Nation and World
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Storm-battered Florida businesses face arduous rebuilding
Sep 29, 2022 7:00 am - Walt Disney World and other tourist attractions in central Florida appeared to have avoided severe damage from Hurricane Ian. But many businesses on the state's southwes...
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US economy drops at 0.6% annual rate from April through June
Sep 29, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Battered by surging consumer prices and rising interest rates, the U.S. economy shrank at a 0.6% annual rate from April through June, the government an...
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Capitol riot jury picked for 1st seditious conspiracy trial
Sep 29, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A jury was selected Thursday in the seditious conspiracy case against the founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates in the highes...
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Iraq summons Iranian ambassador after drone bombing campaign
Sep 29, 2022 7:00 am - BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq summoned the Iranian ambassador on Thursday to deliver a diplomatic complaint following a deadly drone bombing campaign, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry s...
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Report: 200 environmental activists killed globally in 2021
Sep 29, 2022 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Some 200 environmental and land defense activists were killed around the world in 2021, including some 54 in Mexico, which assumed the position of the...
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Low water on the Mississippi River impacting barge traffic
Sep 29, 2022 7:00 am - O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) - Parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited at the worst possible time - as crop harvests be...
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NASA spacecraft buzzes Jupiter moon Europa, closest in years
Sep 29, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's Juno spacecraft has made the closest approach to Jupiter's tantalizing, icy moon Europa in more than 20 years. Juno on Thursday zippe...
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Trial of elderly Rwanda genocide suspect opens at UN court
Sep 29, 2022 7:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A frail 87-year-old Rwandan accused of encouraging and bankrolling the country's 1994 genocide refused to attend the opening of his trial a...
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In Minnesota, abortion keys Keith Ellison's 2nd term hopes
Sep 29, 2022 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Keith Ellison gave up a safe seat in Congress to run for Minnesota attorney general, saying it was his best chance to push back against the policies o...
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Members of extreme Jewish sect escape Mexican shelter
Sep 29, 2022 7:00 am - HUIXTLA, Mexico (AP) - About 20 members of an extreme ultra-orthodox Jewish sect overpowered guards and escaped a government shelter in southern Mexico where they had be...