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Today in History: Aug. 6, U.S. drops atom bomb on Hiroshima

By The Associated Press
Aug 06, 2022 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Saturday, Aug. 6, the 218th day of 2022. There are 147 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 6, 1945, during World Wa...
Buffett's firm reports $44B loss but its businesses thrive

By JOSH FUNK
Aug 06, 2022 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Warren Buffett's company reported a $43.76 billion loss in the second quarter as the paper value of its investments plummeted, but Berkshire Hathaway'...
EXPLAINER: On China, US and climate, action, not talk is key

By SETH BORENSTEIN and CHRISTINA LARSON
Aug 06, 2022 7:00 am - The last two agreements the world made to battle climate change came only after the United States and China, by far the two biggest carbon polluters, made deals with eac...
17 missing, 121 hurt, 1 dead in fire at Cuban oil facility

By ANDREA RODRÃGUEZ
Aug 06, 2022 7:00 am - HAVANA (AP) - A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled in the Cuban city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured ...
EXPLAINER: What is driving the current Israel-Gaza violence

By TIA GOLDENBERG and FARES AKRAM
Aug 06, 2022 7:00 am - TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip were exchanging fire Saturday in the worst bout of cross-border violence since an 11-day war b...
Role of race contested in killing of Nigerian man in Italy

By COLLEEN BARRY
Aug 06, 2022 7:00 am - CIVITANOVA MARCHE, Italy (AP) - Two marches Saturday in a well-to-do Italian Adriatic beach town both sought justice in the brutal daylight killing of a Nigerian man at ...
UK: 'Early signs' that monkeypox outbreak may be peaking

By MARIA CHENG
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - British health authorities said Friday the monkeypox outbreak across the country may be peaking and that the epidemic's growth rate has slowed. The U.K.'s ...
Suicide pact may have fueled Virginia couple's 2017 slaying

By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - FAIRFAX, Va, (AP) - The shooting death of a northern Virginia couple in 2017 may have been connected to a suicide pact between the couple's daughter and her boyfriend, a...
Sam Gooden, founding member of The Impressions, has died

By KRISTIN M. HALL
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Sam Gooden, one of the original members of the Chicago soul group The Impressions and a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has died. He was ...
South Korean spacecraft launched to the moon, country's 1st

By MARCIA DUNN
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - South Korea joined the stampede to the moon Thursday with the launch of a lunar orbiter that will scout out future landing spots. The satelli...

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