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Larry Storch of TV's 'F Troop' dies at 99

Saturday, July 09, 2022

Storch, the rubber-faced comic whose long career in theater, movies and television was capped by his "F Troop" role as zany Cpl. Agarn in the 1960s spoof of Western frontier TV shows, died Friday.

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U.S. tells China that its support for Russia in Ukraine complicates relations

Saturday, July 09, 2022

China's support for Russia's war in Ukraine is complicating U.S.-Chinese relations at an already difficult time, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Chinese counterpart.

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'Sopranos' actor Tony Sirico dies at 79

Saturday, July 09, 2022

Tony Sirico, who played the impeccably groomed mobster Paulie Walnuts in The Sopranos and brought his tough-guy swagger to films including Goodfellas, died Friday.

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Sri Lanka's opposition parties hope to install a new government amid the turmoil

Saturday, July 09, 2022

A lawmaker said all opposition parties combined could easily muster the 113 members needed to show a majority in Parliament, at which point they will request a new government.

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UN fails to extend aid deliveries to Syrian rebel-held area

Saturday, July 09, 2022

The U.N. Security Council failed in two rival votes Friday to extend humanitarian aid deliveries from Turkey to 4.1 million Syrians in the rebel-held northwest.

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Arizona's governor signed a law that limits filming police

Saturday, July 09, 2022

The law makes it illegal in Arizona to knowingly film police officers 8 feet or closer without an officer's permission. Civil rights and media groups opposed the measure signed Thursday.

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A wildfire threatens giant sequoia trees in Yosemite National Park

Saturday, July 09, 2022

More than 500 mature sequoias were threatened but there were no reports of severe damage to any named trees, such as the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant.

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The agents on horseback who chased migrants used unnecessary force, a report finds

Saturday, July 09, 2022

A federal investigation concluded that the Border Patrol agents did not use their reins to whip any of the Haitian migrants who were crossing the border near Del Rio, Texas, last year.

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Uvalde mayor says police didn't get an early chance to end the school massacre

Friday, July 08, 2022

Mayor Don McLaughlin disputed a new report that alleges missed chances to quickly end the deadly May 24 attack at a Texas elementary school.

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Services begin for the victims of the Highland Park attack

Friday, July 08, 2022

Mourners remembered a woman who worked tirelessly at her synagogue and a gentle man who loved art in the first formal services to be held for the seven people killed during a July Fourth parade.

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A blind golden retriever missing for weeks is found after its family gave up hope

Friday, July 08, 2022

A construction crew in Alaska found the dog named Lulu in salmonberry bushes after first confusing her for a bear. The pet, which had lost more than 20 pounds, is being nursed back to health at home.

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Gun applicants in New York will have to submit their social accounts for review

Friday, July 08, 2022

People seeking to carry concealed handguns in New York will be required to hand over their social media accounts for a review of their "character and conduct." Some worry about free speech concerns.

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Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat as hajj reaches apex

Friday, July 08, 2022

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world raised their hands to heaven and offered prayers of repentance on the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Friday.

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Ex-Japan leader Shinzo Abe fatally shot

Thursday, July 07, 2022

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan.

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Former Theranos executive Ramesh Balwani is convicted of fraud

Thursday, July 07, 2022

The jurors found Balwani guilty on all 12 counts of defrauding both Theranos investors and the patients.

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A year after the president's assassination, Haitians endure a broken nation or flee

Thursday, July 07, 2022

With warring gangs and a powerless government since Jovenel Moïse was killed in his home, many are risking perilous voyages on rickety boats to start lives elsewhere.

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Ex-'Cheer' star Jerry Harris gets 12 years for seeking photos and sex

Thursday, July 07, 2022

A federal judge Wednesday sentenced Harris, a former star of the Netflix documentary series Cheer, to 12 years in prison for coercing teenage boys to send him obscene photos and videos of themselves.

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The Highland Park shooting suspect considered a second attack in Wisconsin, police say

Thursday, July 07, 2022

The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade fled to the Madison, Wis., area afterward and contemplated shooting up an event there, authorities said Wednesday.

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Embattled UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns

Thursday, July 07, 2022

His resignation will trigger an internal election to pick a new leader of the Conservative Party, who will also be the next prime minister. He steps down after defections left him unable to govern.

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The flooding in Yellowstone reveals forecast flaws as climate warms

Thursday, July 07, 2022

Models used to predict flooding are based on long-term, historical records that do not reflect changes to the climate over the past decade, scientists say..

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