Nation and World
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2,560-pound pumpkin wins California contest; sets record
Oct 10, 2022 7:00 am - HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) - A horticulture teacher from Minnesota set a new U.S. record Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after raising a giant gourd weighing 2,560 pound...
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UN, Red Cross seek better preparation for future heat waves
Oct 10, 2022 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The international Red Cross and the United Nations are urging people and governments to do more to beat the heat, by preparing better for heat waves like r...
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Germany opens investigation of Baltic gas pipeline blasts
Oct 10, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - German prosecutors on Monday opened an investigation into the suspected sabotage of two gas pipelines built to bring Russian gas to Germany under the Balti...
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Boat capsizes amid floods in southeast Nigeria; 76 missing
Oct 10, 2022 7:00 am - ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - A boat overloaded with passengers fleeing flooding in southeastern Nigeria capsized and 76 people remain missing days later and are feared dead, em...
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Finding delicious common ground in the jollof rice '~wars'
Oct 10, 2022 7:00 am - One of the iconic dishes of West Africa, jollof rice is vibrantly colored and heavily spiced. And it reflects how cultures across continents blend with delicious results...
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France's ex-president: Bastille Day attack was "terror act"
Oct 10, 2022 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Former French President François Hollande told a special terrorism court on Monday that the man who drove a truck into a crowded beachfront in Nice on Bast...
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Former Fed Chair Bernanke shares Nobel for research on banks
Oct 10, 2022 7:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, who put his academic expertise on the Great Depression to work reviving the American economy after the 2...
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28 dead as Julia drenches Central America with rainfall
Oct 10, 2022 7:00 am - GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Former Hurricane Julia has dissipated, but is still drenching Guatemala and El Salvador with torrential rains Monday after it reemerged in the Paci...
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Ukraine presidency: Explosions hit several cities across Ukraine, including the capital,, Kyiv; casualties reported.
Oct 10, 2022 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine presidency: Explosions hit several cities across Ukraine, including the capital,, Kyiv; casualties reported. ...
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'Nothing's left': Hurricane Ian leaves emotional toll behind
Oct 10, 2022 7:00 am - FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - With her home gone and all her belongings trashed by Hurricane Ian, Alice Pujols wept as she picked through soggy clothes, toys and overturned fu...