Nation and World
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Rural Florida county shocked by fentanyl deaths over holiday
Jul 06, 2022 7:00 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A small, largely rural county west of Florida's capital saw an unheard-of spike in deadly drug overdoses believed to be caused by fentanyl mixed...
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New report details missed chances to stop Uvalde shooting
Jul 06, 2022 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A police officer armed with a rifle watched the gunman in the Uvalde elementary school massacre walk toward the campus but did not fire while waitin...
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Contact restored with NASA spacecraft headed to lunar orbit
Jul 06, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - NASA said Wednesday that contact has been restored with its $32.7 million spacecraft headed to the moon to test out a lopsided lunar orbit. Contact was...
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Saudi Arabia expecting 1 million in largest hajj since virus
Jul 06, 2022 7:00 am - MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) - One million Muslim pilgrims were converging on Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on Wednesday for the largest hajj since the coronavirus pande...
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Ex-alderman who's part of Daley family sentenced to 4 months
Jul 06, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A grandson and nephew of Chicago's two longest-serving mayors was sentenced to four months in prison Wednesday after being convicted of tax crimes and mak...
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States move to protect abortion from prosecutions elsewhere
Jul 06, 2022 7:00 am - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Democratic governors in states where abortion will remain legal are looking for ways to protect any patients who travel there for the procedure -...
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Juul, FDA suspend court case while e-cigarette ban on hold
Jul 06, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration and Juul agreed Wednesday to put their court fight on hold while the government reopens its review of the company's el...
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Economists: Current measures won't meet German energy goals
Jul 06, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Germany won't achieve its targets for phasing out fossil fuels and ramping up renewable energy by 2030 with the measures currently in place, according to a...
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Homes of 85,000 people at risk, but rain eases around Sydney
Jul 06, 2022 7:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Floodwaters inundated or were threatening the homes of 85,000 people around Sydney on Wednesday as rivers started to recede and the heavy rains tracked nor...
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Inquest: Seattle police shooting of pregnant woman justified
Jul 06, 2022 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - An inquest jury found Wednesday that two Seattle police officers were justified in fatally shooting a mentally unstable, pregnant, Black mother of four ch...