Nation and World
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Vegas man faces death penalty in boy's body-in-freezer case
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for a Las Vegas man accused of killing his girlfriend's 4-year-old son and hiding the body in a freezer - whe...
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Texas executes man for fatally stabbing Dallas real estate agent during 2006 robbery
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Texas executes man for fatally stabbing Dallas real estate agent during 2006 robbery. ...
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Bank of America's overdraft fees down 90% under new policy
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bank of America says the revenue it gets from overdrafts has dropped 90% from a year ago, after the bank reduced overdraft fees to $10 from $35 and elimi...
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Article on 'fat' Arab women sparks uproar over body-shaming
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - To Enas Taleb, the headline felt like a spiteful punch line. 'œWhy women are fatter than men in the Arab world,'ť it read in bold, abo...
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Hanae Mori, Japanese designer for films, empress, dies at 96
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Designer Hanae Mori, known for her elegant signature butterfly motifs, numerous cinema fashions and the wedding gown of Japan's empress, has died, her offic...
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Amazon testing TikTok-style feed on its app, AI firm says
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon appears to be getting the TikTok bug, joining other companies seeking to hold consumers' attention by introducing replicas of the popular social p...
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US retail sales were flat in July as inflation takes a toll
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The pace of sales at U.S. retailers was unchanged last month as persistently high inflation and rising interest rates forced many Americans to spend mo...
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Crimea 'sabotage' highlights Russia's woes in Ukraine war
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Fires burned and ammunition exploded at a depot in Crimea on Wednesday, a day after the latest suspected Ukrainian attack on a military site in the ...
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Chinese factories close as drought hurts hydropower
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Factories in China's southwest have shut down after reservoirs used to generate hydropower ran low in a worsening drought, adding to economic strains at a...
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Man arrested in 3 highway shootings in Alabama, Georgia
Aug 17, 2022 7:00 am - LAGRANGE, Ga. (AP) - A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with three separate shootings that took place earlier in the day along Interstate 85 in Alabama and Georg...