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Democrats plan to nominate Biden by virtual roll call to meet Ohio ballot deadline

Democrats plan to nominate Biden by virtual roll call to meet Ohio ballot deadline

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will be formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee through a virtual roll call ahead of the party’s official convention in Chicago in August — a maneuver that will allow Biden to appear on the Nove
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A Kentucky family is left homeless for a second time by a tornado that hit the same location

A Kentucky family is left homeless for a second time by a tornado that hit the same location

BARNSLEY, Ky. (AP) — Devin Johnson's life was uprooted for a second time when a tornado flattened his home over the Memorial Day weekend — on the same lot in Kentucky where another twister left him homeless in 2021.
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Pope apologizes after being quoted using vulgar term about gay men in talk about ban on gay priests

Pope apologizes after being quoted using vulgar term about gay men in talk about ban on gay priests

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis apologized Tuesday after he was quoted using a vulgar and derogatory term about gay men to reaffirm the Catholic Church’s ban on gay priests.
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Judge denies request to restrict Trump statements about law enforcement in classified records case

Judge denies request to restrict Trump statements about law enforcement in classified records case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida on Tuesday denied prosecutors' request to bar the former president from making public statements that could endanger law enforcement agents participating in th
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Biden campaign sends allies De Niro and first responders to Trump's NY trial to put focus on Jan. 6

Biden campaign sends allies De Niro and first responders to Trump's NY trial to put focus on Jan. 6

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's campaign on Tuesday showed up outside former President Donald Trump's New York City criminal hush money trial with actor Robert De Niro and a pair of former police officers in an effort to refocus the president
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Israeli army says it used small munitions in Rafah airstrike, and fire was caused by secondary blast

Israeli army says it used small munitions in Rafah airstrike, and fire was caused by secondary blast

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says an initial investigation into a strike that sparked a deadly weekend fire in a tent camp in the southern Gaza city of Rafah has found the blaze was caused by a secondary explosion.
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Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognize a Palestinian state as EU rift with Israel widens

Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognize a Palestinian state as EU rift with Israel widens

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognized a Palestinian state on Tuesday in a coordinated effort by the three western European nations to add international pressure on Israel to soften its devastating response to last year
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Taiwan's legislature passes changes seen as favoring China, reducing president's power

Taiwan's legislature passes changes seen as favoring China, reducing president's power

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s opposition-controlled legislature passed changes on Tuesday that are seen as favoring China and diminishing the power of the island's president.
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Netanyahu says deadly Israeli strike in Rafah was the result of a 'tragic mishap'

Netanyahu says deadly Israeli strike in Rafah was the result of a 'tragic mishap'

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a “tragic mishap” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a camp housing displaced Palestinians and, according to local officials, ki
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At least 13 killed in a stone quarry collapse in India’s northeast. 16 others remain missing

At least 13 killed in a stone quarry collapse in India’s northeast. 16 others remain missing

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A stone quarry collapsed Tuesday in India’s northeast due to heavy rains triggered by a tropical storm, killing 13 quarry workers, officials said, while 16 remain missing.
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