Nation and World
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Weather warning in Germany after Europe storms kill 12
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Authorities in Germany warned of heavy rainfall in the south Friday and put air rescue services on high alert, after severe storms killed at least 12 peopl...
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Palestinian killed during Israeli raid in occupied West Bank
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - A 58-year-old Palestinian man was shot and killed outside a bakery during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank early on Friday. His fami...
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Today in History: August 19, "Old Ironsides" wins a battle
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Friday, Aug. 19, the 231st day of 2022. There are 134 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 19, 1960, a tribunal in Mosc...
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Nigeria's Osun River: Sacred, revered and increasingly toxic
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - OSOGBO, Nigeria (AP) - Yeyerisa Abimbola has dedicated most of her 58 years on Earth to the Osun, a waterway in deeply religious Nigeria named for the river goddess of f...
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Embed-Map-Sacred Rivers-Nigeria-Osun, ADVISORY
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - SACRED RIVERS-NIGERIA-OSUN - Map. This AP digital embed map shows the path of Nigeria's Osun River and its tributaries. The river, revered for its cultural and religious...
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Don't dawdle with latest iPhone update. Here's why and how
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Apple regularly issues updates to the software powering the iPhone, and sometimes it's OK to dawdle when it comes to installing them. But that's not the ...
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Russia's Gazprom to shut gas pipeline to Europe for 3 days
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's state-owned energy company Gazprom said on Friday a key pipeline conveying natural gas to Europe will shut down for three days at the end of this ...
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EU regulator OKs plan to increase monkeypox vaccine supplies
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - A smaller dose of the monkeypox vaccine appears to still be effective and can be used to stretch the current supply by five times, the European Medicines A...
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Yangtze shrinks as China's drought disrupts industry
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - CHONGQING, China (AP) - Ships crept down the middle of the Yangtze on Friday after China's driest summer in six decades left one of the mightiest rivers barely half its ...
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Bank of Cyprus rejects 3 Lone Star bids for share buyout
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus' largest bank, Bank of Cyprus, said Friday it has rejected three successive cash bids over the last three months by LSF XI Investments LLC ...