Nation and World
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16 dead, 18 missing in flash flood in western China
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - A sudden rainstorm in western China triggered a landslide that diverted a river and caused flash flooding in populated areas, killing at least 16 people a...
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FEMA declares new strategy to engage Native American tribes
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has developed a new strategy to better engage with hundreds of Native American tribes as they face climate change-related disaste...
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Unification Church followers decry 'biased' Japanese media
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Thousands of Unification Church followers rallied in South Korea on Thursday protesting negative Japanese media coverage of their religion afte...
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Syria denies it is holding American journalist Austin Tice
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria denied on Wednesday it is holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice or other Americans after President Joe Biden accused the Syrian government of ...
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Israel raids Palestinian rights groups it labeled terrorists
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Israel raided the offices of several Palestinian advocacy groups it had previously blacklisted as terrorist organizations early Thursday, seal...
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Bombing at Kabul mosque kills 10, including prominent cleric
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleri...
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Mali accuses France of colluding with Islamic extremists
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Mali's foreign minister is accusing France of having colluded with the same Islamic extremists that it spent nearly a decade fighting until its troop...
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Taliban police spokesman in Afghanistan's capital says toll from mosque bombing rises to 21 people killed, 33 wounded
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban police spokesman in Afghanistan's capital says toll from mosque bombing rises to 21 people killed, 33 wounded. ...
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Columbia River's salmon are at the core of ancient religion
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER (AP) - James Kiona stands on a rocky ledge overlooking Lyle Falls where the water froths and rushes through steep canyon walls just before mergi...
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US offers extra monkeypox vaccine doses for gay pride events
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. is setting aside an extra 50,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine for places with upcoming gay pride events, health officials said Thursday. The numb...