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WASHINGTON – A longtime CIA officer who drugged, photographed and sexually assaulted more than two dozen women in postings around the world was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Wednesday after an emotional hearing in which victims described being deceived by a man who appeared kind, educated and part of an agency “that is supposed to protect the world from evil.”Brian Jeffrey Raymond, with a graying beard and orange […]

JERUSALEM – With Israel's defense minister announcing a “new phase” of the war and an apparent Israeli attack setting off explosions in electronic devices in Lebanon, the specter of all-out combat between Israel and Hezbollah seems closer than ever before.Hopes for a diplomatic solution to the conflict appear to be fading quickly as Israel signals a desire to change the status quo in the country's north, where it has exchanged […]

WorldCopyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reservedThis courtroom sketch by Valentin Pasquier shows Gisle Pelicot, left, and her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot, right, during his trial, at the Avignon court house, in Avignon, southern France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Valentin Pasquier)AVIGNON – Lawyers for some of the men accused of raping an unconscious French woman who had been drugged by her husband asked her Wednesday about her habits, personality […]

© 2024 MARVEL.This image released by Disney+ shows Kathryn Hahn, as Agatha Harkness, in Marvel Television's "Agatha All Along." (Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel-Disney+ via AP)As she reprises her role as the witch everyone loves to hate, Kathryn Hahn says it “makes total sense” she's continuing the story.The “Agatha All Along” star, who first introduced Agatha Harkness to the world in the hit 2021 Marvel series “WandaVision,” said the rich complexity of her […]