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A man wanted in the slaying of a 7yearold girl who was fatally shot at in April at a McDonald's drivethru in Chicago has been taken into custody.

A South Carolina man whose charges were dropped after police body camera footage showed he did not fight an officer who attacked him is suing the city of Rock Hill and U.S Rep. Ralph Norman for defamation.

Public health researchers on Tuesday called the rapid rise in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Arkansas a raging forest fire," and the state's top health official warned that he expects significant outbreaks in schools.

The investigation will examine 10 different charges, including whether there was a breach of personal privacy, fraudulent access to personal electronic devices, and criminal association.

Peru's electoral authority said it would name socialist Pedro Castillo as the country's next president on Monday, calling him "president elect" in a statement sent to reporters announcing the ceremony would take place at 7 p.m. (2400 GMT).

A Casablanca court on Monday convicted prominent journalist and activist Omar Radi on charges of espionage and sexual assault and sentenced him to six years in prison.

President Joe Biden's administration is set to send the first batch of Afghan special immigration visa applicants to a military base in Virginia as they wait for the process to be completed, the Pentagon said on Monday.

A 13yearold Utah boy is dead after he was accidently shot by a 15yearold friend, police said.

Two Russian swimmers who were provisionally suspended by FINA for doping violations have been cleared to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.

The largest wildfire in the U.S. torched more dry forest landscape in Oregon on Sunday, one of dozens of major blazes burning across the West as critically dangerous fire weather loomed in the coming days.

OPEC+ ministers agreed on Sunday to boost oil supply from August to cool prices which have climbed to 21/2 year highs as the global economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.

A chemical leak at a Houston-area water park left dozens suffering from minor skin irritation and respiratory issues Saturday, authorities said.

Every adult in the United Kingdom has been offered a first dose of COVID19 vaccine, the health ministry said on Sunday, ahead of the end of legal restrictions in England on Monday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is removing most pandemic restrictions in England from July 19, saying a rapid rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has largely broken the link between infections and serious illness or death.

Amid the stench of dead fish, protesters marched Saturday along Florida's Tampa Bay to call for state assistance in dealing with a growing outbreak of harmful red tide.

U.S. officials say the number of migrant families they encountered at the border in June increased by 25% from the previous month even as summer temperatures rise in the deserts and mountain terrain of the southwestern borderlands.