Nation and World
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Cyprus trial of UK man: Was it murder or assisted suicide?
Jun 17, 2022 7:00 am - NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - The trial of a British man charged with the premeditated murder of his ill wife in Cyprus' coastal resort town of Paphos was pushed back Thursday ...
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FDA authorizes 1st COVID-19 shots for infants, preschoolers
Jun 17, 2022 7:00 am - U.S. regulators on Friday authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to begin next week. The Food and Drug Adminis...
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EXPLAINER: The scandal engulfing South Africa's president
Jun 17, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa could face criminal charges and is already facing calls to step down over claims that he tried to ...
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Wallowing in Watergate 50 years later: A political quiz
Jun 17, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - For half a century, every major Washington scandal started with some form of this question: Is this another Watergate? Watergate spawned an all-purpose...
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Watergate 50th meets Jan. 6. Common thread: Thirst for power
Jun 17, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The wreckage of Watergate and Jan. 6 are a half-century apart yet rooted in the same ancient thirst for power at any cost. Two presidents, wily and pro...
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Joe Vecchione, past NY Times sports editor, dies at age 85
Jun 17, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joseph J. Vecchione, whose decade tenure as sports editor of The New York Times included columnist Dave Anderson's Pulitzer Prize and the hiring of Willi...
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Belgian bishop declines cardinal honor over abuse record
Jun 17, 2022 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - One of Pope Francis' proposed new cardinals, the retired bishop of Ghent, Belgium, has bowed out of accepting the honor over his own insufficient response to...
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Freedom riders' 1947 convictions vacated in North Carolina
Jun 17, 2022 7:00 am - HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) - Legendary civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and three other men who were sentenced to work on a chain gang in North Carolina after they launche...
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Canceled flights rise across US as summer travel heats up
Jun 17, 2022 7:00 am - U.S. airlines canceled high numbers of flights for a second straight day on Friday as they tried to recover from storms while accommodating growing crowds of summer vaca...
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US authorizes first COVID-19 shots for children under 5; CDC review is next
Jun 17, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - US authorizes first COVID-19 shots for children under 5; CDC review is next. ...