Meet Apollo, the ‘iPhone’ of humanoid robots
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Germany is moving forward with a plan to ease its citizenship rules as it seeks to attract workers
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany plans to ease rules for obtaining its citizenship under legislation approved by the Cabinet.…
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5 things to know for August 23: GOP debate, Maui, Covid-19, Indian lunar lander, UPS
CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A lot of hope has been placed on the possibility of ending the strikes that have paused Hollywood…
Continue Reading FAA announces millions in airport funding to tackle near collisions
By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — Safety watchdogs call it a runaway problem on America’s runways that could end in tragedy – the near…
Continue Reading Native American group to digitize 20,000 archival pages linked to Quaker-run Indian boarding schools
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition advocating for Native American people traumatized by an oppressive system of…
Continue Reading Facebook’s parent company Meta and moderators suing it for $1.6 billion in Kenya agree to mediation
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Meta, Facebook’s parent company, and 184 of its content moderators who were based in…
Continue Reading Minnesota names first Black chief justice of state Supreme Court, Natalie Hudson
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Continue Reading Taliban prevents scores of Afghan women from studying abroad, scholarship group says
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Continue Reading Union representing World Cup champion kissed by Spanish soccer head demands act not ‘go unpunished’
By DAVID BRUNAT and JOSEPH WILSON BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The players’ union representing the Women’s World Cup winner kissed without her…
Continue Reading Five high school students, from all over the country, have been named National Student Poets
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Continue Reading Kosovo inaugurates ‘Wall of Honor’ statue for 23 Albanians who rescued Jews during the Holocaust
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Continue Reading Rescuers evacuate over 100,000 people from flood-hit areas of Pakistan’s Punjab province in 3 weeks
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Continue Reading 5 things to know for August 23: GOP debate, Maui, Covid-19, Indian lunar lander, UPS
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Continue Reading 5 things to know for August 23: GOP debate, Maui, Covid-19, Indian lunar lander, UPS
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A lot of hope has been placed on the possibility of ending the strikes that have paused Hollywood productions.…
Continue Reading I was surprised when some of my student loans were canceled. Yours might be, too
By JAE BRATTON of NerdWallet The Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 of student loan debt per…
Continue Reading The German Cabinet has approved a plan to make it easier for people to legally change name, gender
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Cabinet has approved a plan to ease legal changes of name and gender for transgender,…
Continue Reading Teen with a knife wounds an 8-year-old boy at a school in eastern Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Police say a teenager armed with a knife has wounded an eight-year-old boy at a school in eastern Germany and then set himself…
Continue Reading New DNA evidence indicates 3 men convicted of murder did not do it, forensics expert testifies
By Eric Levenson, CNN Media, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Newly tested DNA evidence from the 1997 killing of a 70-year-old Pennsylvania woman indicates…
Continue Reading Ingebrigtsen goes down in another upset, while Warholm hurdles to gold
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Britain’s Josh Kerr pulled off the biggest upset of the world championships,…
Continue Reading American sprinter Gabby Thomas well-researched in power of sleep, even writing paper on rest
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Continue Reading A top Russian general linked to the head of a rebellious mercenary group is reportedly dismissed
By The Associated Press Gen. Sergei Surovikin, a former commander of Russia’s forces in Ukraine who was linked to the leader of a brief armed…
Continue Reading Residents in southern Syria raid ruling party offices, block road as protests over economy intensify
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Angry protesters have raided the local offices of the ruling Baath party in a southern Syrian…
Continue Reading Australian prosecutors drop case against actor Amber Heard over pet Yorkshire terriers
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian prosecutors have dropped a potential criminal case against American actor…
Continue Reading Flames devour forests and homes as wildfires that have left 20 dead in Greece burn out of control
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Continue Reading Dollar Tree and Family Dollar agree to take steps to improve worker safety at the bargain stores
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Continue Reading Xi, Putin and other leaders locked in discussions over an expansion of the BRICS economic bloc
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Continue Reading Thailand has a new leader but it’s not the one most people voted for. Here’s why
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Continue Reading Top Russian general who vanished after Wagner rebellion fired as head of aerospace forces
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Continue Reading Pakistani children rescued from a broken cable car say they repeatedly feared they would die
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Continue Reading Suspected Chinese dissident rides jet ski hundreds of miles to South Korea
CNN By Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A jet ski rider detained by South Korea for allegedly entering the country…
Continue Reading Unsealed documents detail how authorities justified the raid of a Kansas newspaper
By Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — Newly unsealed court records provide insight into how law enforcement justified a highly unusual raid of the…
Continue Reading India becomes the fourth country ever to land a spacecraft on the moon
By Jackie Wattles, Manveena Suri and Vedika Sud, CNN (CNN) — India has landed its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon, becoming only the…
Continue Reading Surprisingly durable US economy poses key question: Are we facing higher-for-longer interest rates?
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Continue Reading Two tankers collided in Egypt’s Suez Canal, briefly disrupting traffic in the vital waterway
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Continue Reading A Hong Kong court refused to ban a protest song. Now the government has been allowed to appeal
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Continue Reading Iran sentences 8 to prison over paramilitary’s death during last year’s nationwide protests
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Continue Reading At least 17 killed as under construction bridge collapses in northeast India
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Continue Reading Construction platform at railroad bridge being built in India collapses, killing at least 26 workers
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Continue Reading Bus veers off main highway to Nepal’s capital. At least 8 killed and many more injured
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A passenger bus veered off a key highway and crashed in Nepal, killing at least eight people and injuring many more. Police…
Continue Reading India lands a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, a first for the world as it joins elite club
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Continue Reading Japan’s military plagued by culture of harassment and fear, report finds
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Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise after Wall Street rally
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Continue Reading Philippine supply boats breach a Chinese coast guard blockade in the hotly contested South China Sea
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Continue Reading As oil activities encroach on sacred natural sites, a small Ugandan community feels besieged
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Continue Reading Suspected Chinese dissident rides jet ski hundreds of miles to South Korea
By Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A jet ski rider detained by South Korea for allegedly entering the country…
Continue Reading Hawaii officials urge families of people missing after deadly fires to give DNA samples
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Continue Reading China’s Xi unexpectedly skipped a key BRICS event. No one is saying why
By Nectar Gan and Jennifer Deaton, CNN (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday unexpectedly skipped a business forum of the BRICS economic…
Continue Reading Four years into crisis, Lebanon’s leaders hope tourism boom will help bypass reforms in IMF bailout
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Four years into its historic economic meltdown, Lebanon’s political elites, masters at…
Continue Reading Voting extended after delays as Zimbabwe president known as ‘the crocodile’ seeks a second term
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Delays of up to 10 hours in mostly opposition strongholds have forced electoral officials…
Continue Reading How Ron DeSantis used Florida schools to become a culture warrior
By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer Ron DeSantis ’ path to national prominence started in Florida’s classrooms, where he harnessed culture war…
Continue Reading Taliban carried out hundreds of extrajudicial killings after seizing power, UN says
By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Taliban fighters have committed hundreds of extrajudicial killings since taking power in Afghanistan in 2021,…
Continue Reading In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived
By REBECCA BOONE, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, CLAUDIA LAUER and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER Associated Press As flames tore through a West Maui neighborhood,…
Continue Reading How Pakistan rescued cable car school children stranded hundreds of feet above ground
By Sophia Saifi and Rhea Mogul, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Battling anxiety and nausea, they huddled together in the ruptured cable car,…
Continue Reading Heavy flooding near Grand Canyon’s southern rim prompted power outages and over 100 evacuations
By Joe Sutton, Nouran Salahieh and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Heavy flooding just south of the entrance to Grand Canyon National Park…
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By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has renewed her pledge to strengthen Taiwan’s…
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Continue Reading MLK’s dream for America is one of the stars of the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington
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Continue Reading Prosecutor says 3 men accused in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer wanted to start a civil war
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Continue Reading At March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights
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By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer Sixty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. issued his resounding call for racial harmony that set off…
Continue Reading Allies say Guatemala election winner is a highly qualified peacebuilder, but opponent’s still silent
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Continue Reading Who takes advantage of Donald Trump’s absence and other things to watch in the Republican debate
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Eight presidential candidates will meet on the debate stage for the first time in…
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Continue Reading Chinese-backed port project in Peru to be the ‘gateway from South America to Asia,’ official says
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press CHANCAY, Peru (AP) — Dozens of cranes lift blocks weighing several tons and drop them to compact the soil of…
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Continue Reading Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks as Kyiv claims it took out a key S-400 missile defense system
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine traded drone attacks early Wednesday, officials said, with Kyiv apparently…
Continue Reading Philippines says South China Sea outpost resupplied despite Chinese harassment
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Continue Reading Authorities search BTK serial killer’s former property in connection with 1976 missing person case and other unsolved cases
By Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Investigators searched a former residential property of Dennis Rader, the self-proclaimed BTK serial killer, in…
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Continue Reading A 7-year-old boy was attacked by a bear in the backyard of his New York home, police say
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Continue Reading A shooting outside a residence hall at Alabama A&M campus leaves 2 people injured
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Police say a shooting outside a residence hall at an Alabama college campus has left two people injured. A spokesperson for…
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By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Kazutaka Yonekura dreams of a world where everyone will have their very own digital “clone” —…
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By Florencia Trucco and Karol Suarez, CNN (CNN) — At least 16 people have been killed and 36 more injured following a bus crash Tuesday on…
Continue Reading Libya’s stability at greater risk after deadly militia clashes, turmoil in Niger and Sudan, UN says
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Libya says the oil-rich North African country’s stability…
Continue Reading Employee arrested after 1-year-old child dies in daycare van in Nebraska
By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A childcare employee has been arrested after a 1-year-old child died Monday after being left in a daycare van,…
Continue Reading Employee arrested after 1-year-old child dies in daycare van in Nebraska
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Continue Reading Indianapolis police release bodycam footage showing man fleeing police shot in back by officer
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has released body camera footage showing an armed man fatally shot in the back…
Continue Reading Georgia school district is banning books, citing sexual content, after firing a teacher
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s second-largest school district says it has removed two books from 20 school libraries,…
Continue Reading Climate change doubled chance of weather conditions that led to record Quebec fires, researchers say
By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press A new analysis finds that climate change more than doubled the chances of the hot, dry weather that helped fuel the…
Continue Reading Minneapolis mayor vetoes measure for minimum wage to Uber and Lyft drivers
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press Minneapolis’ mayor has vetoed a minimum wage for Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing drivers in the city.…
Continue Reading Asylum-seekers are being set up for rejection at a New Mexico detention facility, rights groups say
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M (AP) — A coalition of human rights groups says migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. are being set up…
Continue Reading Canadian officials have eased wildfire evacuation orders in a scenic British Columbia region
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Continue Reading Prosecutors say witness in Trump’s classified documents case retracted false testimony
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A witness in the criminal case against Donald Trump over the hoarding of classified documents…
Continue Reading Newly released video shows police shooting into vehicle at a traffic stop in an encounter that contradicts initial police narrative
By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — An attorney representing the family of a 27-year-old man who was shot and killed by a Philadelphia police…
Continue Reading Borrowing “Fear City” tactic from 1975, police union tells Yale students to avoid New Haven
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Yale University and New Haven officials are blasting the labor union for college police for handing out flyers with…
Continue Reading Federal judge orders utility to turn over customer information amid reports of improper water use
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Mississippi’s largest electric utility…
Continue Reading In session reacting to school shooting, Tennessee GOP lawmaker orders removal of public from hearing
By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The second day of Tennessee’s special legislative session has…
Continue Reading Royals unveil proposed ballpark and entertainment district plans for 2 locations
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals unveiled detailed plans for two dramatically different locations…
Continue Reading US to appeal Mexico’s refusal to investigate labor complaint at Mexican mine
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government has announced it will file an appeal over Mexico’s refusal to…
Continue Reading Top Turkish diplomat calls for Iraq to designate PKK a terrorist organization during Baghdad visit
By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister has denounced the separatist Kurdish…
Continue Reading Court battle begins over Missouri’s ban on gender-affirming health care for minors
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Court hearings are underway to determine whether a new Missouri law banning minors from…
Continue Reading Sheriff seeking phone records between Alabama priest and 18-year-old woman who fled to Europe
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama have subpoenaed phone records of an Alabama priest and an 18-year-old woman who fled to Europe…
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See striking moon photos captured by India’s lunar lander during its approach
India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is swooping toward the moon’s surface ahead of its historic landing attempt, and it’s capturing some stunning…
Continue Reading UK crime agency charges Nigeria’s former oil minister with bribery offenses
By Stephanie Busari and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Nigeria’s former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offenses…
Continue Reading Man, 86, accused of assuming dead brother’s identity in 1965 is convicted of several charges
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An 86-year-old man accused of assuming his brother’s identity decades ago and using it to…
Continue Reading Feds approve offshore wind farm south of Rhode Island and Martha’s Vineyard
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press A planned offshore wind farm moved a step closer to construction Tuesday with the Department of the Interior…
Continue Reading In Israel, Mayor Eric Adams of New York City stays neutral on divisive judicial overhaul
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Mayor Eric Adams of New York City is visiting Israel this week, where he is seeking to…
Continue Reading UPS workers approve 5-year contract, capping contentious negotiations that threatened deliveries
By HALELUYA HADERO and MATT OTT AP Business Writers The union representing 340,000 UPS workers said Tuesday that its members voted to approve the…
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