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Egypt, IMF reach preliminary agreement for $3 billion loan

CAIRO (AP) - The International Monetary Fund reached a preliminary agreement with the Egyptian government on Thursday, paving the way for the economically troubled Arab nation to access a $3 billion l...

Oct 27, 2022

Branson's God and country tourism draws patriotic Christians

BRANSON, Mo. (RNS) - A night at the Dolly Parton Stampede is a microcosm of life in these polarized United States. For nearly two hours, on a hot August night, a capacity crowd divided by North and So...

Oct 26, 2022

Herschel Walker faces abortion allegation from 2nd accuser

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A woman came forward Wednesday to accuse Herschel Walker, the anti-abortion Republican running for U.S. Senate in Georgia, of encouraging and paying for her 1993 abortion - an accus...

Oct 26, 2022

Italy's Meloni easily wins 2nd and final confidence vote

ROME (AP) - Italy's new far-right-led government of Premier Giorgia Meloni has easily won the second of two required confidence votes in Parliament by a comfortable margin. Wednesday night's vote in t...

Oct 26, 2022

Judge orders Meadows to testify in Georgia election probe

ATLANTA (AP) - A judge on Wednesday ordered former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to testify before a special grand jury that's investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allie...

Oct 26, 2022

Man convicted of killing 6 with SUV in Christmas parade

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin man was convicted Wednesday of killing six people and injuring dozens of others when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade last year, ending a trial in which he ...

Oct 26, 2022

3 men convicted of supporting plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer

Three men accused of supporting a plot to kidnap Michigan's governor were convicted of all charges Wednesday, a triumph for state prosecutors after months of mixed results in the main case in federal ...

Oct 26, 2022

Protesters rally in Iran to mark 40 days since woman's death

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Thousands of protesters poured into the streets of a northwestern Iranian city on Wednesday to mark the watershed 40 days since the death in custody of 22-year-old M...

Oct 26, 2022

Kremlin: any talks about Griner swap must be confidential

MOSCOW (AP) - The Kremlin on Wednesday kept the door open for talks on a possible swap involving jailed U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner but reiterated that any such discussions must be kept stric...

Oct 26, 2022

Kremlin: Putin monitors drills of Russia's nuclear forces

MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday monitored drills of the country's strategic nuclear forces involving multiple practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles in a show o...

Oct 26, 2022