Nation and World
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Japanese city alarmed by biting, clawing, attacking monkeys
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - People in a southwestern Japanese city have come under attack from monkeys that are trying to snatch babies, biting and clawing at flesh, and sneaking into ...
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Hawaii couple charged with stealing IDs of dead Texas kids
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - HONOLULU (AP) - A U.S. defense contractor and his wife who lived for decades under the identities of two dead Texas children have been charged with identity theft and co...
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James Lovelock, creator of Gaia ecology theory, dies at 103
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - James Lovelock, the British environmental scientist whose influential Gaia theory sees the Earth as a living organism gravely imperiled by human activity, ...
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New rule to thwart railroad efforts to cut train crews to 1
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Major railroads will be required to maintain two-person crews under a new rule announced Wednesday that will thwart industry efforts to cut crews down...
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Iraqi protesters, many of them followers of an influential cleric, storm parliament building in Baghdad
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi protesters, many of them followers of an influential cleric, storm parliament building in Baghdad. ...
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Bacteria that causes rare tropical disease found in US soil
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A germ that causes a rare and sometimes deadly disease - long thought to be confined to tropical climates - has been found in soil and water in the conti...
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Gymnastics congress moved to let Russian officials attend
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The International Gymnastics Federation said Wednesday its annual congress will be moved out of Norway so that officials from Russia and its...
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Spain: Shakira rejects prosecutors' offer, faces tax trial
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - Colombian pop singer Shakira has opted to go to trial instead of accepting a deal offered by Spanish prosecutors to settle allegations she defrauded Spain'...
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Jailed UK-born environmentalist released on furlough in Iran
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Morad Tahbaz, a U.K.-born environmentalist who has been jailed in Iran for more than four years, has been released on furlough, the British government said...
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Ex-cops Kueng, Thao sentenced for violating Floyd's rights
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced two former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted of violating George Floyd's civil rights to light...