FBI looks for more possible victims after woman escapes from cinder block cell in Oregon
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IRS aims to go paperless by 2025 as part of its campaign to conquer mountains of paperwork
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Global markets slide after Fitch downgrades US debt
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Continue Reading Longtime Massachusetts truck driver wins $1 million 3 days after announcing his retirement
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Could Donald Trump serve as president if convicted?
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Continue Reading Wisconsin lawsuit asks new liberal-controlled Supreme Court to toss Republican-drawn maps
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By JACK DURA Associated Press The gunman who last month killed a Fargo police officer and wounded two others and a civilian reportedly admitted…
Continue Reading German heavy metal festival halts admissions as rain turns site to mud
By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A heavy metal festival in Germany has been forced to halt admissions after heavy rain turned the site into a mud…
Continue Reading Marta leaves the Women’s World Cup with Brazil’s group-stage exit, but her legacy lives on
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Continue Reading Amazon begins offering grocery delivery for customers who are not Prime members
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Continue Reading Greece plans hourly caps on visitors to ancient Acropolis and will let in up to 20,000 daily
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Iran proposes long jail terms, AI surveillance and crackdown on influencers in harsh new hijab law
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Continue Reading Spain says 37.5 million foreign tourists visited in the first half of 2023, up 24% from 2022
BARCEL0NA, Spain (AP) — Spain says it received 37.5 million international tourists in the first half of the year. The Spanish government said…
Continue Reading Shock and sadness in Rio favela after Brazil’s early elimination from Women’s World Cup
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Continue Reading Pence fought an order to testify but now is a central figure in his former boss’s indictment
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Continue Reading Michigan State to cancel classes on anniversary of mass shooting
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University officials plan to cancel classes on the first anniversary of a mass shooting on campus.…
Continue Reading Mexican city will fine anyone performing misogynistic songs
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in the Mexican city of Chihuahua have moved to ban performances of songs that “promote violence against…
Continue Reading The heaviest animal ever may be this ancient whale found in the Peruvian desert
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Continue Reading A Latino player says his Northwestern teammates hazed him by shaving ‘Cinco de Mayo’ onto his head
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Continue Reading Wasted welfare money sparks candidates’ feud in election for Mississippi governor
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Continue Reading Florida set to execute inmate James Phillip Barnes in nurse’s 1988 hammer killing
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Continue Reading Scottish court rules rape suspect accused of faking own death can be extradited to US
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Continue Reading Bangladesh court sentences exiled opposition leader to 9 years in jail on corruption charges
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Continue Reading Georgia prosecutors are suing to strike down a new state law that undermines their authority
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Continue Reading Russia launches Baltic naval drills, ratcheting up tensions with European neighbors
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Continue Reading Tensions high on NATO’s border with Belarus after Wagner troops move closer
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Continue Reading Pittsburgh synagogue gunman will be sentenced to death for the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack
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Continue Reading SS Badger, ferry that carries traffic across Lake Michigan, out for season after ramp system damaged
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Continue Reading Prepare to flick off your incandescent bulbs for good under new US rules that kicked in this week
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Continue Reading American fugitive who faked his death can be extradited to US to face rape charge, UK judge says
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Continue Reading Nervous NATO nations are beefing up security due to Wagner fighters across their borders in Belarus
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Continue Reading UK barge to house asylum-seekers is branded a death trap
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Continue Reading Tunisia’s president sacks prime minister, the first woman to hold that job in an Arab League nation
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Continue Reading Turkish broadcasting watchdog investigates ‘cancellation’ of Ataturk TV series
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Continue Reading Broadway star Phillipa Soo is working on picture book about her childhood stage fright
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Continue Reading Death toll from IS bombing at a pro-Taliban cleric’s rally in Pakistan earlier this week rises to 63
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Continue Reading Labor unions across Nigeria protest against soaring cost of living under new president
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Continue Reading At least 16 people dead from heat-related causes as South Korea swelters under high temperatures
By Gawon Bae and Laura Paddison, CNN Seoul (CNN) — At least 16 people have died from heat-related illnesses in South Korea as the country…
Continue Reading The US is concerned with blacklisted Chinese firm’s hand in island-building near its Manila embassy
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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Human-caused global warming made July hotter for four out of five people on Earth, with more than 2 billion…
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By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A spate of Quran-burning protests in Sweden and Denmark has caused angry demonstrations in Muslim-majority…
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BERLIN (AP) — The Wacken Open Air heavy metal festival in northern Germany is opening with a reduced audience after persistent rain turned the…
Continue Reading Former Ivory Coast President Bédié known for promoting ethnic tensions dies at 89, his party says
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Continue Reading US soldier dead after a truck hit his military vehicle on a German highway
BERLIN (AP) — The U.S. military says an American soldier died when a truck hit his Stryker armored vehicle on a highway in southern Germany. U.S.…
Continue Reading Nearly half of those held in Russia’s detention centers in Kherson were tortured, rights report finds
By Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — Nearly half of Ukrainians held in Russian detention centers in Kherson were subjected to widespread torture…
Continue Reading A powerful typhoon pounds Japan’s Okinawa and injures more than 30 people as it moves toward China
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Continue Reading Niger’s military ruler warns against foreign meddling, urges population to defend the country
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Continue Reading China replaces elite nuclear leadership in surprise military shake-up
By Brad Lendon, Simone McCarthy and Wayne Chang, CNN (CNN) — China has revealed two new leaders of its People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force…
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Continue Reading Russian drone strikes hit a Ukrainian port on Romania’s border that is key to grain exports
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones on Wednesday hit a Ukrainian port city along the border with Romania,…
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Continue Reading Heaviest rainfall in 140 years drenches Beijing while Typhoon Khanun hits Japan’s Okinawa
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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Three Minnesota State Patrol troopers are on leave after one of them fatally shot a man during a traffic stop early…
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By ANDY WONG and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press ZHUOZHOU, China (AP) — China’s capital recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s lieutenant governor and other elected officials are urging Taylor Swift to postpone her Los Angeles concerts as a…
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