Nation and World
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900 apply for NY's first licenses to sell recreational pot
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - More than 900 would-be pot shop operators have applied for a chance to open New York state's first legal dispensaries for recreational marijuana, reg...
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China's yuan slides to 14-year low after US rate hikes
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China's yuan fell to a 14-year low against the dollar Wednesday despite central bank efforts to stem the slide after U.S. interest rate hikes prompted tra...
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Illinois takes Equal Rights Amendment to appeals court
Sep 28, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Attorneys for the state of Illinois joined their colleagues in Nevada and Virginia Wednesday in asking a federal appellate court to declare that the Equal ...
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Inmate serving life for fatal Vegas bombing escapes prison
Sep 27, 2022 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Authorities were searching Tuesday for a 42-year-old convicted bombmaker who escaped from a Nevada prison where he was serving a life sentence for a dea...
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Pro-Moscow officials say people in all four occupied Ukrainian areas voted to join Russia in Kremlin-run referendums
Sep 27, 2022 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Pro-Moscow officials say people in all four occupied Ukrainian areas voted to join Russia in Kremlin-run referendums. ...
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Records: Texas attorney general fled home to avoid subpoena
Sep 27, 2022 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ran out of his house and jumped into a truck driven by his wife, a state senator, to avoid being served a subpoena to tes...
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Cuba without electricity after hurricane hammers power grid
Sep 27, 2022 7:00 am - HAVANA (AP) - Hurricane Ian knocked out power across all of Cuba and devastated some of the country's most important tobacco farms when it slammed into the island's west...
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California murder suspect, teen daughter killed in shootout
Sep 27, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - An abducted 15-year-old girl and her father - a fugitive wanted in the death of the teen's mother - were both killed amid a shootout with law enforcem...
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Tokyo Olympics bribery arrests widens to third Japan sponsor
Sep 27, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Bribery allegations against a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member ensnared a third company that sponsored the Games, as Japanese prosecutors '...
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Alaska landslide damages 3 homes, 'squishes' pickup
Sep 27, 2022 7:00 am - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A landslide triggered by record rainfall significantly damaged three homes, prompted the evacuation of about a dozen residents and caused power ...