Nation and World
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North Sea nations plan huge expansion of wind power by 2050
Sep 12, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Nine nations bordering the North Sea announced plans Monday to massively increase offshore wind power in the coming decades as part of an effort to combat ...
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Former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis faces fraud trial
Sep 12, 2022 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis went on trial on Monday in a $2 million fraud case involving European Union subsidies. The case involves a farm kn...
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Monkeypox death confirmed by LA County health officials
Sep 12, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles County resident with a compromised immune system has died from monkeypox, local health officials announced Monday. It's believed to be t...
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Former Chiefs assistant coach Reid pleads guilty in crash
Sep 12, 2022 7:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid pleaded guilty Monday to felony driving while intoxicated resulting in serious physical inju...
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Dubai court rejects a Danish request to extradite financier accused of $1.7 billion tax scheme
Sep 12, 2022 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Dubai court rejects a Danish request to extradite financier accused of $1.7 billion tax scheme. ...
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GM's Cruise robotaxi service to expand into Phoenix, Austin
Sep 12, 2022 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - General Motors' self-driving car company on Monday announced plans to expand a robotaxi service that recently launched in California into new market...
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Hard Rock spends $100M to raise pay for non-tipped US staff
Sep 12, 2022 7:00 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Hard Rock International, the global gambling, entertainment and hospitality company, said Monday it is spending over $100 million to give sign...
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Lebanon: Central Bank lifts all expensive fuel subsidies
Sep 12, 2022 7:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's central bank lifted its remaining subsidies on fuel on Monday, gas station owners said, ending a year-long process of scaling back on the expensi...
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Bezos rocket crashes after liftoff, only experiments aboard
Sep 12, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A rocket crashed back to Earth shortly after liftoff Monday in the first launch accident for Jeff Bezos' space travel company, but the capsul...
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Illinois tax rebates are coming -- in time for the election
Sep 12, 2022 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Democrats who run state government celebrated while announcing that tax-rebate checks - totaling more than $1.2 billion - on Monday began headin...