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BRICS foreign ministers meet in India as Iran war, oil prices and divisions test the bloc's unity

NEW DELHI (AP) — Foreign ministers from the BRICS nations began a two-day meeting in New Delhi on Thursday as the expanding bloc faces divisions over the war in Iran, rising energy prices and growing...

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Somalia is in a deadly drought again. Most humanitarian aid isn't there this time

PUNTLAND, Somalia (AP) — Most of Abdi Ahmed Farah’s hundreds of goats have died. It has not rained steadily in this part of Somalia for three years, something the 70-year-old never thought possible. ...

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Oklahoma man set to be executed for killing his ex-girlfriend and her 7-month-old daughter

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 7-month-old daughter after setting their home on fire nearly 20 years ago was set to be executed on Thursday. ...

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Postal Service releases special edition bald eagle stamps for America's 250th

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — For America's 250th birthday, the U.S. Postal Service is releasing special edition stamps featuring one of the nation's icons: the bald eagle. The stamps unveiled...

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Muskets like those from 1776 are mostly exempt from today’s gun laws

HALIFAX, N.C. (AP) — With 165 grains of black powder in the barrel, a .75-caliber Brown Bess flintlock musket like the ones the redcoats carried in 1776 can hurl a lead ball at a velocity of around 1,000...

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AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

Trump offers platitudes while Xi warns of possible confrontation during China summit BEIJING (AP) — President Donald Trump began his trip to Beijing on Thursday by telling Xi Jinping “it’s...

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New Mexico politicians grapple with oil windfall from Iran war that's both 'awesome' and awkward

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — The global oil bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz has generated an enviable — and politically sensitive — financial windfall on the other side of the world in New Mexico,...

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Thomas Massie tests if voters can stay loyal to him and Donald Trump at the same time

COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Rep. Thomas Massie was stuck in Washington for a vote on Capitol Hill, so one of his supporters made the pitch for his campaign in a banquet hall packed with Republicans in northern...

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US agents arrest tourist after video shows a rock hurled at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal's head

HONOLULU (AP) — A tourist who drew widespread condemnation in Hawaii after a witness recorded him chucking a coconut-sized rock at “Lani,” a beloved, endangered Hawaiian monk seal off a Maui beach,...

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Russia hits Kyiv with drones and ballistic missiles, killing 1 and injuring 31

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with a mass drone and missile attack early Thursday morning that killed at least one and injured 31 people, local authorities said. ...

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