Nation and World
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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 ...
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Foot Locker names former Ulta Beauty chief as CEO
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - The chief executive who oversaw the rapid expansion of Ulta Beauty will take over as CEO of Foot Locker during a period of significant transiti...
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Authors and friends rally and read for Salman Rushdie
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Friends and fellow authors spoke out on Salman Rushdie's behalf during a rally Friday on the steps of the main branch of the New York Public Library, one...
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Foot found in Yellowstone hot spring linked to July death
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Part of a human foot found in a shoe floating in a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park earlier this week is believed to be linked to the death o...
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China jails Canadian tycoon for 13 years for finance crimes
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese-born Canadian tycoon who disappeared from Hong Kong in 2017 was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for a multibillion-dollar string of finan...
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Judge won't let Graham delay testimony in election probe
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Sen. Lindsey Graham can't put off his appearance before a special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried ...
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CDC confirms Nebraska child died of brain-eating amoeba
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Federal health officials confirmed Friday that a Nebraska child died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a river n...
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British national gets life in prison for Islamic State hostage-taking scheme that took about 2 dozen Westerners captive
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - British national gets life in prison for Islamic State hostage-taking scheme that took about 2 dozen Westerners captive. ...
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Australia upset at Indonesia reducing Bali bomber's sentence
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia's leader said Friday that it's upsetting Indonesia has further reduced the prison sentence of the bombmaker in the Bali attack that ...