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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A judge will hold a hearing Wednesday on whether to release grand jury testimony given in The Station nightclub fire case. The attorney general’s office has filed a petition seeking the release of the testimony, which is considered secret under the law. A state grand jury was …

KABUL, Afghanistan – A bomber targeted a NATO convoy in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, injuring two NATO soldiers and two civilians, officials said. The blast struck the convoy in Kandahar city, injuring the soldiers and damaging two of their vehicles, said Capt. Andre Salloum, an alliance spokesman. Two civilians were …

HAMBURG, Germany – German authorities said Sunday they have found traces of the rare radioactive substance polonium-210 at an apartment visited by a contact of poisoned ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko before they met in London. Prosecutors said they were investigating Dmitry Kovtun on initial suspicion of improper handling of radioactive material, …