The Downtown Aquarium in Denver has a new resident — a rare orange lobster that was rescued from a shipment of crustaceans delivered to a Red Lobster restaurant in Pueblo, Colorado. A long-term …
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By AMY BETH HANSON
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7/18/24
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Beleaguered Olympic boxing has a new look in Paris: Gender parity, but the smallest field in decades
Olympic boxing in Paris will see big changes to the sport's traditional structure. Give or take a few last-minute additions or dropouts, half of the 248 boxers in Paris will be women. That's a …
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By GREG BEACHAM
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7/18/24
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Catholics from across the U.S. have converged for five days of traditional devotions at the Indianapolis Colts’ football stadium in what they’re calling the National Eucharistic Congress. It’s …
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By PETER SMITH
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7/18/24
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An advocacy group for Indigenous peoples has released photographs of a reclusive tribe’s members searching for food on a beach in the Peruvian Amazon. Survival International calls it evidence that …
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By STEVEN GRATTAN
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7/18/24
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Prosecutors say a federal judge in Alaska who resigned after a scathing investigation found he had engaged in inappropriate conduct with staff and attorneys did not disclose conflicts of interest in …
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7/18/24
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Boeing is closer to understanding what went wrong with its astronaut capsule in orbit, now that testing is complete on a spare thruster here on Earth. The Starliner capsule has been docked at the …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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7/18/24
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The latest agricultural census shows the number of greenhouse and nursery workers in the U.S. has grown by 16,000 in recent years. But there are no federal heat rules even as greenhouses become more …
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By MELINA WALLING and DORANY PINEDA
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7/18/24
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says apps that allow workers to access their paychecks in advance, often for a fee, are providing loans and therefore subject to the Truth in Lending Act. If …
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By CORA LEWIS
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7/18/24
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Activists in the Dominican Republic are protesting against a bill for a new criminal code that would retain a total abortion ban. The Dominican Senate gave initial approval to the bill in late June …
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By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ
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7/18/24
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Hundreds of people who gathered to remember the former fire chief fatally shot at a rally for former President Donald Trump have been urged to find “unity” as the area in rural Pennsylvania …
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By MICHAEL SISAK
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7/18/24
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Former President Donald Trump has maintained since his defeat in 2020 that the election was stolen. In a prerecorded video at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday he again alluded to the …
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By MELISSA GOLDIN
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7/18/24
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Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday to remember the former fire chief shot and killed at a weekend rally for former President Donald Trump in the rural area of Pennsylvania shaken by violence …
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By MICHAEL SISAK
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7/17/24
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Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says it was time for the Biden administration “to do better than just playing defense” to Iranian threats on Trump administration officials. His remarks …
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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
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7/17/24
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Texas death row inmate Ruben Gutierrez was only 20 minutes away from being executed when the U.S. Supreme Court granted his request to stay his lethal injection at the state prison in Huntsville. …
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By JUAN A. LOZANO
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7/17/24
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Thousands of Nebraskans with felony convictions could be denied voting rights under an opinion from the state attorney general. Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued an opinion Wednesday that …
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By MARGERY A. BECK
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7/17/24
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Ukraine defense chief says his nation will find battlefield solutions no matter who wins US election
Ukraine's defense minister said his country will find a way to battle Russia’s invading forces even if Donald Trump wins a second term, jeopardizings vital U.S. support for its defense. Defense …
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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
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7/17/24
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Nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party nominate a different candidate, according to a new AP-NORC poll. The survey sharply …
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By The Associated Press
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7/17/24
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Lionel Messi is facing calls to apologize for racist chants made by Argentina players after they won the Copa America on Sunday. An Argentinean government official said Messi, who is the team …
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By JAMES ROBSON
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7/17/24
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The remains of a World War II service member who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines in 1942 have been brought home to California. The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st …
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7/17/24
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An Israeli delegation has arrived in Egypt to continue cease-fire talks as Israel and Hamas consider the latest proposal. That's according to three Egyptian airport officials who didn't give details. …
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By The Associated Press
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7/17/24
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