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• Man accused of 8 fatal shootings in Phoenix area faces jury verdict following murder trial
  A man tried for murder after he was accused of killing eight people in the metro Phoenix area in 2017 is set to hear a jury’s verdict against him
• Campaign delays push to expand Medicaid in Florida until 2028, citing new state law
  A campaign to expand Medicaid in Florida is delaying its push to get the issue on the ballot until 2028
• Alabama to execute man for 1997 shooting death of store clerk
  Alabama is preparing to execute a man convicted of killing a woman during a 1997 gas station robbery
• Texas man facing execution for fatally beating 13-month-old girl during 'exorcism'
  A Texas man is facing execution for killing his girlfriend’s 13-month-old daughter in what the couple had said was part of an “exorcism” to expel a demon from the child’s body
• Police gather for funeral of 3 Pennsylvania detectives ambushed by gunman
  Hundreds of police officers are expected to attend a closed funeral for three Pennsylvania detectives shot and killed last week by a man who had been inside the home of a woman he was accused of stalking
• Motive of shooter who officials say opened fire at Dallas ICE facility remains unclear
  The motives of a shooter who authorities say opened fire from a roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas remain unclear
• New York woman accused of incapacitating 4 men with fentanyl-laced drugs, killing 3
  A New York woman is accused of using fentanyl-laced drugs to incapacitate and later rob four men of cash, phones, sneakers and other belongings, killing three of the men in the process
• Students charged with hate crime after pork is tossed into a Jewish fraternity on Rosh Hashana
  Two students at Syracuse University are facing hate crime charges after authorities say one of them tossed a bag of pork into a Jewish fraternity house that was holding a Rosh Hashanah celebration
• Some leaders at UN condemn 'sick expression of joy,' 'macabre response' to Charlie Kirk's killing
  World leaders at the United Nations General Assembly have spoken out against the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, as well as divisive reaction to it
• Trump says he was victim of 'triple sabotage' at UN and Secret Service is looking into the matter
  President Donald Trump said on his social media site that he was the victim of “three very sinister events” during his time at the United Nations on Tuesday and that the Secret Service will be looking into the issues
• Brazil's Lula says he was as surprised as Trump with their `chemistry' despite bad relations
  Brazil’s president said he was as surprised as U.S. President Donald Trump when they met by chance and “there was some chemistry,” given the deteriorating relations between the two largest economies in the Americas
• Leader of Belarus opposition warns Trump: Beware of her nation's president
  The exiled head of Belarus’ opposition told The Associated Press that she thinks the country's iron-fisted leader Alexander Lukashenko wants to fool U.S. President Donald Trump using gestures like prisoner releases
• They said it: Leaders at the UN, in their own words
  Many leaders saying many things about many topics that matter to them, to their regions, to the world: That’s what the U.N. General Assembly invariably produces each year. And each year, certain voices dominate. Here, The Associated Press takes the opposite approach and spotlights some thoughts from leaders who might have not captured the headlines […]
• China, world’s largest carbon polluting nation, announces new climate goal to cut emissions
  China, the world’s largest carbon polluting nation, has announced a new climate fighting goal to cut emissions by 7% to 10% by 2035
• Ukraine’s president says the world is in `the most destructive arms race in human history’
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is telling world leaders that the world is in “the most destructive arms race in human history."