Nation and World
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Two Nigeria churches attacked; worshippers killed, abducted
Jun 19, 2022 7:00 am - ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen attacked two churches in rural northwestern Nigeria on Sunday, killing three people, witnesses and a state official said, weeks after a simi...
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'~Lightyear' stays earthbound, '~Jurassic World' holds No. 1
Jun 19, 2022 7:00 am - 'œLightyear'ť did not go to infinity (or beyond) in its first weekend in theaters: Pixar's first major theatrical release since March 2020 blasted off with $51 million i...
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Danish ex-foreign minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen dies at 80
Jun 19, 2022 7:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, who was Denmark's foreign minister for more than 10 years from the early 1980s and was considered one of the Nordic region's key po...
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George Lamming, a giant of modern Caribbean writing, dies
Jun 19, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - George Lamming, a giant of post-colonial literature whose novels, essays and speeches influenced readers and peers in his native Barbados and around the ...
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Georgia prisoner sentenced to die in guard killings
Jun 19, 2022 7:00 am - EATONTON, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia prisoner convicted of killing two guards during an escape from a prison transport bus five years ago has been sentenced to die. A jury on ...
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Outside Yellowstone, flooded towns struggle to recover
Jun 19, 2022 7:00 am - FROMBERG, Mont. (AP) - With Yellowstone National Park pushing to reopen to tourists more quickly than anticipated after record floods pounded southern Montana, some of t...
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Inflation taking bite out of new infrastructure projects
Jun 19, 2022 7:00 am - The price of a foot of water pipe in Tucson, Arizona: up 19%. The cost of a ton of asphalt in a small Massachusetts town: up 37%. The estimate to build a new airport ter...
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Church shooting survivor: Gunman 'disengaged,' sat alone
Jun 19, 2022 7:00 am - The 70-year-old suspected gunman in a shooting that killed three people at an Alabama church sat by himself drinking liquor, rejecting offers to join the others gathered...
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Ex-rebel wins runoff to be Colombia's 1st leftist president
Jun 19, 2022 7:00 am - BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Former rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly won a runoff election over a political outsider millionaire Sunday, ushering in a new era of politics for Col...
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Firefighters in Spain battle blazes amid unusual heat wave
Jun 19, 2022 7:00 am - BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Firefighters in Spain on Sunday struggled to contain wildfires in several parts of the country, which is suffering a heat wave unusual for this t...