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Bomb threats put tiny Moldova, Ukraine's neighbor, on edge

By CRISTIAN JARDAN and STEPHEN McGRATH
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) - For tiny Moldova, an impoverished, landlocked nation that borders war-torn Ukraine but isn't in the European Union or NATO, it's been another we...
Iran deal tantalizingly close, but US faces new hurdles

By MATTHEW LEE
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Last week's attack on author Salman Rushdie and the indictment of an Iranian national in a plot to kill former national security adviser John Bolton ha...
Greece: 71 migrants aboard boat reaching southern island

The Associated Press
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greek authorities on Friday raised to 71 the number of migrants aboard a sailboat that reached the southern island of Kythera a day earlier, the th...
Police: Pennsylvania man tried to buy stolen human remains

By TERRY WALLACE and CLAUDIA LAUER
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - A Pennsylvania man has been charged with abuse of a corpse, receiving stolen property and other charges after police say he allegedly tried to buy stolen human remains f...
Islamic State 'Beatle' gets life term for US hostage deaths

By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - El Shafee Elsheikh, who was formally sentenced to life in prison Friday for a leading role in the beheading deaths of American hostages, had a som...
Witness about R. Kelly: I didn't want to 'carry his lies'

By MICHAEL TARM
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A woman who says she was sexually abused hundreds of times by R. Kelly as a minor testified Friday that she agonized several years ago about whether to co...
Weather warning in Germany after Europe storms kill 12

The Associated Press
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Authorities in Germany warned of heavy rainfall in the south Friday and put air rescue services on high alert, after severe storms killed at least 12 peopl...
Palestinian killed during Israeli raid in occupied West Bank

By JELAL HASSAN
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - A 58-year-old Palestinian man was shot and killed outside a bakery during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank early on Friday. His fami...
Today in History: August 19, "Old Ironsides" wins a battle

By The Associated Press
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Friday, Aug. 19, the 231st day of 2022. There are 134 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 19, 1960, a tribunal in Mosc...
Nigeria's Osun River: Sacred, revered and increasingly toxic

By CHINEDU ASADU
Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - OSOGBO, Nigeria (AP) - Yeyerisa Abimbola has dedicated most of her 58 years on Earth to the Osun, a waterway in deeply religious Nigeria named for the river goddess of f...

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