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A bus fire that killed 6 people could have been set deliberately, Swiss police say

GENEVA (AP) — Police are investigating whether a bus fire in a town west of the Swiss capital that killed at least six people was started deliberately. Police spokesperson Frédéric Papaux...

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A Senegal boarding school that drew students from the US is at the center of an abuse investigation

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The American Dara Academy in Senegal marketed itself to families in the United States as an affordable boarding school where their children could study the Quran alongside an American...

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Kast to take office as Chile marks its sharpest shift to the right since dictatorship

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's ultraconservative José Antonio Kast takes office as president Wednesday in what will mark the Latin American nation’s most pronounced shift to the right since the return...

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Lebanon's latest conflict brings rare public backlash against Hezbollah as war flares again

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese mother of two had just awakened to prepare the pre-dawn meal before another day of fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when Israeli warplanes began attacking southern...

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Infantino says he's talked to Trump and was assured that Iran can come to US for World Cup

MIAMI (AP) — FIFA said Tuesday night that it anticipates Iran's national team will be allowed to come to the United States, even with war going on between the countries, and compete in the World Cup...

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Kaboom of the wild? Proposed howitzer testing in the Adirondacks alarms critics

LEWIS, N.Y. (AP) — The Adirondacks are a vast stretch of forested mountains noted for the haunting call of loons, the crackle of campfires and the soft swish of kayak paddles on placid lakes. ...

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Texas man facing execution for fatally stabbing girlfriend and her 8-year-old son

HOUSTON (AP) — A North Texas man faced execution on Wednesday for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son nearly 13 years ago. Cedric Ricks was sentenced to death for the...

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

US says it destroyed 16 mine-laying vessels as Iran threatens to block Gulf oil exports DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. said it took out more than a dozen mine-laying Iranian...

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Trump to visit Ohio and Kentucky to downplay war's effect on economy and target a top GOP antagonist

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to visit Ohio and Kentucky on Wednesday to argue that his policies can steady an economy facing shock waves from the war on Iran and to try and defeat one...

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Trump has one prescription for midterms. House Republicans have another

DORAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted he had the answer for Republicans anxious about losing their congressional majority this year: build on an already strict national voter identification...

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