Nation and World
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US: French cement firm admits Islamic State group payments
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - French cement company Lafarge pleaded guilty Tuesday to paying millions of dollars to the Islamic State group to keep a plant operational in Syria - at a...
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China defends right to protect consulate after assault claim
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - China's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday its diplomatic missions abroad have the right to 'œtake necessary measures'ť to maintain security after British polic...
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Man convicted of killing missing California college student
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The last man seen with Kristin Smart was convicted Tuesday of killing the college freshman, who vanished from a California campus more than 25 years a...
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R. Kelly associate seeks legal fees after acquittal
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - R. Kelly's former business manager asked a federal judge to award him $850,000 in attorneys fees after a jury acquitted him during the same trial in Chica...
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NY leaders propose measures to keep violent videos offline
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Two top New York state officials on Tuesday called on lawmakers to outlaw the creation of videos of homicides, citing the viral spread across the in...
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'~Bad situation': Soaring U.S. dollar spreads pain worldwide
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - The cost of living in Cairo has soared so much that security guard Mustafa Gamal had to send his wife and year-old daughter to live with his parents in a village 70 mile...
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2 killed in stabbing in southwest Germany, suspect detained
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Two people were killed and another seriously wounded in a stabbing Tuesday in southwestern Germany, police said. The suspected assailant was detained. Poli...
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Haiti calls for help at the UN as world mulls assistance
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States and Mexico said Monday they are preparing a U.N. resolution that would authorize an international mission to help improve securit...
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The next invasive garden threat? A slithering, jumping worm
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - Just when you think you've become accustomed to the spotted lanternfly invasion, along comes another menace to the ecosystem: the Asian jumping worm. Allow me to introdu...
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Gates Foundation boosts GivingTuesday with $10M donation
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $10 million to the organization that grew out of the hashtag #GivingTuesday in part to fund a database of cha...