Nation and World
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WHO: New COVID cases, deaths keep falling nearly everywhere
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally continued to fall nearly everywhere in the world in what the World Health Organization des...
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Chinese manufacturing weak, adding to economic pressure
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Chinese manufacturing contracted in August amid weak export and consumer demand, a survey showed Wednesday, adding to downward pressure on the struggling ...
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Chaplain who sexually abused inmates gets 7 years in prison
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - Behind a closed chapel office door inside a federal women's prison in California, a chaplain forced inmates seeking his spiritual guidance to have sex with him, exploiti...
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Box of reptiles mailed to the wrong address in New York
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - PORT CHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Several live lizards were wrongly delivered to a residence in a village north of New York City. 'œNeedless to say the addressee was quite star...
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EU countries torn over Russian tourist visa ban move
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Northern European Union countries called Wednesday for the 27-nation bloc to impose a broad ban on tourist visas for Russian citizens, insisting that the i...
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California wildfires prompt evacuations amid heat wave
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) - California wildfires erupted Wednesday in rural areas, racing through bone-dry brush and prompting evacuations as the state sweltered under a heat...
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Obstruction now a major focus in Trump documents probe
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI investigation into top-secret government information discovered at Mar-a-Lago is zeroing in on the question of whether former President Donald ...
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Spain's 'Tomatina' battle returns after pandemic hiatus
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - BUNOL, Spain (AP) - People from around the world pasted each other with tomatoes Wednesday as Spain's famous 'œTomatina'ť street tomato fight took place once again Wedne...
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Fans of Princess Diana gather to mark her death 25 years ago
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Fans of the late Princess Diana placed tributes outside the gates of her Kensington Palace home on Wednesday, marking the 25th anniversary of her death in ...
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India quarterly growth rises to 13.5% after pandemic slump
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - India's economy grew by 13.5% in the April-June quarter from a year earlier, pushed up by a boost in agriculture and manufacturing as pandemic curbs eas...