Nation and World
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Brain-eating amoeba suspected in 2nd Midwest death
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...
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Post-Roe differences surface in GOP over new abortion rules
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 (AP) - When the U.S. Supreme Court repealed in June a woman's constitutional right to an abortion, Wisconsin's 1849 law that bans the procedure except when...
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Jordan River, Jesus' baptism site, is today barely a trickle
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...
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Judge retains jurisdiction in lawsuit over Enbridge pipeline
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...
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Climate Migration: Flooding forces Bangladesh family to flee
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...
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Trump CFO's plea deal could make him a prosecution witness
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...
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Trump executive pleads guilty in tax case, agrees to testify
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...
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3 charged with killing Boston gangster Whitey Bulger in 2018
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...
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Starbucks must reinstate fired workers, federal judge rules
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 ...
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Today in History: August 18, 19th Amendment is ratified
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...