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Zimbabwe’s vice president says the government will block a scholarship for LGBTQ+ people

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s powerful vice president said the government will block a university scholarship for young LGBTQ+ people, a move that human rights groups described Friday as a perpetuation of the African country’s homophobic practices. The state university scholarship for people between the ages of 18 and 35 is sponsored by GALZ, a membership organization for LGBTQ+ people …

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Pennsylvania magistrate judge is charged with shooting her ex-boyfriend as he slept

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A suspended magistrate judge in Pennsylvania shot her estranged boyfriend in the head as he slept last weekend, police said Thursday in filing attempted murder and aggravated assault charges against her. Tests showed Magisterial District Judge Sonya M. McKnight, 57, had gunshot residue on her hands an hour after Michael McCoy was shot in the bed …

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Sheriff says Tennessee man tried to enroll at Michigan school to meet minor

SCOTTVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A 21-year-old Tennessee man traveled to Michigan and tried to enroll at a high school after meeting a minor online, authorities said. A suspicious staff member at Mason County Central alerted a sheriff’s deputy who interviewed the young man Tuesday and learned that he wasn’t a teenager as claimed, the sheriff’s office said. The man from …

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AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

Feb. 9 – Feb. 15, 2024 An Ivory coast fan wears a costume in the colours of the national flag ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations soccer final against Nigeria in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. A man fishes in a plastic tent on the ice of the gulf of Finland, in Russia. People take photos of a man wearing a …

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