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New UK rail strike brings train services to a crawl

By JILL LAWLESS
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Britain's railway network ground to a crawl on Wednesday after 40,000 staff walked off the job in a dispute over jobs, pay and working conditions. Train co...
Man tied to officer's attack pleads guilty to lesser charges

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - A West Virginia man initially charged with assaulting a police officer who died after defending the U.S. Capitol from a mob pleaded guilty on Wednesday to misdemeanor of...
Police: Boy, 6, fatally shoots sister, 5; parents arrested

The Associated Press
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - A 6-year-old boy fatally shot his 5-year-old sister in their home in eastern Indiana and their parents have been arrested in the killing, police said...
Climate change and vanishing islands threaten brown pelicans

By CHRISTINA LARSON
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - CHAUVIN, La. (AP) - Sliding off the side of her small boat, seabird biologist Bonnie Slaton wades through waist-high water, brown pelicans soaring overhead, until she re...
Brazil towel sales emerge to mock mistrust of polls

By DIANE JEANTET and DAVID BILLER
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - As keen supporters of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro claim polls signaling he will lose his reelection bid can't be trusted, an unlikely proxy h...
Best Buy cuts sales forecast as inflation tempers spending

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Best Buy, the nation's largest consumer electronics chain, cut its annual sales and profit forecast Wednesday, citing surging inflation that has dampened...
Police: Woman who opened fire at Dallas airport shot at cop

By JAMIE STENGLE
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - A woman accused of firing several gunshots inside a Dallas airport faces a charge of aggravated assault of a public servant because she allegedly fired one...
Followers of cleric enter Iraqi parliament in show of force

By ALI ABDUL-HASSAN and SAMYA KULLAB
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - BAGHDAD (AP) - Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad's parliament Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a demonstration against a nominee for prime minister by ...
In rare contact, US offers Russia deal for Griner, Whelan

By MATTHEW LEE and ERIC TUCKER
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, Secretary of State Ant...
Germany to reduce government incentives to buy electric cars

The Associated Press
Jul 27, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The German government plans to reduce incentive payments for buyers of electric cars and end subsidies for buying plug-in hybrids at the end of this year. ...

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