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Lawyers Want New Location for Kan. Abortion Doctor Trial

WICHITA, Kan. – Lawyers for a man who has publicly admitted killing a Kansas abortion provider are seeking to move the trial out of Wichita. Scott Roeder is scheduled to go on trial Jan. 11 in Sedgwick County District Court. The 51-year-old Kansas City, Mo., man is charged with first-degree …

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Police: Arizona Man Posed as High School Student

YUMA, Ariz. – A 22-year-old man accused of posing as a student at two Arizona high schools told authorities that he wanted to play basketball and hoped to get a college scholarship. Anthony M. Avalos was arrested Wednesday on charges of forgery and sexual conduct with a minor. He remained …

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U.S. Attends International Criminal Court Meeting for First Time

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The U.S. attended a meeting of the International Criminal Court’s management board for the first time Wednesday in a sign it has stopped shunning the world’s only permanent war crimes tribunal. The U.S. has not ratified the court’s founding treaty, the Rome Statute, partly because of …

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