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Rights group urges rapid international intervention to end spiraling gang violence in Haiti

August 14, 2023

BY DÁNICA COTO SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – A human rights group urged the international community on Monday to intervene quickly to end spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti as it detailed the brutal rapes and killings committed in the […]

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How a law associated with mobsters could be central in possible charges against Trump

August 14, 2023

BY KATE BRUMBACK ATLANTA (AP) – Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened her investigation into Donald Trump after the release of a recording of a January 2021 phone call between Trump and Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger. Trump suggested during […]

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Georgia jail fails to let out inmates who are due for release and met bail, citing crashed database

August 14, 2023

JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) – The jail in a suburban Atlanta county held inmates for days who were due for release because a state database had crashed, preventing jailers from being able to check whether a person was wanted in another […]

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Legal experts question judge’s order telling Southwest lawyers to get religious-liberty training

August 14, 2023

BY DAVID KOENIG A federal judge has set off a debate among legal scholars by ordering lawyers for Southwest Airlines to undergo “religious-liberty training” by a conservative Christian legal group. Critics say that if the judge believes such training is necessary, […]

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Russia’s currency hits the lowest level since the early weeks of the war in Ukraine

August 14, 2023

LONDON (AP) – The Russian ruble has reached its lowest value since the early weeks of the war in Ukraine as Moscow increases military spending and Western sanctions weigh on its energy exports. On Monday, the Russian currency passed 101 […]

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A central Kansas police force sparked a firestorm by raiding a newspaper and the publisher’s home

August 13, 2023

BY JOHN HANNA AND MARGERY A. BECK MARION, Kan. (AP) – A small central Kansas police department is facing a torrent of criticism for raiding a local newspaper’s office and the home of its owner and publisher, seizing computers and cellphones, […]

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How hip-hop went from being shunned by big business to multimillion-dollar collabs

August 12, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) – The signs of hip-hop’s influence are everywhere – from Pharrell Williams becoming Louis Vuitton’s men’s creative director to billion-dollar brands like Dr. Dre’s Beats headphones and retail mainstays like Diddy’s Sean John and Jay-Z’s Rocawear. It […]

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Millions scramble to afford energy bills amid heat waves, but federal program to help falls short

August 12, 2023

BY JESSE BEDAYN Bobbie Boyd is in a losing battle against near triple-digit temperatures in northwest Arkansas. Her window air conditioner runs nonstop and the ballooning electric bill carves about $240 out of her $882-a-month fixed income. So the 57-year-old cuts […]

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COVID-19 hospitalizations in the US are on the rise again, but not like before

August 11, 2023

BY CARLA K. JOHNSON Here we go again: COVID-19 hospital admissions have inched upward in the United States since early July in a small-scale echo of the three previous summers. With an updated vaccine still months away, this summer bump in […]

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UNC is appealing to the NCAA for immediate eligibility for transfer WR Devontez Walker

August 11, 2023

BY AARON BEARD North Carolina coach Mack Brown said Tuesday the school is appealing to the NCAA for immediate eligibility for transfer Devontez Walker, the Tar Heels’ presumed No. 1 receiver whose status is in question weeks before the opener. The […]

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