Articles filed under Associated Press
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Russia hammers Ukraine's power grid again and Kyiv's drones target more enemy oil depotsJun 20, 2024 6:49 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Russia resumed its aerial pounding of Ukraine’s power grid and Kyiv’s forces again targeted Russian oil facilities with cross-border drone strikes, seekin...
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The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into lawJun 20, 2024 6:47 am - BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by...
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Russia obliterates Ukraine's front-line towns faster with hacked bombs and expanded air base networkJun 20, 2024 6:44 am - KHARKIV, Ukraine — The first shock wave shattered aisles stacked almost to the ceiling with home improvement products. The next Russian bomb streaked down like a comet se...
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South Korea blasts Russia-North Korea deal, says it will consider supplying arms to UkraineJun 20, 2024 6:41 am - SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Thursday condemned an agreement reached by Russia and North Korea that pledged mutual defense assistance in the event of war and said ...
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June Squibb is delightful as a grandma on a mission in ‘Thelma’Jun 20, 2024 5:30 am - In her first lead film role, June Squibb plays a 90-something who gets scammed out of $10,000 and goes on a mission to get it back. “Thelma,” the feature debut of writer-director Josh Margolin, is charming, genuinely funny and a breeze to watch.
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Celebrity brushes with the law are not new in the Hamptons. Ask Billy Joel and Martha StewartJun 19, 2024 2:22 pm - Justin Timberlake is not the first celebrity to get arrested in the Hamptons. The beach communities on the eastern end of New York’s Long Island are popular with the rich and famous, and others have gotten into trouble there, much of it vehicular.
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On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil WarJun 19, 2024 2:15 pm - WASHINGTON — It was the middle of the night in the summer of 2021 when I finally found the missing piece of my family history. My great-great-great-great grandfather Hewl...
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‘Verzuz’ will return after Swizz Beatz, Timbaland lock in new distribution partnership with XJun 19, 2024 11:54 am - Swizz Beatz and Timbaland are bringing the “Verzuz” series back for viewers to watch musicians face off in a song-against-song battle, this time on X.
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Caitlin Clark and the WNBA are getting a lot of attention. It's about far more than basketballJun 19, 2024 10:59 am - NEW YORK — Oh, you thought going to a WNBA basketball game might be an escape from the arguments and polarization that are so common in American life these days? Ha, good...
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Hundreds died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid intense heat, officials sayJun 19, 2024 9:15 am - MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Hundreds of people died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced intense high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in ...