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By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee state senator has been found guilty of wire fraud in federal court. News outlets…
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By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee state senator has been found guilty of wire fraud in federal court. News outlets…
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By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Equal Justice Initiative is opening an expanded museum in Alabama that focuses on the…
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By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he has had discussions with British…
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Regulators want the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to pay a penalty and follow through on a promise to fix…
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is putting final touches on long-sought consumer protections…
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A conservative Roman Catholic media outlet is seeking a court order to stage a rally during a U.S.…
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By MARCY GORDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators have fired a barrage of criticism at a Facebook executive over…
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military expects to begin receiving new Afghanistan evacuees in the United States…
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GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Officials say meatpacker JBS Foods Inc. faces about $59,000 in fines following the death of a worker who fell into a vat of…
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By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday announced new rules that require authorities to only pursue…
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams is joining Purdue University after being a leader of the nation’s early…
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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Primetta Giacopini’s life began and ended with pandemics. The 105-year-old California woman was two years old…
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By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Kilauea, one of the most active volcanos on Earth, began erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island…
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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press FORT MCCOY, Wis. (AP) — Reporters have been given a glimpse of life on a Wisconsin Army post for newly arrived…
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HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A fern species that was believed to be extinct when the last known specimen died on Hawaii’s Big Island has been found on the…
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By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain has launched a diplomatic offensive to preserve its essential stream of Algerian natural gas as…
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By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Tens of thousands of men who say they were molested as children by scoutmasters and others…
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By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a long night of frantic negotiations, Democrats remain unable to reach an…
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SEARCY, Ark. (AP) — A Black man who was fatally shot in his apartment by a white off-duty Dallas police officer has been honored with a memorial at…
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By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson plans to relocate its headquarters from…
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian markets have tumbled on the tail of Wall Street’s worst monthly loss since the beginning of the…
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By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia says it is kicking out seven United Nations officials whom it accuses of…
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By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 22-year-old white supremacist has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of…
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Julia Ducournau’s “Titane” has already developed the reputation of being the year’s…
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By NOHA ELHENNAWY and ASHRAF IDRIS Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Thousands of Sudanese have rallied in the capital of Khartoum against…
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By GABRIELA MOLINA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s president has declared a state of emergency in the prison system following a…
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By MARKUS SCHREIBER and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press ITZEHOE, Germany (AP) — Officials say a former secretary for the SS commander of the…
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the U.N. political mission in…
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By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The head of the World Bank has discussed Sudan’s daunting economic challenges with the…
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A plan to possibly sell the South Florida property where the collapse of a condo building…
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By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Republicans are using money from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package for projects on…
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai is opening Expo 2020 in an extravagant ceremony that was delayed a year…
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Girls from the Afghanistan national soccer team who were recently granted asylum in Portugal have had a surprise visit from…
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By TOM KRISHER, JONATHAN MATTISE and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ford’s blockbuster announcement this week that it…
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DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Frank Thomas has found his Field of Dreams. The Hall of Famer has headed a venture that bought controlling interest in Go…
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By ADRIAN SAINZ and REBECCA REYNOLDS Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a teenage boy was shot and wounded at a school in…
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of military suicides jumped by 15% in 2020, fueled by…
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By STEPHEN GROVES and JILL COLVIN Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is cutting ties with political adviser…
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By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Murder charges have been dismissed against a man who spent 15 years in prison for the…
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By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press The nation’s school boards are asking President Joe Biden for federal assistance to investigate and stop a…
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By JAMEY KEATEN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.S. and Russia have agreed to press ahead with arms control and related…
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By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With only hours to spare, President Joe Biden has signed legislation to avoid a partial federal…
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By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that allows ownership of a…
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By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Several far-reaching laws aimed at boosting police accountability and transparency are set to…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that current high levels of…
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By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Young climate activists have denounced Italian police for temporarily detaining delegates who…
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Poland has ordered three men to pay equivalent of 1,700 euros ($1,990) in damages for having toppled a statue of…
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BERLIN (AP) — A Munich court has heard a claim for compensation from a German certification company over a devastating dam collapse in Brazil in…
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece say 41 Afghan refugees have flown from Athens to Portugal as part of a bilateral agreement to resettle…
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By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say fierce clashes between government forces and Houthi rebels over a crucial…
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Syria says invitations have been issued for a sixth meeting…
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By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Union’s Home Affairs Commissioner says the 27-nation bloc could work…
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — About halfway through Steven Van Zandt’s new memoir comes the point of no return. That…
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By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Victims of the November 2015 terror attacks on Paris have begun testifying about the night that left…
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By BRUCE SCHREINER, TOM KRISHER and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press GLENDALE, Ky. (AP) — When Ford revealed plans to ramp up its commitment to the…
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By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez praised Art Acevedo as “America’s best chief” when he…
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TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Supreme Court has ordered the re-trial of a former interior minister who was convicted of abuse of office two…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is sounding an urgent call for Congress to raise the…
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military officer has told Congress he knew former President…
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s weekend election has made the country’s lower house of parliament more…
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By JUSTIN SPIKE and DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A diplomatic conflict between Hungary and Ukraine has deepened. The…
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence declined for the third straight month in September amid ongoing…
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By MAE ANDERSON and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Businesses that have announced vaccine mandates say some workers who had been…
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By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have opened a criminal case against imprisoned opposition leader Alexei…
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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary Janet Yellen is telling Congress that the Treasury Department will likely…
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By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Camilo won his first Latin Grammy Award last year and could soon have many more in his…
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HOUSTON (AP) — A grand jury has declined to indict four Houston police officers who fatally shot a man more than 20 times while he was in the midst…
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s transport minister says there are “tentative signs” a fuel-supply crisis snarling…
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By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Youth climate activists Vanessa Nakate and Greta Thunberg have chastized global leaders for failing…
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GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a man who apparently tried to break into a restaurant in a southern New Jersey strip mall died after…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices soared in July from a year earlier by a record amount as buyers…
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By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — While acknowledging the inevitable advance of alternative energy sources and…
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By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The authoritarian leader of Belarus has announced a referendum on a new constitution to be…
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By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press CHESTER, Mont. (AP) — A 911 call over the weekend about an Amtrak train that derailed in rural Montana, killing…
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LONDON (AP) — A defense lawyer says a man charged with the murder of a 28-year-old school teacher in London plans to plead not guilty. Delivery…
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AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s official news agency says the country’s national airline will resume direct flights to Syria’s…
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By MARIA CHENG and AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — A panel commissioned by the World Health Organization has identified…
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Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s legislature on Tuesday descended into a rowdy brawl on Tuesday, after opposition lawmakers…
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick is Richard Powers’ “Bewilderment.” It’s his…
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Union’s home affairs commissioner says the 27-member bloc stands firm on its regime of sanctions against…
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Toyota is revving up acquisitions in mobility technology, adding Renovo Motors,…
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By KIM COOK Associated Press Fall is a busy time for moving and changing homes. And many people have relocated because of pandemic-related changes in…
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PARIS (AP) — French drugmaker Sanofi says it is shelving plans for a COVID-19 vaccine based on messenger RNA despite positive results from early…
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By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The operator of an oil tanker seized by Indonesian authorities at the request of…
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By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — There is a gathering at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum of people from around Europe depicted in more…
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PARIS (AP) — A French government spokesperson says France plans to reduce the number of visas issued to people in North Africa because governments…
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By LAURA MCMULLEN of NerdWallet Emotions influence our decisions, including whether or not we should buy something. And these are emotional times,…
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MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Sam has strengthened again to a powerful Category 4 storm. It’s centered well offshore in the Atlantic Ocean but could…
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PARIS (AP) — A 19-year-old student who threw an egg at French President Emmanuel Macron has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. The egg hit…
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Council has approved a 5 billion-euro ($5.8 billion) reserve aimed at helping EU businesses tackle the short-term…
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Bowing — if only for a moment — to pressure from lawmakers, critics, the media and child development…
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By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says Europeans must boost their defense plans and make themselves…
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By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The family of a Lebanese man who was critically injured in last year’s massive explosion at…
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press Nearly nine months have passed since the riot at the U.S. Capitol, and federal agents…
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By ISAAC SCHARF Associated Press ABU SNAN, Israel (AP) — Arab citizens of Israel are seeking to raise awareness about the spiraling rate of violent…
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By MAURO BUCCARELLO Associated Press LAMPEDUSA, Sicily (AP) — A rusty and overloaded fishing boat carrying 686 migrants has arrived at an Italian…
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By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating nine lawyers to run U.S. attorney’s offices across the…
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By BOUBACAR DIALLO and CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea’s military junta has released a transitional charter that…
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LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — Lava flowing from an erupting volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma has picked up its pace on its…
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