Nation and World
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Strikes against automakers spread to 38 locations, including Naperville
Sep 22, 2023 1:00 am - The United Auto Workers union expanded its strike against major carmakers Friday, walking out of all 38 parts-distribution centers operated by General Motors and Jeep an...
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Sen. Menendez, wife indicted on bribe charges as probe finds $100,000 in gold bars, prosecutors saySep 22, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Sen. Bob Menendez was charged Friday with secretly aiding the authoritarian regime of Egypt and trying to thwart the criminal prosecution of a friend in excha...
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Pope visits multicultural Marseille as some in Europe talk of fences, blockades to curb migration
Sep 22, 2023 1:00 am - MARSEILLE, France (AP) - Pope Francis arrived Friday in the French port city of Marseille, for centuries a multiethnic and multifaith melting pot, to amplify his call fo...
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United States and China launch economic and financial working groups with aim of easing tensions
Sep 22, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The U.S. Treasury Department and China's Ministry of Finance launched a pair of economic working groups on Friday in an effort to ease tensions and deepen t...
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The fall equinox is here. What does that mean?
Sep 22, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Fall is in the air - officially. The equinox arrives on Saturday, marking the start of the fall season for the Northern Hemisphere. But what does that ac...
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First private U.S. passenger rail line in 100 years is about to link Miami and Orlando at high speed
Sep 21, 2023 1:00 am - MIAMI - The first big test of whether privately owned high-speed passenger train service can prosper in the United States will launch Friday when Florida's Brightline be...
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Zelenskyy delivers upbeat message to U.S. lawmakers on war progress, but GOP support softens
Sep 21, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy worked to shore up U.S. support for Ukraine on a whirlwind visit to Washington on Thursday, delivering an upbeat message on th...
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The U.S. is allowing hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the country to work legally
Sep 21, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Biden administration says it's granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country - quickly making t...
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Rupert Murdoch, whose creation of Fox News made him a force in American politics, is stepping down
Sep 21, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old Australian media magnate whose creation of Fox News made him a force in American politics, is stepping down as leader of both ...
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Syrian President Bashar Assad arrives in China on first visit since the beginning of war in Syria
Sep 21, 2023 1:00 am - BEIJING - Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived in China on Thursday on his first visit to the country since the start of Syria's 12-year conflict, one in which Beijing ...