UK mortgage rates spike to highest level since Truss tax plan spooked markets
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Homeowners and renters in the U.K. are facing further grim news as mortgage rates hit levels not seen…
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Joey Chestnut shakes off rain delay and defends title at Nathan’s Fourth of July hot dog contest
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Eating superstar Joey “Jaws” Chestnut shook off a rain delay and gobbled his way to another win at…
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Las Vegas Aces’ bond on and off the court leads to success
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Candace Parker sees a lot of similarities between the Las Vegas Aces and the 2016 Los Angeles Sparks team she…
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Arizona governor asked to rescind executive order limiting prosecution of abortion-related cases
PHOENIX (AP) — Twelve of Arizona’s 15 county attorneys are calling for Gov. Katie Hobbs to rescind her recent executive order that limits them…
Continue Reading Suspicious powder found at the White House when Biden was gone was cocaine, AP sources say
By COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A preliminary test has shown that a suspicious substance found at the White…
Continue Reading Yan Mingfu, Communist Party envoy to protesters in China’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, dies at age 91
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Yan Mingfu, a former top Communist Party figure who acted as an envoy to pro-democracy protesters…
Continue Reading Facebook faces legal setback in EU court decision on data privacy and ads
LONDON (AP) — Facebook has lost a legal challenge at the European Union’s top court over a groundbreaking German antitrust decision that limited…
Continue Reading Neutral Switzerland and Austria will join European air defense project
BERLIN (AP) — Switzerland plans to take part in a Europe-wide air defense project initiated in response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The Alpine…
Continue Reading Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will not testify at his impeachment trial, attorney says
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A lawyer for embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says the Republican will not…
Continue Reading French court upholds freezing of assets of Lebanon’s embattled central bank chief
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A French court has upheld the freezing of assets of Lebanon’s embattled central bank governor…
Continue Reading Indonesia pulls out of hosting Beach Games, 3 months after losing U20 World Cup over Israel issue
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Indonesia has pulled out of hosting another global sports event at short notice, three months after refusing to…
Continue Reading Brazil’s Neymar fined $3.3 million for illegal artificial lake at mansion outside Rio
By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian soccer star Neymar was fined more than $3.3 million for violating local…
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California crane company raises American flag for Fourth of July
For nearly 20 years, the owner of West Coast Cranes, Lowell Tucker, has quietly and without tremendous fanfare raised this massive flag to celebrate…
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Californians attend Beach Boys July 4th Fireworks event
The performance features The Beach Boys, The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, and a special appearance by John…
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Florida skyline displays digital U.S. flag ahead of the Fourth of July
Between Monday and Tuesday night, a 700-foot-high digital American flag flew along Paramount Miami WorldCenter…
Continue Reading Armed groups are committing abuses in English-speaking regions of Cameroon, rights group says
By ZANE IRWIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A human rights group says the army, separatists and militias are committing abuses against…
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Florida Keys attempted a key lime pie record for the city’s 200th birthday
The pie was more than 13 feet in diameter. The creamy desert was prepared by chefs and featured 125 pounds of graham crackers, almost 100 gallons of…
Continue Reading Man steals forklift from a Maryland store and rams a car, killing a woman, authorities say.
WALDORF, Md. (AP) — Authorities say a man stole a forklift from a Maryland home improvement store and killed a woman in the parking lot after…
Continue Reading He was the CIA whiz kid in ‘Charlie Wilson’s War.’ His new book offers advice for the US in Ukraine
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the architects of the covert U.S. strategy against the Soviets in Afghanistan has…
Continue Reading A fireworks explosion in western Michigan killed 1 woman and injured 9 other people
PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Fireworks explosions in adjacent counties in western Michigan have left at least one woman dead and nine others with…
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