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Brain-eating amoeba suspected in 2nd Midwest death

By MARGERY A. BECK and JOSH FUNK
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in an eastern Nebraska river, health officials said, making i...
Post-Roe differences surface in GOP over new abortion rules

By HANNAH FINGERHUT and SCOTT BAUER
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - When the U.S. Supreme Court repealed in June a woman's constitutional right to an abortion, Wisconsin's 1849 law that bans the procedure except when...
Jordan River, Jesus' baptism site, is today barely a trickle

By MARIAM FAM
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) - Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just briefly soaked her feet in the water w...
Judge retains jurisdiction in lawsuit over Enbridge pipeline

By JOHN FLESHER
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A federal judge Thursday kept jurisdiction over a lawsuit seeking to close an oil pipeline crossing a section of the Great Lakes, rejecting M...
Climate Migration: Flooding forces Bangladesh family to flee

AL-EMRUN GARJON and JULHAS ALAM
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - BHOLA, Bangladesh (AP) - When the Mehgna River swallowed Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum's tin-roofed family home overnight in southern Bangladesh just over a year ago the...
Trump CFO's plea deal could make him a prosecution witness

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's chief financial officer is expected to plead guilty to tax violations Thursday in a deal that would require him to testify about illicit b...
Trump executive pleads guilty in tax case, agrees to testify

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A top executive at former President Donald Trump's family business pleaded guilty Thursday to evading taxes on a free apartment and other perks, striking...
3 charged with killing Boston gangster Whitey Bulger in 2018

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Three men, including a Mafia hitman, have been charged in the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston crime boss James 'œWhitey'ť Bulger, the Justice Depar...
Starbucks must reinstate fired workers, federal judge rules

By DEE-ANN DURBIN and ADRIAN SAINZ
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A federal judge is ordering Starbucks to reinstate seven employees in Memphis who were fired earlier this year after leading an effort to unionize ...
Today in History: August 18, 19th Amendment is ratified

By The Associated Press
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Thursday, Aug. 18, the 230th day of 2022. There are 135 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 18, 1587, Virginia Dare be...

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