions of dollars of relief for communities hit hard by the opioid epidemic.

November 17, 2020
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  • Brian Mann
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  • National

Lil Wayne Faces Federal Charge For Gun Possession

The rapper is facing a federal charge of illegal possession of a firearm by a felon. His attorney calls the weapon in question a gold-plated handgun that was packed in luggage and never brandished.

November 17, 2020
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By:
  • Elie Levine
"In the spring, we listened to public health experts, stomped the curve and saved thousands of lives together. Now, we must channel that same energy and join forces again to protect our families, frontline workers and small businesses," Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in a statement.

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  • Politics

Whitmer: 'Not Going To Be Bullied' Over Michigan Coronavirus Restrictions

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued a "three-week pause" to curb coronavirus cases in the state. A Trump administration official encouraged residents to "rise up" against the restrictions.

November 17, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
Former Superior Court Judge Mack Crawford

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  • Law

Georgia Supreme Court Tosses Out Case Against Former Superior Court Judge

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a disciplinary case against former Superior Court Judge Robert M. “Mack” Crawford, citing the state Judicial Qualifying Commission’s decision not to seek to ban him from judicial office permanently.

November 16, 2020
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  • Dave Williams
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