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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Here’s the latest from the Television Critics Association summer meeting in Beverly Hills, California, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting upcoming programs (all times local): 8:40 a.m. Aziz Ansari is getting his own Netflix series. The comic has already headlined comedy specials for …

AMMAN, Jordan – An official says Jordan’s state security court handed down prison terms for eight defendants in an alleged plot by Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia to attack U.S. troops and Israel’s embassy in Jordan. Jordanian media have reported that seven Jordanian defendants were arrested before being able to move ahead …

RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio de Janeiro’s police force operates with “total impunity,” targeting mostly young, mostly black and mostly poor people in the Olympic city’s violent slums for extrajudicial executions, Amnesty International alleged in a report Monday. The group accuses Rio’s police of wielding an “unnecessary and disproportional use …