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Dolly Parton among Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy winners

By GLENN GAMBOA
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Country superstar Dolly Parton, who made a big donation to help fund coronavirus vaccine research in 2020, is among this year's Carnegie Medal of Philant...
Steam bath weather adds to misery after Appalachian flooding

By BRUCE SCHREINER and BRYNN ANDERSON
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - HINDMAN, Ky. (AP) - Temperatures were expected to soar on Wednesday in a region of eastern Kentucky where people are shoveling out from the wreckage of massive flooding,...
Influential Shiite cleric whose followers stormed Iraqi parliament says protest will continue, calls for early elections

The Associated Press
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - BAGHDAD (AP) - Influential Shiite cleric whose followers stormed Iraqi parliament says protest will continue, calls for early elections. ...
How the climate deal would help farmers aid the environment

By MICHAEL PHILLIS
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - The climate deal reached last week by Senate Democrats could reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that American farmers produce by expanding programs t...
Former boxing world champion Johnny Famechon dies aged 77

The Associated Press
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Former boxing world champion Johnny Famechon has died in Melbourne after a lengthy illness. He was 77. The Sport Australia Hall of Fame annou...
Vin Scully, Dodgers broadcaster for 67 years, dies at 94

By BETH HARRIS
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn an...
Volcano near Iceland's main airport erupts again after pause

The Associated Press
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - A volcano in southwest Iceland began erupting Wednesday, the country's meteorological authorities said - just eight months after its last erupt...
Inspectors OK 1st Ukraine grain ship but no sign yet of more

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - ISTANBUL (AP) - The first grain ship to leave Ukraine and cross the Black Sea under a wartime deal passed inspection Wednesday in Istanbul and headed on to Lebanon. Ukra...
Nintendo's profit rises despite shortages of computer chips

By YURI KAGEYAMA
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Nintendo's profit in the April-June quarter rose 28% from a year earlier on healthy demand for its games, although its console sales were dented by a shorta...
Wind-whipped fire leaves Northern California hamlet in ashes

By HAVEN DALEY and CHRISTOPHER WEBER
Aug 03, 2022 7:00 am - KLAMATH RIVER, Calif. (AP) - A week ago, the scenic Northern California hamlet of Klamath River was home to about 200 people and had a community center, post office and ...

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