Donald Trump’s lawyers ask judge to clarify fraud ruling’s impact on ex-president’s business
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Apple leverages idea of switching to Bing to pry more money out of Google, Microsoft exec says
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Continue Reading A Sudanese man is arrested in the UK after a migrant’s body was found on a beach in Calais
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US consumer confidence is the lowest it’s been in four months
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Continue Reading New home sales dropped in August as mortgage rates climbed
New home sales dropped in August from the month before, as mortgage rates topped 7% and rose to the highest levels in more than 20…
Continue Reading Rifle manufacturer created by Bushmaster founder goes out of business
WINDHAM, Maine (AP) — An AR-15-style rifle manufacturer in Maine that was launched by the founder of Bushmaster Firearms is going out of business.…
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US home prices rose in July to record-high levels
US home prices continued to rise in July, hitting a new record high and marking the sixth successive month of gains, as historically low inventory…
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Electric blue tarantula species discovered in Thailand
A “mesmerizing” electric blue tarantula species has been discovered in Thailand, according to new…
Continue Reading The Phillies are again embracing ‘Dancing On My Own’ as their postseason party anthem
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Continue Reading Quincy Jones is State Department’s first Peace Through Music Award as part of new diplomacy push
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quincy Jones will receive the inaugural Peace Through Music Award at a launch event for the…
Continue Reading A judge found Trump committed fraud in building his real-estate empire. Here’s what happens next
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Continue Reading Newly discovered pangolin species could aid in fight against extinction
By Jenna Schnuer, CNN (CNN) — Pangolins are among the world’s most heavily poached animals. The elusive creatures are under threat, but the…
Continue Reading Auto workers union to announce plans on Friday to expand strike in contract dispute with companies
DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says it will announce on Friday how it plans to expand its strike against Detroit’s three…
Continue Reading University of the People founder and Arizona State professor win Yidan Prize for education work
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shai Reshef, president and founder of the online, tuition-free University of the People, and…
Continue Reading Asteroid named for Egyptian god of chaos and darkness set for spacecraft flyby
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Free COVID-19 tests are now available for order from the US government
COVID-19 tests are now available to be ordered for free from the US…
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Almost 7% of adults and 1% of kids have struggled with long COVID, survey finds
Estimates of the number of people in the US with lingering COVID-19 symptoms vary widely, but a new survey from the National Center for Health…
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A guide to finding housing for the previously incarcerated
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Continue Reading At Jai Paul’s kickoff show, an elusive pop phenomenon proves his stardom in a live arena
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Continue Reading With shutdown looming, Carter library moves up birthday celebration for 39th president
By Melissa Alonso and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum has moved up planned festivities for the…
Continue Reading Massachusetts man stabs five officers after crashing into home following chase, police say
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Continue Reading 3 dead after car being pursued by police crashes in Indianapolis minutes after police end pursuit
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say three people died when a car being chased by police in Indianapolis collided with another vehicle minutes after…
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Ranked choice voting: What is it? How does it work?
A new way of voting may be on its way to Idaho, the voting system is Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). Ranked Choice Voting is based on the idea that…
Continue Reading Only about 1 in 4 American adults definitely wants the updated COVID-19 vaccine, new survey finds
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Continue Reading Ohio wants to resume enforcing its abortion law. Justices are weighing the legal arguments
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Continue Reading Former Spain women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda added to probe into Rubiales’ kissing a player
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Continue Reading Prosecutors say cheek swab from Gilgo Beach murder suspect adds to evidence of guilt
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Continue Reading 6 things to watch for in the second 2024 GOP presidential debate
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Continue Reading Michigan State fires coach Mel Tucker for bringing ridicule to school, breaching his contract
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Continue Reading Bruce Springsteen cancels rest of shows this year due to illness
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Continue Reading Michigan fake elector defendants want case dropped due to attorney general’s comments
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Continue Reading Man serving sentence for attacking parents fails to return to halfway house and considered escapee
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Continue Reading Biden vetoes two Republican-led bills to undo protections for the prairie bird and northern bat
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Continue Reading Bruce Springsteen postpones all 2023 tour dates until 2024 as he recovers from peptic ulcer disease
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Continue Reading Germany ramps up border controls with Poland and Czech Republic to ‘limit human trafficking’
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Continue Reading America’s child care problem is about to get a lot worse. Here’s why
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Continue Reading Travis Kelce notes Taylor Swift’s ‘bold’ appearance at Chiefs game but is mum about any relationship
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Continue Reading The numbers for Wednesday night’s $850 million Powerball jackpot have been drawn
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Continue Reading Teacher under investigation after being caught on camera in midst of racist rant
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Continue Reading Top Sicilian mafia boss is buried, but his criminal enterprise lives on
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Continue Reading Ireland seizes largest ever drugs haul worth over $165M
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Take a Look: Hillcrest High School choir performs with Grammy-nominated band Foreigner
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Continue Reading A Turkish film festival has been threatened by accusations of censorship
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Continue Reading IMF says Sri Lanka needs to boost reforms and collect more taxes for its bailout funding package
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Continue Reading Montana judge blocks enforcement of law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors
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Continue Reading French ambassador to Niger returns to Paris amid escalating tensions
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Continue Reading As Senate pushes ahead to avert a government shutdown, House Speaker McCarthy is back to square one
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Continue Reading Jan. 6 panel wants answers from GOP’s Brooks, Biggs, Jackson
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Continue Reading Plans for Poland’s first nuclear power plant move ahead as US and Polish officials sign an agreement
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish and U.S. officials have signed an agreement in Warsaw for the construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant.…
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Prescribed fire operations to continue on Caribou Targhee
The Teton Basin Ranger District plans to continue with its multi-year Red Creek prescribed fire project beginning Thursday ahead of a predicted storm…
Continue Reading Boyfriend indicted on murder, tampering with evidence charges in 8-year-old case of missing Kentucky mom Crystal Rogers
By Dakin Andone, Melissa Alonso and David Williams, CNN (CNN) — The boyfriend of Crystal Rogers, a Kentucky mother of five who vanished in…
Continue Reading Sanaz Toossi, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, makes the leap to star in her own play, ‘English’
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Continue Reading Authorities make arrests in the case of Kentucky woman reported missing 8 years ago
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Federal and state officials say the former boyfriend of a central Kentucky woman who disappeared more than eight years ago…
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Gov. Little signs executive order to support suicide prevention in Idaho
Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed an executive order and proclamation Wednesday to further support suicide prevention in…
Continue Reading Bipartisan Ohio commission unanimously approves new maps that favor Republican state legislators
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Continue Reading California governor signs gun control measures into law, including nation’s first state tax on firearms and ammunition
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Continue Reading China’s ousted foreign minister had an affair with TV host, FT reports
By Yong Xiong and Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s ousted foreign minister Qin Gang had an extramarital affair with a high-profile…
Continue Reading Israel says it foiled Iranian plot to target, spy on senior Israeli politicians
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Continue Reading Ex-prosecutor who resigned from Trump-Russia probe confirmed for Connecticut Supreme Court
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Continue Reading Rising star Jasmine Amy Rogers is tapped to play iconic Betty Boop in new stage musical
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Continue Reading Powerball jackpot up to $835 million after months without a big winner
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Continue Reading Lebanese military court sentences an Islamic State group official to 160 years in prison
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Continue Reading Former Tennessee lawmaker Brian Kelsey can stay out of prison while challenging sentencing
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Local foundation helps build schools in Sierra Leone
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Continue Reading Bahrain says a third soldier has died after an attack this week by Yemeni rebels on the Saudi border
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain’s military says a third soldier has died of his wounds after an attack by Yemeni rebels on a Bahraini…
Continue Reading Screenwriters return to work for first time in nearly five months while actor await new negotiations
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hours after Hollywood’s writers strike officially ended, Bill Maher led the charge back to work by announcing early Wednesday…
Continue Reading Nearly half of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population has fled. What happens next?
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Continue Reading Deion Sanders still winning in Black community after first loss at Colorado
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Continue Reading Bahrain rights group says 13 convicted over prison sit-in that authorities say was violent
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Continue Reading Israel’s Supreme Court convenes to decide on law that could determine Netanyahu’s fate
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Continue Reading Rachel Bloom turns pandemic trauma into art and even laughs in her new off-Broadway show
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Continue Reading NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returns from record-setting mission in space
CNN By Jackie Wattles and Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — Record-breaking NASA astronaut Frank Rubio has finally returned to Earth, feeling the…
Continue Reading UN rebukes British home secretary over attack on asylum system
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Continue Reading US allows Israeli citizens to travel to US visa-free as Israel joins a select group of countries
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Continue Reading In 1971, a mysterious hijacker parachuted out of a plane with $200,000 and vanished. This man is suing the FBI to get potential new clues
By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Eric Ulis was only 5 when a dapper man in a suit and sunglasses boarded a commercial flight in Portland, Oregon,…
Continue Reading Scottish officials approve UK’s first drug consumption room intended for safer use of illegal drugs
LONDON (AP) — Scottish authorities have approved a multimillion pound drug consumption room. It’s the first government-backed place in the…
Continue Reading France’s sexual equality watchdog says violent porn is sowing seeds for real-world sexual violence
PARIS (AP) — A French government-nominated watchdog body on sexual equality says an online deluge of violent and degrading pornography is sowing…
Continue Reading Travis Kelce talked Taylor Swift on his podcast
By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Travis Kelce was already famous, but now he is learning what it means to be Taylor Swift-adjacent-famous.…
Continue Reading Soccer star Paulinho becomes torchbearer in Brazil for his sometimes-persecuted Afro-Brazilian faith
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Continue Reading Germany increases border patrols along migrant ‘smuggling routes’ to Poland and Czech Republic
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Continue Reading A look at other Americans who have entered North Korea over the years
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Continue Reading How Clarence Thomas’ landmark Second Amendment ruling could help Hunter Biden fight his gun charges
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Continue Reading Hyundai and Kia recall nearly 3.4 million vehicles due to fire risk and urge owners to park outdoors
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Continue Reading Three astronauts return to Earth after a year in space. Frank Rubio sets US space record
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts returned to Earth on Wednesday after being stuck in space for just…
Continue Reading NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returns from record-setting mission in space
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Continue Reading 13-year-old Chinese skateboarder wins gold at the Asian Games and now eyes the Paris Olympics
By DAVID RISING Associated Press HANGZHOU, China (AP) — A 13-year-old girl from China has won a gold medal in stakeboarding at the Asian Games. Cui…
Continue Reading Christian Thielemann chosen to succeed Daniel Barenboim as music director of Berlin’s Staatsoper
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Continue Reading A Belgian bishop says the Vatican has for years snubbed pleas to defrock a pedophile ex-colleague
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Continue Reading A 15-year-old girl has died after being stabbed in south London
LONDON (AP) — British police say a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death during Wednesday’s morning rush hour in south London. The Metropolitan…
Continue Reading Giant panda Fan Xing leaves a Dutch zoo for her home country China
RHENEN, Netherlands (AP) — Giant panda Fan Xing has began a long journey home — to a country she has never visited. The 3-year-old was given a…
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