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Congo's Ebola outbreak shows no signs of slowing as deaths top 3,000
BUNIA, Congo (AP) - Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people out of over 6,100 confirmed cases, the latest government data showed Wednesday, as the disease is spreading at an unprecedented speed, faster than efforts to track and slow it...
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Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security case
HONG KONG (AP) - Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that has effectively stifled the city's once-thrivin...
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After more than 9 months at sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand
LAEM CHABANG, Thailand (AP) - The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier docked at a port in eastern Thailand on Wednesday after its grueling deployment in the Middle East that kept the ship at sea for more than 250 days. Associated Press j...
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Sen. Ed Markey, 80, wins Mass. Democratic primary over opponent who called for generational change
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey secured the Democratic nomination in Massachusetts' Senate primary Tuesday, once again fending off a push for generational change as he seeks a third term. Markey, 80, defeated U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, 47, who had attem...
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Judge sends Charlie Kirk murder case to trial with defendant facing potential death penalty
PROVO, Utah (AP) - The murder case against the Utah man accused of killing Charlie Kirk last year is headed for trial, and the defendant could face the death penalty if he's convicted. Utah District Judge Tony Graf on Tuesday sided with p...
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Man put to death for girl's killing as Florida carries out its 14th execution of the year
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of killing a teenage girl who rejected his romantic advances and wounding two of her friends was put to death Tuesday in the first of three executions planned this month in Florida. Harold Gene Lucas, 7...
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House censures Rep. Chuck Edwards for conduct toward former female staffers
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted Tuesday to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., following a House Ethics Committee investigation that concluded he engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female staffers in his o...
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Tiger Woods plans to change not guilty plea in DUI case in Florida, court documents show
STUART, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods plans to change his not guilty plea in a DUI case stemming from a rollover crash in Florida, according to court documents filed Tuesday. In March, Woods' Land Rover clipped a truck, rolled onto its side and...
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Court documents show Tiger Woods plans to change not guilty plea in DUI case in Florida
STUART, Fla. (AP) - Court documents showed Tuesday that Tiger Woods plans to change his not guilty plea in a DUI case stemming from a rollover crash in Florida. In March, Woods' Land Rover clipped a truck, rolled onto its side and the gol...
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Pennsylvania police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in killing of college student
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania police officer was charged Tuesday with voluntary manslaughter for last week's fatal shooting of a college student who was looking for his friends late at night and went to the wrong house. Police bod...
Sep 01, 2026
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House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House passed a short-term measure Tuesday to fund the federal government into early December, a move designed to avoid a chaotic shutdown as lawmakers campaign for reelection. Lawmakers needed to act before the fisc...
Sep 01, 2026
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UN report finds Syria was building a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under former President Assad
VIENNA (AP) - Syria was constructing a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under the leadership of ousted former President Bashar Assad, according to a U.N. report seen Tuesday by The Associated Press. Inspectors with the U.N. nuclear watchdo...
Sep 01, 2026
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US military completes latest strikes against Iran, while Trump vows more for Tehran's retaliation
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones at various sites across the region in response as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. One U.S....
Sep 01, 2026
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U.S. military says it's hitting new targets in Iran as hostilities flare again
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military says it's striking new targets in Iran as hostilities flare again after a month without military action. U.S. Central Command said Tuesday that the strikes "follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC a...
Sep 01, 2026
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Germany blames Russia for last month's attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport
BERLIN (AP) - The German government on Tuesday blamed Russia for an attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month using a drone laden with explosives, and announced that it would shut down a Russian consulate among other measures. ...
Sep 01, 2026
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Lindsay Clancy jury goes home after a fourth day without a verdict and signals an impasse
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial ended a fourth day of deliberations without a verdict Tuesday after earlier saying they couldn't agree whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three young chil...
Sep 01, 2026
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Tropical Storm Edouard arrives on the Texas and Louisiana coasts after gaining strength in the Gulf
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) - Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall Tuesday afternoon along the Texas-Louisiana border after picking up a late burst of strength in the Gulf of Mexico, bringing ashore heavy rains and setting off flood warnings along the coas...
Sep 01, 2026
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Mass burials in Nepal as death toll from flash floods exceeds 1,000
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Rescue teams with search dogs continued to search through mud, rocks and debris on Tuesday on the border with Nepal and China for thousands of people still missing following the catastrophic floods that tore through communities ...
Sep 01, 2026
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Vance privately addresses Republican Jewish Coalition during tension over Israel and antisemitism
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Vice President JD Vance left a positive impression after his highly anticipated appearance before the Republican Jewish Coalition on Monday, assuaging some skeptical attendees of his commitment to Jewish Americans and the U.S. alliance...
Sep 01, 2026
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Woman randomly stabs 2 people in New York City's Times Square, killing 1, then is killed by police
A woman randomly stabbed two people in New York City's Times Square on Monday, killing one woman, and then was fatally shot by police, according to officials. The shooting happened just before 4:30 p.m. next to a New York Police Departmen...
Sep 01, 2026
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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, White House says
WASHINGTON (AP) - Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, the White House said Monday, in the latest departure of a top military leader during the Trump administration. No reason was given for the departur...
Aug 31, 2026
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Some 80 people rescued from Grand Canyon floods that left 2 dead and 1 still missing, officials say
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) - The bodies of a Texas chiropractor and at least one other person have been found after a major flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon, and officials said Monday that one person remains unaccounted for after ...
Aug 31, 2026
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Supreme Court lets White House continue construction on Trump's $400 million ballroom
WASHINGTON (AP) - A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the White House to continue construction on a $400 million ballroom project as lawsuits play out, a win for President Donald Trump as he flexes unprecedented executive power and remakes the ca...
Aug 31, 2026
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DA says a teen who recorded San Diego mosque shooting livestream has been charged with murder
A 17-year-old North Carolina girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and disseminated the attackers' white-supremacist writings has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting, a district attorney...
Aug 31, 2026
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