Kentucky candidates struggle when describing 2020 election
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FANCY FARM, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Republicans went to the state’s premier political event this weekend intent…
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Ceasefire between Israel, Gaza militants holds after deadliest clashes in a year
By Abeer Salman, Andrew Carey and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN A ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza was holding on Monday…
Continue Reading British boy dies after life support stopped at end of long legal battle between his parents and doctors
By Martin Goillandeau, CNN Archie Battersbee, a 12-year-old British boy at the center of a long legal battle between his parents and doctors over the…
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By Theresa Waldrop and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Hundreds of Haitian and Cuban migrants using 16 different vessels were taken into custody after making…
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Continue Reading Former Miss America Cara Mund plans to run for Congress
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Continue Reading Janice Longone, chronicler of US culinary history, dies
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Janice Bluestein Longone, who is credited with collecting thousands of items chronicling the culinary history of the United…
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN An alligator bit a man’s face while he was swimming in Lake Thonotosassa in Florida, according to officials. The Florida…
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NESCOPECK, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say at least half of the 10 people found dead after an early morning fire in northeastern Pennsylvania died of…
Continue Reading Negotiators optimistic about progress on Iran nuclear deal
VIENNA (AP) — Top negotiators in renewed talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal say they’re optimistic about the possibility of an…
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The National Weather Service has extended a flood watch for areas of eastern Kentucky ravaged by high water more than a week…
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The stylized action romp “Bullet Train,” starring Brad Pitt, arrived with a $30.1 million…
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Continue Reading 1st sea turtle nest found on Mississippi beach since 2018
PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (AP) — Beach crews have found the first sea turtle nest on the Mississippi mainland in four years. A Harrison County Sand…
Continue Reading More human remains discovered as drought dries Lake Mead
LAS VEGAS (AP) — More human remains have been found at drought-stricken Lake Mead National Recreation Area east of Las Vegas, authorities said…
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Continue Reading UK museum agrees to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A London museum agreed Sunday to return a collection of Benin Bronzes looted in the late 19th…
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A suspect in the shooting deaths of four people in Ohio has been arrested in Kansas. Police in Montgomery County’s Butler…
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Continue Reading Georgia just broke its state record for the number of sea turtle nests
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Continue Reading China July exports rise, with trade surplus at record-high
BEIJING (AP) — China’s export growth continued to rise in July, sending trade surplus to a record high. According to data from China’s customs,…
Continue Reading One of four Muslim men slain in potentially linked Albuquerque killings remembered as ‘brilliant public servant’
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Continue Reading Nebraska and Colorado are sparring over water rights. It could be the new norm as rivers dry up
By Stephanie Elam and Jason Kravarik, CNN Residents on this state line have built their industry, economy and lives around the South Platte River.…
Continue Reading GOP seeking power over elections in Wisconsin, Minnesota
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s secretary of state has no role in elections, but that…
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Continue Reading Bangladesh seeks China help to repatriate Rohingya refugees
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh has sought cooperation from China to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar…
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By Zenebou Sylla and Samantha Beech, CNN Authorities are searching for at least two gunmen after nine people were injured in a shooting in downtown…
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Continue Reading US Secretary of State Blinken in South Africa on Africa tour
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began his three-nation tour of Africa Sunday by…
Continue Reading China keeps up pressure on Taiwan with 4th day of drills
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By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Six more ships carrying agricultural cargo held up by the war in Ukraine received…
Continue Reading Colonial Williamsburg tells the story of early American settlers. But in 1956 it paved over Black history to make a parking lot
By Jacquelyne Germain, CNN Beneath the asphalt parking lot of America’s largest living history museum, gravesites linked to one of the…
Continue Reading Ukraine grain headed for Lebanon under wartime deal delayed
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The scheduled arrival Sunday of the first grain ship to leave Ukraine and cross the Black Sea under…
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By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a…
Continue Reading Families of Kansas’ cold case victims find new hope for answers from an unexpected source — the state’s prisoners
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say gunmen shot dead four people including two police in the country’s northwest in an attack…
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By JEROME DELAY Associated Press BUTHA-BUTHE, Lesotho (AP) — While millions across Europe sweat through a summer of record-breaking heat, others…
Continue Reading China launches long-range airstrike drills around Taiwan on fourth day of military exercises
By Wayne Chang and Simone McCarthy, CNN Chinese forces took part in drills focused on land attacks and long-range airstrikes around Taiwan on Sunday,…
Continue Reading He was shot and killed playing the sport he loved. Now this Ohio 15-year-old is one of the country’s latest victims of gun violence
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By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press CHUBYNSKE, Ukraine (AP) — Natalia Popova has found a new purpose in life: Rescuing wild animals and pets from…
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN The unexpected discovery of a 16th-century horse tooth in modern-day Haiti has provided credence for an age-old folk story about…
Continue Reading More human remains discovered in Lake Mead’s receding waters
By Nouran Salahieh and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN More human remains have been found in the receding waters of Lake Mead, authorities announced Saturday.…
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By FARES AKRAM and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants took effect…
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By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s first leftist president has been sworn into office, promising to fight…
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Luiza Baloh left her home in Dnipro, central Ukraine, in March. Fleeing the constant sound of explosions, she and her five…
Continue Reading A suspect in the shooting deaths of 4 people in Ohio was captured in Kansas
By Tina Burnside, Kiely Westhoff and Amya Henry, CNN A suspect in the shooting deaths of four people at multiple sites outside of Dayton, Ohio, has…
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By Simone McCarthy and CNN’s Beijing bureau Around 80,000 tourists are stranded in the popular resort city of Sanya on China’s tropical…
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By Wayne Chang The deputy head of Taiwan’s government-controlled weapons developer has died after suffering a heart attack on a trip to the…
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By Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN Authorities in Albuquerque, New Mexico, announced Saturday a fourth Muslim man was killed overnight and…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The first African American four-star general in Marine Corps history, Gen. Michael E. Langley, credited his father with telling…
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By Reuters US Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured the Philippines on Saturday that the United States would come to its defense if attacked in…
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VINCENT, Ala. (AP) — A racist text message sent by a police officer has prompted officials in a small Alabama town to disband their police…
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police say the killing of a Muslim man on Friday night in Albuquerque may be linked to the ambush shooting deaths of three…
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By Raja Razek and Christina Maxouris, CNN “Tens of thousands” of dead fish have washed up along the Klamath River in the area of Happy…
Continue Reading In wake of floods, typical barbs at Kentucky political event
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FANCY FARM, Ky. (AP) — While Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear was consoling families displaced by historic flooding…
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press Alex Jones is facing a hefty price tag for his lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre — $49.3…
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By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Anne Heche was in the hospital Saturday following an accident in which her car smashed…
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By CHARLES J. HANLEY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Marcus Eliason, an international journalist whose insightful reporting, sparkling prose and…
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NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian jury has found a Dutch man guilty of extortion, harassment and other charges related to a case…
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FISHERS, Ind. (AP) — A young Indiana police officer killed during a traffic stop has been remembered as a man focused on a career in law…
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BALTIMORE (AP) — One of the police officers who faced charges in the 2015 deadly arrest of Freddie Gray has been promoted from lieutenant to…
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma City man fatally shot his three young children then shot and killed himself early Saturday, according to police. A…
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Continue Reading Biden tests negative for COVID, isolating until 2nd negative
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday but will continue…
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press A wildfire burning in a remote area just south of the Oregon border appears to have caused the deaths of tens of…
Continue Reading Hunters are swarming the Florida Everglades for the annual python challenge. The state says it’s vital to save the ecosystem
By Sara Smart, CNN Deer, raccoons, possums and fox once flocked the area of the Everglades National Park in south Florida. Nowadays, you’re…
Continue Reading Jury finds pharmacy did not discriminate against woman when refusing to fill ‘morning-after pill’ prescription
By Rebekah Riess and Kelly Murray, CNN A jury in Aitkin County, Minnesota, on Friday found that a pharmacy did not discriminate against a woman by…
Continue Reading Kentucky flood survivors hope for another miracle as they brace for more rain
By Dianne Gallagher, Wesley Bruer and Theresa Waldrop, CNN With another flood watch in place in eastern Kentucky, people here are hoping and praying…
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By Dianne Gallagher, Wesley Bruer and Theresa Waldrop, CNN With another flood watch in place in eastern Kentucky, people here are hoping and praying…
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The eastern Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis has elected a new prime minister after holding snap elections…
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say a bomb went off in a minority Shiite neighborhood in the Afghan capital, killing at least two people and wounding…
Continue Reading 60 curators, 1 show: Native Americans pick favorite pottery
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Native American artists, political leaders and storytellers are the final arbiters of taste…
Continue Reading Venezuela, Colombia border areas hopeful as reopening looms
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press SAN JUAN DE COLON, Venezuela (AP) — Official cross-border trade between Venezuela and Colombia has been…
Continue Reading Biden team, Eli Lilly condemn new Indiana abortion ban
By KEN KUSMER Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The administration of President Joe Biden and one of Indiana’s largest employers have…
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BOSTON (AP) — A former dean at a Boston high school known affectionately by students as “Rev” has been ordered by a federal judge to pay more…
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By Katie Hunt, CNN Since ancient times, the idea of eternal life has captivated the human imagination. Around the world, there are so-called blue…
Continue Reading Jurors in Parkland gunman’s trial visit blood-stained mass shooting site sealed since 2018 as state rests its case
By Dakin Andone, Steve Almasy and Karan Olson, CNN Jurors in the sentencing phase of the Parkland, Florida, school shooter’s trial on Thursday…
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KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Two people died and five were missing after a boat believed to be carrying migrants capsized off the coast of the Florida…
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By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A trunk with its lid left open. A wooden dishware closet, its shelves caved in. Three-legged…
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Four people have been fatally shot in an Ohio neighborhood, and authorities say they are searching for a 39-year-old man who is…
Continue Reading 17 missing, 121 hurt, 1 dead in fire at Cuban oil facility
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled in the Cuban…
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By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In 2020, Kelly Jackson and Davina Arceneaux wanted to leave their company jobs and become…
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By ALAN FRAM and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed their election-year economic bill toward Senate approval early…
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of Chad’s military government has met with the ruling emir of Qatar…
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TEL AVIV (AP) — A friendly between Juventus and Atlético Madrid scheduled to be played in Tel Aviv has been canceled after an outbreak of fighting…
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