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Suga bows out of party vote, paves way for new Japan leader
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says he won’t run in a governing party leadership vote…
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Kim orders tougher virus steps after N. Korea shuns vaccines
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered officials to wage a…
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Trudeau criticized for calling Canadian election in 4th wave
MONTREAL (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended his decision to call an election during the pandemic in first debate of the…
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Experts call for rigorous audit to protect California recall
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press A group of election security experts is calling on California’s top election official to…
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Florida governor appeals ruling on masks in schools
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appealed a judge’s ruling that the governor exceeded…
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Pakistan urges international effort to help Afghanistan
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Pakistan is urging the international community to adopt a three-pronged approach to…
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Attorney: Man paralyzed by deputy shooting dies in hospital
MIAMI (AP) — An attorney says a Black man who received a multimillion dollar settlement after being shot and paralyzed by a Florida deputy in 2013…
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Breach exposed Dallas student, parent, teacher personal data
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas school district officials say a data breach exposed personal student, parent, teacher and staff information dating to 2010. In…
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Florida governor might support abortion ban like Texas law
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis might support enacting a law that would ban abortion when a fetal heartbeat can be detected. The…
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Reports: Hedge fund execs to pay billions in tax settlement
NEW YORK (AP) — Published reports say executives at a New York hedge fund have agreed to pay as much as $7 billion to settle a long-running dispute…
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British national pleads guilty to role in terror beheadings
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A British national has admitted in federal court that he played a leadership role in an…
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Cryptocurrency promoter pleads guilty in $2 billion fraud
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty Wednesday to participating in what prosecutors called a “textbook Ponzi scheme” that…
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California families relay harrowing escape from Afghanistan
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Several families who live in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon describe their harrowing…
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Spanish broadcaster pulls Yanks’ Sterling from flooding car
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees broadcaster John Sterling was helped out of his flooding car by Spanish radio play-by-play man Rickie Ricardo on Wednesday…
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Data shows Florida’s latest COVID surge the deadliest yet
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Florida is reporting its deadliest peak since the pandemic began, surpassing previous…
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Bureau of Indian Education issues vaccine mandate
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The federal agency that oversees schools that educate some Native Americans in nearly…
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Three men guided millions through horror of Sept. 11, 2001
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of Americans were guided through the horror of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by one of…
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Nicaragua presidential aspirant charged, will face trial
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — One-time Nicaragua presidential aspirant Cristiana Chamorro and one of her brothers were among five people formally…
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Seeing danger, some in GOP leery of Texas abortion law
By SARA BURNETT, SARAH RANKIN and LISA MASCARO Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Almost instantly after most abortions were banned in Texas,…
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