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2 U.S. Navy sailors charged with providing sensitive military information to China

Thursday, August 03, 2023

The two U.S. sailors, both based in California, were charged with similar moves to provide sensitive intelligence to the Chinese.

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Jury acquits a white Louisiana trooper caught on camera beating a Black motorist

Thursday, August 03, 2023

The federal jury acquitted a state trooper charged with violating the civil rights of Aaron Bowman despite body-camera footage that showed the officer pummeling him 18 times with a flashlight.

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Woman's escape from cinder block cell likely spared others from same fate, FBI says

Thursday, August 03, 2023

A woman who escaped her kidnapper by punching her way out of a homemade cell in southern Oregon likely saved other women from a similar fate, authorities said.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife announce their separation

Thursday, August 03, 2023

Justin Trudeau is the 51-year-old scion of one of Canada's most famous politicians. Sophie Trudeau is a former model and TV host. Together, they brought star power to the prime minister's office.

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Foreign nationals are evacuating Niger as regional tensions rise

Wednesday, August 02, 2023

France, Italy and Spain announced evacuations for their citizens and other Europeans. The U.S. has yet to announce evacuation plans for Americans but some have left the with the help of the Europeans.

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Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $1.25 billion after no one hits the top prize

Wednesday, August 02, 2023

Tuesday night's drawing was the 30th straight without a winner. The lottery drought is due to poor luck and terrible odds: the chance of winning the Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 302.6 million.

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1 person dies, 8 others are seriously hurt in tour bus rollover at Grand Canyon West

Wednesday, August 02, 2023

One person was killed in a tour bus rollover involving over 50 people Tuesday in northern Arizona near the Grand Canyon West Skywalk, authorities said.

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Aid efforts for Haitians suffer blow with kidnapping of American nurse and daughter

Wednesday, August 02, 2023

Gang warfare has increasingly plagued Haiti since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Criminal control has worsened and today the innocent are often killed, raped and held for ransom.

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Phoenix ends 31-day streak of highs at or above 110 degrees — by reaching 108

Tuesday, August 01, 2023

The historic heat began blasting the Southwestern U.S. in June, stretching from Texas across New Mexico and Arizona and into California's desert.

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The death toll in the Pakistan suicide bombing rises as families hold funerals

Monday, July 31, 2023

No one immediately claimed responsibility for Sunday's bombing, which killed dozens and wounded nearly 200 people.

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A federal judge has dismissed Trump's defamation case against CNN over 'the Big Lie'

Sunday, July 30, 2023

The former president claimed that references in news articles or by the network's hosts to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election as "the Big Lie" was tantamount to comparing him to Adolf Hitler.

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A bombing at a political rally in Pakistan has killed at least 44 and wounded some 200

Sunday, July 30, 2023

The attack tore through a rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader in the country's northwestern Bajur district. Nearly 200 others were wounded in the blast.

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Supporters of Niger's coup march, waving Russian flags and denouncing France

Sunday, July 30, 2023

Thousands of supporters of the junta that took over Niger in a coup this week marched through the streets of the capital waving Russian flags, chanting Vladimir Putin's name, and denouncing France.

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African leaders leave Russia summit without grain deal or path to peace in Ukraine

Sunday, July 30, 2023

African leaders are leaving two days of meetings with Vladimir Putin with little to show for their requests to resume a deal that kept grain flowing from Ukraine and to find a path to end the war.

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The historic heatwave that has hit the U.S. Southwest is set to cool a little

Sunday, July 30, 2023

A historic heat wave that has gripped the U.S. Southwest throughout July, blasting residents and baking surfaces like brick, is beginning to abate with the late arrival of monsoon rains.

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An Arkansas judge has blocked a law targetting librarians over 'harmful' books

Sunday, July 30, 2023

Arkansas is temporarily blocked from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing "harmful" materials to minors.

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A drone attack on Moscow briefly shut one of its airports and injured one

Sunday, July 30, 2023

Russian authorities say three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow in the early hours on Sunday, injuring one person and prompting a temporary closure for traffic of one of four airports near the capital.

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4 dead and 2 injured in separate aircraft accidents in Wisconsin, authorities say

Saturday, July 29, 2023

A Rotorway 162F helicopter and an ELA Eclipse 10 gyrocopter collided at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, authorities said.

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Katie Ledecky passes Michael Phelps for most individual golds at world championships

Saturday, July 29, 2023

The 26-year-old American won the 800-meter freestyle on Saturday at the world championships to become the first swimmer to win six golds in the same event at worlds.

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A WWII Japanese soldier's 'good luck flag' is returned to his family from U.S. museum

Saturday, July 29, 2023

The flag belonging to Shigeyoshi Mutsuda was returned to his son from a U.S. war museum where it had been on display for 29 years. "It's a miracle," 83-year-old Toshihiro Mutsuda said.

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