Nation and World
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Today in History: June 18, first U.S. woman in space
Jun 18, 2022 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Saturday, June 18, the 169th day of 2022. There are 196 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 18, 1983, astronaut Sal...
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Warren Buffett's final charity lunch draws record $19M bid
Jun 18, 2022 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An anonymous bidder has shelled out a record $19 million for a private lunch with billionaire Warren Buffet at a steakhouse in New York City. The mea...
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Pioneering pop music chart analyst Joel Whitburn dies at 82
Jun 18, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joel Whitburn, who turned his fascination with the Billboard charts into a career cataloging the history of charted music that kept gatekeepers honest ab...
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Brazil: police arrest 3rd suspect in Amazon shooting deaths
Jun 18, 2022 7:00 am - BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's federal police said Saturday that a third suspect in the deaths of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira h...
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'Right thing at the right time': Teens save 6 from fire
Jun 18, 2022 7:00 am - KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) - Three teenagers who discovered a house on fire helped six people and four animals escape the flames in Kokomo, authorities said. Max Campbell and bro...
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Efforts spotlight slave who inspired beach name, local tale
Jun 18, 2022 7:00 am - BEVERLY, Mass. (AP) - An enslaved Black man, the tall tale he inspired and the beach that now bears his name are the focus of new efforts to recognize the role of slaver...
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Coast Guard: Boats collide in Florida, 2 dead, 10 rescued
Jun 18, 2022 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Two people were killed and 10 others had to be rescued when their boats collided at night near Key Biscayne in South Florida, the U.S. Coast Guard and local...
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Lennie Rosenbluth, star of UNC's '57 title team, dies at 89
Jun 18, 2022 7:00 am - CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Lennie Rosenbluth, who led North Carolina to its first basketball NCAA title in 1957 with a victory over Wilt Chamberlain and Kansas in the cham...
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Yellowstone National Park to partly reopen after floods
Jun 18, 2022 7:00 am - BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Yellowstone National Park will partially reopen at 8 a.m. Wednesday, after catastrophic flooding destroyed bridges and roads and drove out thousan...
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Celia, Blas weaken, but still bring heavy rain, surf
Jun 18, 2022 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Celia weakened to a tropical depression off Central America Saturday, as Tropical Storm Blas headed out to sea off Mexico's southern Pacific coast. C...