Nation and World
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TikTok is hit with $368 million fine under Europe's strict data privacy rules
Sep 15, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON - European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine on Friday for failing to protect children's privacy, the first time that the popular short video-sha...
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Workers strike at all 3 Detroit automakers, a new tactic to squeeze companies for better pay
Sep 15, 2023 1:00 am - DETROIT - Nearly one in 10 of America's unionized autoworkers went on strike Friday to pressure Detroit's three automakers into raising wages in an era of big profits an...
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Jury clears 3 men in the last trial tied to the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Sep 15, 2023 1:00 am - A jury acquitted three men Friday in the last trial connected to a plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a scheme that was portrayed as an example of homegrown ...
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Thousands sign up to experience magic mushrooms as Oregon's novel psilocybin experiment takes off
Sep 15, 2023 1:00 am - EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Psilocybin tea, wind chimes and a tie-dye mattress await those coming to an office suite in Eugene to trip on magic mushrooms. For roughly six hours,...
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North Korea's Kim gets a close look at Russian fighter jets as his tour narrows its focus to weapons
Sep 15, 2023 1:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected Russia's most advanced fighter jet as he toured an aircraft factory Friday on an extended trip that has ra...
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Zelenskyy is expected to visit Washington as Congress is debating $24 billion in aid for Ukraine
Sep 15, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected at the White House and on Capitol Hill next week as he visits the U.S. during the United Nations General...
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Climate protesters around the world are calling for an end to fossil fuels as Earth heats up
Sep 15, 2023 1:00 am - Tens of thousands of climate activists around the world launched protests Friday to call for an end to the burning of planet-warming fossil fuels as the globe suffers dr...
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Ukrainian troops reclaim a village near Bakhmut. It's a small win in a churning counteroffensive
Sep 15, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian forces recaptured a war-ravaged settlement in the country's embattled east, Kyiv's military leaders said Friday, a small territorial win in a c...
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As all eyes are fixated on Pennsylvania manhunt, a DC murder suspect is on the run and off the radar
Sep 14, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - While the nation has been transfixed by the two-week manhunt for escaped prisoner Danelo Souza Cavalcante in Pennsylvania, another fugitive drama has been p...
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Applications for U.S. jobless benefits tick up slightly
Sep 14, 2023 1:00 am - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week ticked up modestly after falling to the lowest level in seven months the week before, as companies c...