Nation and World
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Australian Indigenous traditional owners halt gas drilling
Sep 21, 2022 7:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Indigenous traditional owners on Wednesday won a court challenge that prevents an energy company from drilling for gas off Australia's north c...
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Cornered by war, Putin makes another nuclear threat
Sep 21, 2022 7:00 am - In a harsh warning, President Vladimir Putin declared that he won't hesitate to use nuclear weapons to protect Russian territory, a threat that comes as Moscow is poised...
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Southern Baptists cut ties with LGBTQ-friendly church
Sep 21, 2022 7:00 am - The Southern Baptist Convention's top administrative body voted to cut ties with two congregations on Tuesday - an LGBTQ-friendly church in North Carolina that had itsel...
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Ohio oil refinery fire kills 2 people; plant shut down
Sep 21, 2022 7:00 am - OREGON, Ohio (AP) - A fire at an oil refinery in Ohio killed two people and the facility was shut down Wednesday, officials said. The fire started Tuesday night at BP's ...
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Sandy Hook families testify about threats, fear of deniers
Sep 21, 2022 7:00 am - WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - Erica Lafferty said the general harassment began soon after the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre, with people telling her it was a hoax and that her moth...
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Florida highway covered in Coors Light beer after semi crash
Sep 21, 2022 7:00 am - BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida highway had to temporarily close Wednesday after a semitrailer carrying cases of Coors Light crashed and turned the roadway into a sil...
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Around 200 stranded whales die in pounding surf in Australia
Sep 21, 2022 7:00 am - HOBART, Australia (AP) - A day after 230 whales were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of Australia's island state of Tasmania, only 35 were still alive d...
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US home sales slipped, prices grew more slowly in August
Sep 21, 2022 7:00 am - Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed in August for the seventh month in a row, as sharply higher mortgage rates and rising prices made homebuying less affordab...
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Ex-Minneapolis officer Thomas Lane gets 3 years as part of plea deal for manslaughter charge in killing of George Floyd
Sep 21, 2022 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Ex-Minneapolis officer Thomas Lane gets 3 years as part of plea deal for manslaughter charge in killing of George Floyd. ...
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Germany raids 24 properties linked to Putin ally Usmanov
Sep 21, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - About 250 police officers have raided two dozen properties across Germany linked to Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, a close ally of President Vladimir Pu...