Nation and World
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Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.9 billion after 40th straight drawing with no winner of top prize
Nov 06, 2022 6:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.9 billion after 40th straight drawing with no winner of top prize. ...
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Tanzania: Plane crashes into Lake Victoria; 19 dead
Nov 06, 2022 6:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A plane crashed Sunday morning into Lake Victoria as it approached an airport in Tanzania, killing 19 people on board, the country's prime minister...
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Iowa teen who killed rapist escapes from probation center
Nov 06, 2022 6:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa authorities say an 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who pleaded guilty to killing a man she said raped her escaped from a women's center w...
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Pope in Bahrain: Treatment of prisoners a measure of society
Nov 06, 2022 6:00 am - MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - Pope Francis wrapped up the first-ever papal trip to Bahrain on Sunday by encouraging priests and nuns to keep ministering to the Gulf kingdom's t...
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Trial set for reenactor charged with leaving pipe bomb
Nov 06, 2022 6:00 am - WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) - A federal trial for a former Civil War reenactor accused of planting a pipe bomb at a Virginia battlefield and threatening to disrupt other events...
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As midterms near, clergy preach politics and civics lessons
Nov 06, 2022 6:00 am - Across America, faith leaders have squeezed in some final messages about the midterm elections during their worship services this weekend. Some passionately took stands ...
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World in crisis a grim backdrop for UN climate talks
Nov 06, 2022 6:00 am - SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) - Envoys from around the globe gathered Sunday in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for talks on tackling climate change amid a ...
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Cesspool or civility? Elon Musk's Twitter at a crossroads
Nov 06, 2022 6:00 am - The discourse was never all that civil on Twitter. The loudest voices have often drowned out softer, more nuanced takes. After all, it's much easier to rage-tweet at a p...
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Today in History: November 6, Reagan wins reelection
Nov 06, 2022 6:00 am - Today in History Today is Sunday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2022. There are 55 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 6, 1984, President Ronald R...
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Climate Questions: Why do small degrees of warming matter?
Nov 06, 2022 6:00 am - On a thermometer, a tenth of a degree seems tiny, barely noticeable. But small changes in average temperature can reverberate in a global climate to turn into big disast...