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Toyota invests in EV battery production in Japan, US

By YURI KAGEYAMA
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Toyota is investing 730 billion yen ($5.6 billion) in Japan and the U.S. to boost production of batteries for electric vehicles, the Japanese automaker said...
US life expectancy plunged again in 2021, down nearly a year

By MIKE STOBBE
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. life expectancy dropped for the second consecutive year in 2021, falling by nearly a year from 2020, according to a government report being released...
Man charged in random Detroit shootings that killed 3

By COREY WILLIAMS
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - A 19-year-old man was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in a series of apparently random shootings over roughly two hours last weekend in Detroit that left thre...
Lawyers: Eastman advised to plead the Fifth in Georgia probe

By KATE BRUMBACK
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Lawyers for John Eastman, a lead architect of some of Donald Trump's efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election, said Wednesday they advised their...
WHO: New COVID cases, deaths keep falling nearly everywhere

The Associated Press
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally continued to fall nearly everywhere in the world in what the World Health Organization des...
Chinese manufacturing weak, adding to economic pressure

The Associated Press
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Chinese manufacturing contracted in August amid weak export and consumer demand, a survey showed Wednesday, adding to downward pressure on the struggling ...
Chaplain who sexually abused inmates gets 7 years in prison

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - Behind a closed chapel office door inside a federal women's prison in California, a chaplain forced inmates seeking his spiritual guidance to have sex with him, exploiti...
Box of reptiles mailed to the wrong address in New York

The Associated Press
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - PORT CHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Several live lizards were wrongly delivered to a residence in a village north of New York City. 'œNeedless to say the addressee was quite star...
EU countries torn over Russian tourist visa ban move

By LORNE COOK
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Northern European Union countries called Wednesday for the 27-nation bloc to impose a broad ban on tourist visas for Russian citizens, insisting that the i...
California wildfires prompt evacuations amid heat wave

The Associated Press
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) - California wildfires erupted Wednesday in rural areas, racing through bone-dry brush and prompting evacuations as the state sweltered under a heat...

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