Nation and World
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2 killed in West Bank, Palestinians blame Israeli raids
Sep 01, 2022 7:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Two Palestinians were killed in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the official Palestinian news agency said, blaming both deaths on Israeli troops con...
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Mortgage rates rise to 5.66%, weighing on housing market
Sep 01, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose to their highest level in two months this week, providing no relief for a slumping housing market. Mortgage ...
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'~Tragic outcomes': Mentally ill face fatal risk with police
Sep 01, 2022 7:00 am - SALEM, Ore. (AP) - One summer night, Misty Castillo stepped out of her house in Salem, Oregon, called 911 and asked for the police, saying her son was mentally ill, was ...
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Woman arrested after accusing Taliban official of rape
Sep 01, 2022 7:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - The Taliban announced they have arrested and will soon sentence an Afghan woman who appeared in a video on social media earlier this week and said a sen...
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Judge again denies Graham's effort to skirt Georgia subpoena
Sep 01, 2022 7:00 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday ruled that constitutional protections don't shield U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham from testifying before a special grand jury...
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History's bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms
Sep 01, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - One stood for freedom, openness, peace and closer ties with the outside world. The other is jailing critics, muzzling journalists, pushing his country de...
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Russia launches war games with China amid tensions with US
Sep 01, 2022 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russia on Thursday launched weeklong war games involving forces from China and other nations in a show of growing defense cooperation between Moscow and Be...
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Mississippi capital's water disaster developed over decades
Sep 01, 2022 7:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - For at least the third time in a dozen years, portable toilets are parked outside the ornate Mississippi Capitol because Jackson's water system is ...
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LGBTQ activists in Peru demand autopsy for death in Bali
Sep 01, 2022 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - LGBTQ rights activists rallied outside the prosecutor's office Wednesday to demand an autopsy be performed on a Peruvian transgender man who died earli...
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Mexico president proposes reforms to National Guard
Sep 01, 2022 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has proposed legislation that would transfer the country's nominally civilian National Guard to total m...