Nation and World
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Thai regulator approves $7.3 billion telecoms carrier merger
Oct 21, 2022 7:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand's telecoms regulator has agreed to allow a merger between the country's two main phone carriers in a decision that raises worries over whether re...
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Judge tosses challenge to Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill
Oct 21, 2022 7:00 am - ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - For the second time in about a month, a lawsuit challenging Florida's so-called 'œdon't say gay" legislation restricting teaching on gender identity...
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'Change has come': Mississippi unveils Emmett Till statue
Oct 21, 2022 7:00 am - GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) - Hundreds of people applauded - and some wiped away tears - as a Mississippi community unveiled a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday...
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Car reported stolen in 92 found buried at California mansion
Oct 21, 2022 7:00 am - ATHERTON, Calif. (AP) - Three decades after a car was reported stolen in Northern California, police are digging the missing convertible out of the yard of a $15 million...
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Experts: Lake Mead brain-eating amoeba death among few in US
Oct 21, 2022 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - The death of a Las Vegas-area teenager from a rare brain-eating amoeba that investigators think he was exposed to in warm waters at Lake Mead should pro...
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EU weighs Ukraine support as new refugee exodus beckons
Oct 21, 2022 7:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union leaders sought Friday to shore up their support for Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia was trying to spark a r...
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Malaysia slammed for deporting 6 Myanmar military defectors
Oct 21, 2022 7:00 am - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Malaysian rights group on Friday condemned the government's move to deport 150 Myanmar nationals, including six defectors from the Myanma...
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Today in History: October 21, Edison perfects electric light
Oct 21, 2022 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Friday, Oct. 21, the 294th day of 2022. There are 71 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 21, 1879, Thomas Edison pe...
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Funeral for 2 ambushed officers draws peers from around US
Oct 21, 2022 7:00 am - EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The grieving widows of two slain Connecticut police officers gave tearful tributes to their husbands Friday during a funeral attended by thou...
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West and Russia clash over probe of drones in Ukraine
Oct 21, 2022 7:00 am - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States and key Western allies accused Russia on Friday of using Iranian drones to attack civilians and power plants in Ukraine in violat...