The Associated Press

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Record number of people worldwide are moving toward starvation, U.N. warns

Thursday, July 07, 2022

The spike in food, fuel and fertilizer prices sparked by the war in Ukraine is threatening to push countries around the world into famine, a U.N. official warns.

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Lindsey Graham will fight Georgia 2020 election subpoena, his lawyers say

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

Graham's attorneys slammed the investigation into former President Donald Trump and his allies' actions in Georgia after the 2020 election as being coordinated with the Jan. 6 committee.

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A Georgia monument, seen by some as satanic, was damaged from a predawn explosion

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

The roadside attraction was built in 1980 from local granite, commissioned by an unknown person or group under the pseudonym R.C. Christian.

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Appeals court hears arguments over GOP-leaning states' suit to end DACA

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

A federal judge in Texas last year declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program dead but left it intact while his order is appealed by the Justice Department and advocacy groups.

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Far more could have been done to save Uvalde massacre victims, a new report says

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

Some of the 21 victims at Robb Elementary School possibly could have been saved had they received medical attention sooner while police waited before breaching the classroom, the report says.

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The U.S. wants overseas producers to continue supplying baby formula

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

The Biden administration is trying to help foreign manufacturers stay in the U.S. market for the long term, in an effort to diversify the industry amid a nationwide shortage.

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Boris Johnson fights to stay as British prime minister as his party's support unravels

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

Two top ministers and a slew of more junior officials resigned this week, saying they could no longer serve under Johnson's scandal-tarred leadership. He narrowly got by a no-confidence vote in June.

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Strangers save a 2-year-old boy, whose parents died during the Highland Park shooting

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

Aiden McCarthy's parents, Kevin and Irina, both died in the shooting, which left five others dead and more than two dozen wounded.

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South Africa holds funeral for 21 teens who died in tavern

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

It's still not known what caused the deaths of the young people, aged between 13 and 17. Pathologists are studying the cause of death from blood samples.

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New evacuations for communities near California forest fire

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

A wildfire that triggered expanded evacuation orders may have been sparked by fireworks or a barbecue on the Fourth of July in a region that's a top tourism destination.

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FDA temporarily suspends order banning Juul cigarettes

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

The U.S. federal agency said on Twitter that the stay temporarily suspends the marketing denial order while it conducts further review, but does not rescind it.

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A 76 million-year-old dinosaur skeleton will be auctioned in New York City

Tuesday, July 05, 2022

All of the other known Gorgosaurus skeletons are in museum collections, making this one the only specimen available for private ownership, Sotheby's said.

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2 key U.K. senior ministers quit Boris Johnson's government

Tuesday, July 05, 2022

The two ministers resigned after a day in which the prime minister acknowledged he had changed his story on how he handled sexual misconduct allegations against a government official.

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Sydney floods worsen as 50,000 Australians are warned to evacuate or be ready to

Tuesday, July 05, 2022

Days of torrential rain have caused dams to overflow and waterways to break their banks, bringing a fourth flood emergency in 16 months to parts of the city of 5 million people.

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Rescuers are using drones to help search for avalanche survivors in Italy

Tuesday, July 05, 2022

The terrain being searched is still so unstable that rescue crews are using drones to try to find any survivors while helicopters searched overhead.

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NATO poised to sign accession protocols for Sweden, Finland

Tuesday, July 05, 2022

The anticipated approval by the 30 NATO allies for Sweden and Finland on Tuesday will send the membership bids of the two nations to the alliance capitals for legislative approvals.

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Brittney Griner writes a letter to President Biden asking for his help

Tuesday, July 05, 2022

The basketball star detained in Russia wrote a letter saying she feared she might never return home and asking that he not " forget about me and the other American Detainees."

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A federal judge sides with 3 major drug distributors in a landmark opioid lawsuit

Monday, July 04, 2022

The lawsuit accused them of causing a health crisis by distributing 81 million pills over eight years in one West Virginia county ravaged by opioid addiction.

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Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo chow their way to victory in Nathan's hot dog eating contest

Monday, July 04, 2022

Chestnut took his 15th win at Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, and Sudo made a decisive comeback to win the women's title.

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Highland Park police take a man into custody over the July 4th parade shooting

Monday, July 04, 2022

Officials are calling the 22-year-old a person of interest. Police Chief Lou Jogmen says the man gave himself up after a brief pursuit in his car.

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