Nation and World
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Federal study: New climate law to slice carbon pollution 40%
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - Clean energy incentives in the new spending package signed this week by President Joe Biden will trim America's emissions of heat-trapping gases by about 1.1 billion ton...
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Officials: 2 planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at local airport; multiple fatalities reported
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) - Officials: 2 planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at local airport; multiple fatalities reported. ...
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WHO: World coronavirus cases fall 24%; deaths rise in Asia
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - New coronavirus cases reported globally dropped nearly a quarter in the last week while deaths fell 6% but were still higher in parts of Asia, according to...
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Brain-eating amoeba suspected in 2nd Midwest death
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in an eastern Nebraska river, health officials said, making i...
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Post-Roe differences surface in GOP over new abortion rules
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - When the U.S. Supreme Court repealed in June a woman's constitutional right to an abortion, Wisconsin's 1849 law that bans the procedure except when...
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Jordan River, Jesus' baptism site, is today barely a trickle
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) - Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just briefly soaked her feet in the water w...
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Judge retains jurisdiction in lawsuit over Enbridge pipeline
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A federal judge Thursday kept jurisdiction over a lawsuit seeking to close an oil pipeline crossing a section of the Great Lakes, rejecting M...
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Climate Migration: Flooding forces Bangladesh family to flee
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - BHOLA, Bangladesh (AP) - When the Mehgna River swallowed Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum's tin-roofed family home overnight in southern Bangladesh just over a year ago the...
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Trump CFO's plea deal could make him a prosecution witness
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's chief financial officer is expected to plead guilty to tax violations Thursday in a deal that would require him to testify about illicit b...
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Trump executive pleads guilty in tax case, agrees to testify
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A top executive at former President Donald Trump's family business pleaded guilty Thursday to evading taxes on a free apartment and other perks, striking...