De Klerk was a controversial figure in South Africa, where many blamed him for violence against Black South Africans and anti-apartheid activists, while some white South Africans saw his efforts to end apartheid as a betrayal.
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Defendant told police he trapped Ahmaud Arbery `like a rat’ before fatal shooting
Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael armed themselves and chased Arbery in a pickup truck after they spotted him running in their Georgia neighborhood on Feb. 23, 2020.
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Cargo ship logjam at Los Angeles-area ports begins to ease
Officials at the ports voted in late October to impose a fee on containers that sit around for more than six days if intended for rail transport or nine days if intended for trucks.
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Capitol rioter who punched police officer gets longest prison sentence so far
Scott Fairlamb’s 41-month prison term is the longest among 32 riot-related sentences handed down so far.
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Kids vaccine campaign gets off to strong start, but challenges loom
About 900,000 kids aged 5-11 will have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in their first week of eligibility, the White House said Wednesday.
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Live Nation facing at least 40 lawsuits over Astroworld concert tragedy
One says the performers ‘were negligent for inciting a riot and violence’ and the company failed to prepare for a performer with a history of encouraging public disorder.
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Taking the stand, Rittenhouse says, ‘I didn’t do anything wrong. I defended myself’
The teenager is on trial on charges of killing two men and wounding a third during a night of protests last year in Kenosha, Wis.
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Draft deal at U.N. climate talks calls for end to coal use
The early version of the document circulating at the negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, also impresses on countries the need to cut carbon dioxide emissions by about half by 2030.
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Defendant charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery changed his story, police say
The man who initiated the chase that ended in Ahmaud Arbery’s death rapidly changed his story to police on why he suspected Arbery was a criminal.
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American facing Jan. 6 riot charges seeks asylum in Belarus
Evan Neumann of Mill Valley, California, acknowledged in an interview with the Belarus 1 channel that he was at the Capitol that day.