Nation and World
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Mississippi schools could make their own gun policies
Jul 25, 2022 7:00 am - JACKSON, Miss (AP) - Amid a series of mass shootings in the U.S., Mississippi education officials made clear that school districts in the state are on a path to being ab...
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Ex-US congressman among 9 charged in insider trading cases
Jul 25, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A former U.S. congressman from Indiana, technology company executives, a man training to be an FBI agent, and an investment banker were among nine people...
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Myanmar executes ex-lawmaker, 3 other political prisoners
Jul 25, 2022 7:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - Myanmar's government confirmed Monday it had carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, hanging a former lawmaker, a democracy activist and two ...
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Sudden arena idea angers, unnerves Philadelphia's Chinatown
Jul 25, 2022 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Wei Chen wants people who visit Philadelphia's Chinatown to look through the community's gateway arch and see the residents chatting in Mandarin on t...
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Firefighters slow growth of California blaze near Yosemite
Jul 25, 2022 7:00 am - JERSEYDALE, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters have significantly slowed the spread of a huge wildfire burning in a forest near Yosemite National Park that burned 55 homes and o...
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Seattle Audubon Society dropping 'Audubon' from name
Jul 25, 2022 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - The Seattle chapter of the Audubon Society says it is dropping 'œAudubon'ť from its name because the man the organization is named after was a slave owner...
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US to plant more trees as climate change kills off forests
Jul 25, 2022 7:00 am - BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The Biden administration on Monday said the government will plant more than one billion trees across millions of acres of burned and dead woodland...
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Walmart cuts profit outlook as shoppers adapt to inflation
Jul 25, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Walmart Inc. on Monday lowered its profit outlook for the second quarter and the full year, saying rising prices on food and gas are forcing shoppers to ...
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UK to host 2023 Eurovision after Ukraine ruled too risky
Jul 25, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Next year's Eurovision Song Contest will be staged in Britain, organizers announced Monday, after concluding it is too risky to hold the much-loved pop ext...
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Judge: Georgia probe prosecutor can't question state senator
Jul 25, 2022 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - The prosecutor who's investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election in Georgia canno...