Nation and World
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Kroger seeks to create grocery giant in $20 billion Albertsons bid
Oct 14, 2022 1:00 am - Two of the nation's largest grocers have agreed to merge in a deal they say would help them better compete with Walmart, Amazon and other major companies that have stepp...
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IKEA calls 2022 an 'exceptional year' despite challenges
Oct 13, 2022 7:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA said Thursday that despite 'œunprecedented challenges" caused by the war in Ukraine, supply chain disruptions, incre...
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Indonesia gears up to start its first high-speed rail line
Oct 13, 2022 7:00 am - BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia is preparing to start Southeast Asia's first high-speed rail service that will cut travel time between two cities from the current th...
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Ute Indian Tribe criticizes Biden monument on ancestral land
Oct 13, 2022 7:00 am - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah-based Native American tribe that frequently has sparred with President Joe Biden criticized the White House again for not adequately consult...
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Amazon's holiday sales event sees lower sales, group says
Oct 13, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon said Thursday its Prime members ordered more than 100 million items during a sales event this week that analysts are expecting to be a bellwether ...
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EXPLAINER: How iodine tablets block some nuclear radiation
Oct 13, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure - and interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some radiation. Concer...
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Parkland school shooter spared from execution for killing 17
Oct 13, 2022 7:00 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A jury spared Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz from the death penalty Thursday for killing 17 people at a Parkland high school in 2018, s...
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North Carolina city officials: Suspect arrested after shooting that wounded multiple people
Oct 13, 2022 7:00 am - RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina city officials: Suspect arrested after shooting that wounded multiple people. ...
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In Milwaukee, Latinos fed up with crime weigh GOP appeal
Oct 13, 2022 7:00 am - MILWAUKEE (AP) - In two decades of street outreach on Milwaukee's south side, evangelical pastor Marty Calderon has offered Bible study, gang prevention, a safe place to...
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US opts to not rebuild renowned Puerto Rico telescope
Oct 13, 2022 7:00 am - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The National Science Foundation announced Thursday that it will not rebuild a renowned radio telescope in Puerto Rico, which was one of the ...