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Western fires outpace California effort to fill inmate crews

By DON THOMPSON
Aug 21, 2022 7:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - As wildfires rage across California each year, exhausted firefighters call for reinforcements from wherever they can get them - even as far as ...
Indonesia announces its first case of monkeypox

The Associated Press
Aug 21, 2022 7:00 am - JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A man in Indonesia has tested positive for monkeypox, making him the country's first confirmed case of the disease, authorities said late Satur...
Massachusetts student receives uniform violation for hijab

The Associated Press
Aug 21, 2022 7:00 am - MALDEN, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts charter school where an eighth grade student was written up for a uniform infraction for wearing a hijab says it understands its 'œh...
After years of scrutiny of NY detective, a case gets retried

By JENNIFER PELTZ
Aug 21, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In the bloody years when killings peaked in New York City, Detective Louis Scarcella built a reputation for closing cases. A second-generation cop who sm...
Strike at biggest shipping port adds to UK industrial chaos

The Associated Press
Aug 21, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The first day of a planned strike at Britain's biggest container port started Sunday, joining a series of walkouts by transportation workers that have disr...
Court puts on hold Graham's testimony in Ga. election probe

By KATE BRUMBACK
Aug 21, 2022 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - A federal appeals court on Sunday agreed to temporarily put on hold a lower court's order requiring that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham testify before a special...
Polio in US, UK and Israel reveals rare risk of oral vaccine

By MARIA CHENG
Aug 21, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - For years, global health officials have used billions of drops of an oral vaccine in a remarkably effective campaign aimed at wiping out polio in its last ...
Today in History: August 21, Nat Turner launches rebellion

By The Associated Press
Aug 21, 2022 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Sunday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2022. There are 132 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 21, 1831, Nat Turner launche...
Minneapolis teacher contract race language ignites firestorm

By STEVE KARNOWSKI
Aug 21, 2022 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - When Minneapolis teachers settled a 14-day strike in March, they celebrated a groundbreaking provision in their new contract that was meant to shield ...
Tom Weiskopf, major champion and golf course architect, dies

By DOUG FERGUSON
Aug 21, 2022 7:00 am - Tom Weiskopf's golf skill went far beyond his 16 victories on the PGA Tour and his lone major at Troon in the British Open. He was always candid, often outspoken and unf...

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