Nation and World
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Average long-term US mortgage rates dip to 6.66% this week
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates ticked down modestly this week after six straight weeks of gains pushed rates to heights not seen in more than a ...
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Venus Williams, Spike Lee set for Black Entrepreneurs Day
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Venus Williams, Spike Lee, Tracee Ellis Ross, Shaquille O'Neal and Killer Mike are among those set to participate in a celebration of African American...
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Kevin Spacey faces New York jury in sexual assault lawsuit
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Kevin Spacey's lawyer told a jury Thursday that a sexual misconduct allegation that derailed his theatrical career was the product of a young actor's ina...
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2 Russians seek asylum after reaching remote Alaska island
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing in a small boat on a remote A...
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Ian death toll hits 101 as evacuees return to mud, rubble
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. (AP) - Rotting fish and garbage lie scattered in Sanibel Island's streets. On the mainland, debris from washed-away homes is heaped in a canal like ...
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Judge delays Twitter trial, gives Musk time to seal buyout
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - A judge has delayed a looming trial between Twitter and Elon Musk, giving the Tesla CEO more time to close his $44 billion deal to buy the company after months spent fig...
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Man charged with smuggling pythons in his pants at US border
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A New York City man has been charged with smuggling three Burmese pythons in his pants at a U.S-Canadian border crossing. Calvin Bautista, 36, is acc...
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Sydney beats 1950 rainfall record with 3 wet months to spare
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Australia's largest city, Sydney, has been soaked by its wettest year on record with almost three months of expected above-average rain to spare. The city ...
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Ex-Oath Keeper: Group leader claimed Secret Service contact
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes told a member of the extremist group before the 2020 election that he had a contact in the Secret Service, a witnes...
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Babies in Tigray dying at 4 times pre-war levels, study says
Oct 06, 2022 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Babies in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region are dying in their first month of life at four times the rate before the war cut off access to most me...