Nation and World
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Fewer Americans got jobs in July than expected. But a steady market suggests US may avoid recession
Aug 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The job market has cooled over the summer. But it's still strong enough to defy predictions that higher interest rates would tip the United States into rece...
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In Niger, the U.S. seeks to hang on to its last, best counterterrorist outpost in West Africa
Aug 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Ten days into a coup in Niger, life has become more challenging for U.S. forces at a counterterrorism base in a region of West Africa known as the world's e...
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Deadly flooding in China worsens as rescues and evacuations intensify
Aug 04, 2023 1:00 am - BEIJING - Thousands of people threatened by storm-swollen rivers were evacuated in China's northeast on Friday while areas on the outskirts of Beijing cleared debris fro...
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Ukraine says its drones damaged a Russian warship, showing Kyiv's growing naval capability
Aug 04, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said its sea drones struck a major Russian port Friday and damaged a warship in an attack that underlined Kyiv's growing military capabilities as...
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Kremlin critic Navalny convicted of extremism and sentenced to 19 years in prison
Aug 04, 2023 1:00 am - MELEKHOVO, Russia - A Russian court convicted imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on charges of extremism and sentenced him to 19 years in prison on Friday. Nava...
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Play it again, Joe. Biden bets that repeating himself is smart politics
Aug 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has his zingers ("This is not your father's Republican Party"). He's got patriotism ("This is the United States of America, dammit"). He...
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Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election
Aug 03, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss, answering for the first time to federal charges t...
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Typhoon Khanun forecast to turn back to Japanese islands where it already caused damage and injuries
Aug 03, 2023 1:00 am - TOKYO - The typhoon that damaged homes and knocked out power on Okinawa and other southern Japanese islands this week was slowly moving west Thursday but is forecast to ...
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Man is charged with cheating Home Depot stores out of $300,000 with door-return scam
Aug 03, 2023 1:00 am - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Connecticut man was given nearly $300,000 in fraudulent Home Depot credit by walking into stores in several states, taking expensive doors and ...
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The extreme heat in Phoenix is withering some of its famed saguaro cactuses, with no end in sight
Aug 03, 2023 1:00 am - PHOENIX - After recording the warmest monthly average temperature for any U.S. city ever in July, Phoenix climbed back up to dangerously high temperatures Wednesday. Tha...