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By DAKE KANG, VICTORIA MILKO and LORI HINNANT Associated Press The birds no longer sing. The fish no longer swim in rivers that have turned a murky…
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By ANMAR KHALIL Associated Press KARBALA, Iraq (AP) — Shiites in Iraq, Lebanon and Pakistan have marked Ashoura with chanting, parading and beating…
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By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops killed three Palestinian militants in a shootout in the occupied West Bank,…
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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks followed Wall Street lower Wednesday ahead of U.S. inflation data that traders worry…
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By YURAS KARMANAU and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a growing challenge to Russia’s grip on occupied areas of…
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By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s Parliament has returned Prime Minister James Marape to power…
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By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Tarek Younes was once solidly middle class and felt he helped contribute to society as an…
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MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian rocket on Tuesday successfully launched an Iranian satellite into orbit. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled at 8:52…
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By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The United States is doubling down on its investment in the Pacific. That’s…
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By JOHNSON LAI Associated Press PINGTUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan warned Tuesday that Chinese military drills aren’t just a rehearsal for an…
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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer Angel Hope looked at the math test and felt lost. He had just graduated near the top of his high school class,…
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Nagasaki is paying tribute to the victims of the U.S. atomic bombing 77 years ago Tuesday. The…
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By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has asked China to defer a port call of a scientific research ship after…
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By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After Russia invaded Ukraine last February, the European Union moved to block RT and Sputnik,…
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By DAKE KANG, VICTORIA MILKO and LORI HINNANT Associated Press The birds no longer sing, and the herbs no longer grow. The fish no longer swim in…
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BEIJING (AP) — Lindsay Mo couldn’t go to her gym after Beijing shut down indoor sports facilities in May because of a coronavirus outbreak. So…
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By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos has been laid to rest in a state funeral. Ramos…
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By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nearly 12 months since the chaotic end to the U.S. war in Afghanistan haven’t been easy…
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many pieces of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda have been jettisoned over the last…
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By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to sign into law a bill that aims to help military veterans exposed…
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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota won a closer-than-expected Democratic primary race against a…
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By STEFANIE DAZIO and MARIAM FAM Associated Press Police announced a breakthrough Tuesday in the killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque, New…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security says it has ended a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings…
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By SARA BURNETT and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tim Michels, a wealthy businessman endorsed by former President Donald Trump,…
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and Republican challenger Scott Jensen scored easy…
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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have closed Tibet’s famed Potala Palace after a minor outbreak of COVID-19 in the Himalayan region. The…
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By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya is seeing lower voter turnout in an unusual presidential election as some voters cite…
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has tested positive for COVID-19. The Democratic governor said in a statement that she tested…
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By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Motown legends Smokey Robinson, Otis Williams and Martha Reeves were among those who celebrated…
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Some of the heaviest rain in decades swamped South Korea’s capital region, turning…
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter and a Puerto Rico fishing boat collided Monday in an incident that killed one person and…
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By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Republican Joe Kent, who challenged incumbent Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler over…
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DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a main roadway into Death Valley National Park will remain closed into next week as crews…
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Cambodia’s ambassador to the United States says the return of 30 antiquities to his country…
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By ASTRID SUAREZ and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s first leftist president has presented an ambitious tax plan…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The driver suspected of causing a fiery crash that killed five people, including a pregnant woman, near Los Angeles has been…
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. Mideast envoy is warning that the ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian…
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — A Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a compression fracture in her back during a hard…
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By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an…
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bert Fields, an A-list Hollywood attorney whose clients included Tom Cruise, Michael…
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police have identified a fugitive accused of firing shots inside the Mall of America last week before fleeing the suburban…
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Actor Ezra Miller has been charged with felony burglary in Stamford, Vermont, the latest in a string of incidents…
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The head of Oklahoma’s prison system who oversaw the agency’s return to carrying out executions after a seven-year…
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DALLAS (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting his two teenage daughters in a taxi in the Dallas area in 2008 told jurors in his capital murder…
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By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss (AP) — An incident involving a white Mississippi Highway Patrol officer and…
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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s an old and new media marriage: Axios Media, the digital news site known for its to-the-point blurbs on…
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By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Testimony has ended in the trial of a truck driver charged in a crash that killed seven…
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and KATHLEEN FOODY The Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Matthew DePerno made his political reputation on loudly and…
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By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Shoes off, an almost-empty container of leftovers, an unfinished glass of wine…
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD and SHELBY LUM Associated Press DUNCANSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Researchers are seeking thousands of volunteers in the U.S. and Europe…
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BUSHTON, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a buffalo charged and seriously injured a Kansas sheriff’s deputy one day before the animal’s owner was…
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Oklahoma City police say a man who shot and killed his three children before turning the gun on himself livestreamed threatening messages shortly…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Fetty Wap has been jailed after, prosecutors say, he threatened to kill a man during a FaceTime call in 2021, violating the…
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Olivia Newton-John, the Grammy-winning superstar who reigned on pop, country, adult…
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By The Associated Press Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, known for films like “Melancholia” and “Dancer in the Dark,” has been diagnosed with…
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By TIA GOLDENBERG and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Close to one-third of the Palestinians who died in the latest outbreak…
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By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man convicted and imprisoned for more than 20 years in the 1997 shooting death of another man…
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has announced a freeze on U.S. inspections of its nuclear arsenals under a pivotal…
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By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press A judge says money from the sale of Florida beachfront property where a collapsed condominium tower once stood will…
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The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose $1.75 to $90.76 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for October delivery rose…
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York has authorized the United States to seize a $90 million jet…
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By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Jennette McCurdy, who co-starred in Nickelodeon shows “iCarly” and its spin-off “Sam & Cat,” has…
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By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — More than 60 Oklahoma lawmakers are urging the state attorney general to join their request…
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Relatives of a 19-year-old Black man who died during a struggle with police officers on Maryland’s Eastern…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico will attempt to send an aquatic drone into a collapsed coal mine where 10 miners have been trapped since last week. Laura…
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By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A judge has set bail at $5 million for a man suspected of killing four people in the small northeast Nebraska…
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By ERIC TUCKER and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A lawyer for Rudy Giuliani says the former New York mayor will not appear as…
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By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man is accused of sending about three-dozen feces-filled…
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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday it was shipping its biggest yet…
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, which…
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on…
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Southern Colorado authorities say a woman and a sheriff’s deputy were fatally shot at a home…
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BECKER, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota school district is clashing with the teachers union and LGBTQ allies over a proposed policy that opponents say…
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By BRADY McCOMBS and SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nicole Schmidt vividly remembers the pain she felt watching body camera…
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Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s weather agency says July was Spain’s hottest month on record. The agency said Monday that July…
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By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A deadly fire that began at a large oil storage facility in western Cuba has spread,…
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nicki Minaj will receive the Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Awards later this month,…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say Kansas City police shot and killed a man who sped toward an officer in a stolen sport utility vehicle and…
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Prominent demographers are asking the U.S. Census Bureau to abandon a controversial method for protecting survey…
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NESCOPECK, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say all 10 people found dead after an early morning fire in northeastern Pennsylvania last week died of smoke…
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By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Talks to revive Tehran’s tattered nuclear accord with world powers in…
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican candidate for governor Rebecca Kleefisch downplayed Donald Trump’s…
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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study finds climate hazards aggravate more than half of the known diseases that infect people. The study…
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JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court sentenced a former health minister to probation and a fine for obstructing justice. The ruling concerns the…
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Southern California authorities broke up a large cockfighting event over the weekend and say they were forced to euthanize…
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities are working to bring home people who were injured on the weekend when a bus carrying Polish pilgrims…
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By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Driving from Boston to Cape Cod on a summer weekend usually means hours spent in traffic. But…
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REYDELL, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say the death of an Arkansas judge whose body was recovered from a lake is being investigated as an accidental…
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PARIS (AP) — Efforts to feed a dangerously thin Beluga whale that has strayed into the Seine River in France have failed so far and experts are now…
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PARIS (AP) — France is in the midst of its fourth heat wave of the year as the country faces what the government warned is its worst drought on…
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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is offering support to firefighters and search crews in Cuba following explosions at a big oil tank farm in the western…
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A mother who followed a strict vegan diet in Florida faces sentencing for the malnutrition death of her 18-month-old son.…
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BERLIN (AP) — BioNTech, which teamed with Pfizer to develop a powerful COVID-19 vaccine, has reported higher revenue and net profit in the first…
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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s neutral stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine was discussed in a meeting…
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By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Demonstrators blocked roads as protests broke out in southern Iraq on Monday after power outages…
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By MEHDI FATTAHI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Millions of Shiite Muslims, from Iran to Afghanistan and Pakistan, are marking the festival…
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By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister says was unaware that the country’s intelligence service had…
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By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press RIO VISTA, Calif. (AP) — The Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers are central arms of California’s water…
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By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Sometimes the best strategies to deal with inflation align with the best ways to manage your money. For example, delaying…
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