Nation and World
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Toyota invests in EV battery production in Japan, US
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...
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US life expectancy plunged again in 2021, down nearly a year
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...
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Man charged in random Detroit shootings that killed 3
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...
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Lawyers: Eastman advised to plead the Fifth in Georgia probe
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...
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WHO: New COVID cases, deaths keep falling nearly everywhere
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...
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Chinese manufacturing weak, adding to economic pressure
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 ...
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Chaplain who sexually abused inmates gets 7 years in prison
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...
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Box of reptiles mailed to the wrong address in New York
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...
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EU countries torn over Russian tourist visa ban move
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...
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California wildfires prompt evacuations amid heat wave
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...