Nation and World
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Chinese tycoon Richard Liu faces civil trial in alleged rape
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Chinese billionaire, one of the richest people in the world, is heading to trial in Minneapolis to defend himself against allegations that he raped ...
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Scientists honored for COVID-19 tracker, prenatal test
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A Johns Hopkins University scientist who created a website to track COVID-19 cases worldwide is the recipient of this year's Lasker award for public serv...
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Tiny Oregon town hosts 1st wind-solar-battery 'hybrid' plant
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A renewable energy plant in Oregon that combines solar power, wind power and massive batteries to store the energy generated there officially opene...
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Drag performer sues blogger for defamation over edited video
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A drag performer has filed a defamation lawsuit against a far-right blogger he accuses of releasing a doctored video that falsely made it look as if ...
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China former top graft buster indicted on bribery charges
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - A former top graft buster at China's ministry for intelligence and counterintelligence has been indicted on bribery charges, just weeks before a major con...
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1 killed in Belgium raid on suspected far-right extremists
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - Anti-terror raids targeting a group of suspected far-right extremists left one person dead in Belgium after police exchanged gunfire with a man at one lo...
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Jurors must decide how much Newtown families suffering worth
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - After watching days of testimony that included the parents of slain children breaking down on the witness stand, a Connecticut jury soon will hav...
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Amazon to raise average hourly pay by $1 to $19 in October
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon said Wednesday it's raising its average starting pay for frontline workers from $18 to $19 a hour, a boost that could help it attract more employe...
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UN envoy says risk of return to war in Yemen 'real'
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - The U.N. envoy for Yemen warned that the risk of a return to fighting 'œis real,'ť urging warring parties to accept a longer extension of the current ceasef...
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LGBTQ advocates, women worry in Italy after Meloni's win
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Swept away by Italian elections that are expected to see Giorgia Meloni soon form the nation's first far-right-led government since World War II were veteran...