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Sri Lankan lawmakers chose 6-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as president

Sri Lanka has been struggling to buy essential imports such as fuel and medicine, and feed its population. The new president has numerous challenges ahead of him.

Barbed wire fencing is shown behind a gate to a recreation yard used by detainees during a media tour of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, in Tacoma, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

911 calls reveal at least 6 recent suicide attempts at ICE facility in Tacoma

New 911 call records, obtained by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, describe six suicide attempts at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma so far this year.

Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan. 6 rioters

Conservatives on the court expressed varying degrees of skepticism about the charge of obstructing an official proceeding.

Shooting leaves 1 dead and 6 hurt at historically Black university's homecoming fest in Pennsylvania

One person was killed and six more were wounded in a shooting Saturday night at Pennsylvania's Lincoln University.

Winning ticket for $1.22 billion lottery jackpot sold in California, Mega Millions says

After three months without anyone winning the top prize in the lottery, a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold in California for the drawing Friday night.

This artist sketch depicts Guy Wesley Reffitt, left, and his lawyer William Welch, right, in Federal Court in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28.

In the first Jan. 6 trial, a jury found Capitol riot defendant Guy Reffitt guilty

A jury found Guy Reffitt guilty on all counts for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The case has been widely watched by other defendants as a potential bellwether.

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