Nation and World
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Milwaukee elections worker fired over false ballot requests
Nov 03, 2022 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A top Milwaukee elections official has been fired after sending falsely obtained military absentee ballots to the home of a Republican state lawmake...
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Russians try to subdue Ukrainian towns by seizing mayors
Nov 03, 2022 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Not long after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, soldiers broke down the office door of Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov. They put a bag over his head,...
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Vermont man convicted of murder in wife's cleaver killing
Nov 03, 2022 7:00 am - BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A Vermont man charged with killing his wife with a meat cleaver and injuring his mother-in-law five years ago was found guilty of murder on Thursd...
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Judge scolds mother convicted in Qanon kidnapping plot
Nov 03, 2022 7:00 am - DENVER (AP) - A Colorado woman convicted of plotting to kidnap her son from foster care after associating with supporters of the Qanon conspiracy theory was sentenced Th...
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Twitter's blue check: Vital verification or status symbol?
Nov 03, 2022 7:00 am - The story of Twitter's blue checkmarks - a simple verification system that's come to be viewed as an elite status symbol - began with some high-profile impersonations, j...
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Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan wounded in shooting at protest
Nov 03, 2022 7:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - A gunman opened fire at a protest rally in eastern Pakistan on Thursday, slightly wounding former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the leg and killing one o...
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Starbucks reports record Q4 revenue despite China declines
Nov 03, 2022 7:00 am - Starbucks' revenue rose 3% to a record $8.41 billion in its fiscal fourth quarter thanks to U.S. customers who shrugged off higher prices on frothy drinks and snacks. Th...
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Parkland school killer formally sentenced to life in prison
Nov 03, 2022 7:00 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally received a sentence of life without parole Wednesday after families of his 17 slain victims sp...
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Ukraine: Russian shelling damaged nuclear plant power lines
Nov 03, 2022 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's nuclear state operator said Thursday that Russia has shelled and damaged power lines connecting Europe's largest nuclear power plant to the Ukr...
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North Korea keeps up its missile barrage with launch of ICBM
Nov 03, 2022 1:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - Alarms blared from cellphones, radios and public loudspeakers and fishermen hurried back to shore in northern Japan on Thursday after North Korea fi...