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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Nine performers have been hurt in a circus accident in Rhode Island. Officials say eight acrobats fell from a platform during a performance this morning in Providence. The eight acrobats and a dancer on the ground were seriously injured. It happened during the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus' Legends show at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. The show's general manager says the performers were performing a stunt in which they hang by their hair when they fell 25 to 40 feet.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Police in Northern Ireland say they have released Sinn Fein (shin fayn) leader Gerry Adams without charge after five days of questioning over his alleged involvement in an IRA killing in 1972. But the case isn't over, because the police say they have sent an evidence file to Northern Ireland prosecutors for potential charges later. Adams' release was delayed by an angry Protestant protest outside the gates of the detention center.
ODESSA, Ukraine (AP) — Police in the Ukrainian city of Odessa have released 67 prisoners after hundreds of pro-Russian demonstrators stormed police headquarters. The activists had been jailed following a riot and fire on Friday that left more than 40 dead.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities in Kenya now say three people are dead and least 60 hurt after homemade bombs exploded on two crowded buses in Nairobi. Twenty of the wounded are listed in critical condition. The bombings come a day after two blasts along the Kenyan coast killed four people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — New studies from the Center for American Progress and the National Education Association find that U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students. Almost half the students attending public schools are minorities, yet fewer than 1 in 5 of their teachers is nonwhite. The groups want more to be done to help teachers more accurately mirror the students in their classrooms.
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