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Russian charged with using US groups to spread propaganda

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Russian operative has been charged with using political groups in the United States to advance pro-Russia propaganda, the Justice Department said Friday. Aleksandr Viktorovich Iono...

Jul 29, 2022

15 dead in Appalachian flooding, toll expected to rise

JACKSON, Ky. (AP) - Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for people missing in record floods that wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in America....

Jul 29, 2022

Ukrainian president observes 1st grain exports leaving

ODESA, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday visited the Odesa region to observe the loading of grain as exports resume for the first time since the start of the Russian inv...

Jul 29, 2022

Separatists say shelling killed Ukrainian prisoners of war

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - At least 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war captured during the fighting for Mariupol have been killed by Ukrainian shelling, Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine said. Daniil ...

Jul 29, 2022

Man executed despite calls from victim’s family to spare him

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama inmate convicted of killing his former girlfriend decades ago was executed Thursday night despite pleas from the victim's family to spare his life. Joe Nathan James Jr. ...

Jul 28, 2022

Daley protests LGBTQ+ intolerance at Commonwealth Games

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley protested intolerance toward the LGBTQ+ community at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games on Thursday. The British diver, who is ma...

Jul 28, 2022

Highway double take: Albuquerque sign spelled without 'R'

ALBUQUERQUE, N,M. (AP) - It made drivers on Route 66 and Interstate 40 in New Mexico do double takes. A newly upgraded state Department of Transportation sign erected last week that pointed drivers to...

Jul 28, 2022

Defense contractor held without bail in ID theft mystery

HONOLULU (AP) - A U.S. defense contractor accused of living under the name of a dead Texas boy for decades was ordered detained Thursday by a federal judge in Honolulu after a federal prosecutor added...

Jul 28, 2022

Los Angeles County avoids new mask rule as COVID stabilizes

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles County dropped a plan to impose a universal indoor mask mandate this week as COVID-19 infections and rates of hospitalizations have stabilized, a top health official sai...

Jul 28, 2022

Deal on Capitol Hill could ease seniors' health costs

A deal on Capitol Hill that could cut prescription drug costs for millions of Medicare beneficiaries was cautiously cheered by older Americans and their advocates Thursday even as many worried it migh...

Jul 28, 2022