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Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević, 46, dies in Salt Lake City after heart attack

SALT LAKE CITY — Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević, a mentor to two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and a former star player in his native Serbia, died Wednesday in Utah after suffering a heart attack, the team announced.

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Maine judge delays decision on removing Trump from ballot until Supreme Court rules in Colorado case

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine judge on Wednesday put on hold a decision on former President Donald Trump’s ballot status to allow time for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a similar case in Colorado .

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Judge threatens to boot Donald Trump from courtroom over loud talking as E. Jean Carroll testifies

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was threatened with expulsion from his Manhattan civil trial Wednesday after he repeatedly ignored a warning to keep quiet while writer E.

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Pakistan recalls ambassador to Iran over airstrike by Tehran that killed 2 people

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan recalled its ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday, a day after Iran launched airstrikes on Pakistan that it claimed targeted bases for a militant Sunni separatist group.

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China's population falls for a 2nd straight year as births drop even after end of one-child policy

BEIJING (AP) — China’s population fell by 2 million people in 2023 in its second straight annual decrease, as births dropped for the seventh straight year and deaths jumped following the end of COVID-19 restrictions, the government said Wednesday.

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Fireworks factory explodes in central Thailand causing multiple reported deaths

BANGKOK (AP) — An explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand killed at least 20 people on Wednesday, the government's disaster relief agency said.

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Shooter who killed 5 people at Colorado LGBTQ+ club intends to plead guilty to federal hate crimes

DENVER (AP) — The shooter who killed five people and endangered the lives of over 40 others at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs plans to plead guilty to new federal charges for hate crimes and firearm violations under an agreement that would a

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France's Macron announces missiles and bombs for Ukraine, suggests he could work with Trump

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans Tuesday to deliver more long-range cruise missiles as well as bombs to Ukraine and suggested that he'd find ways to work with Donald Trump in the event that he wins another presidency.

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Palestinians fight in hard-hit areas of Gaza while deal emerges to deliver medicine to hostages

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian militants battled Israeli forces in devastated northern Gaza and launched a barrage of rockets from farther south on Tuesday in a show of force more than 100 days into Israel's massive air and ground campaign agai

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US to relist Yemen's Houthis as specially designated global terrorists, AP sources say

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is expected to soon announce plans to redesignate Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen as specially designated global terrorists, according to two people familiar with the White House decision and a U.S.

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