Chinese developer misses payment, adding to industry strain
BEIJING (AP) — A midsize Chinese real estate developer has failed to make a $205.7 million bond payment, adding to financial strain in the industry…
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Dr. Francis Collins to step down as head of NIH
By Maggie Fox, CNN Dr. Francis Collins, the folksy, guitar-playing director of the National Institutes of Health, announced Tuesday that he plans to…
Continue Reading Ex-Facebook manager criticizes company, urges more oversight
By MARCY GORDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — While accusing the giant social network of pursuing profits over safety,…
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Ex-Facebook manager criticizes company, urges more oversight
By MARCY GORDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — While accusing the giant social network of pursuing profits over safety,…
Continue Reading Dems edge toward pared-down spending plan to boost support
By JONATHAN LEMIRE, LISA MASCARO and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are…
Continue Reading French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuse
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Victims of sex abuse within France’s Catholic Church welcome a historic turning point after report…
Continue Reading Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family planning clinics
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by federally funded…
Continue Reading Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family planning clinics
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is reversing a ban on abortion referrals by federally funded…
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Herbert, Ekeler propel Chargers to 28-14 win over Raiders
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert threw for three touchdowns, Austin Ekeler rushed for 117 yards and scored…
Continue Reading Biden tells GOP to ‘get out of the way’ on debt limit
By JOSH BOAK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is urging Republican senators to “get out of the way” and…
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Lawsuit alleges past culture of sexual abuse at University of North Carolina School of the Arts
By Madeline Holcombe and Lauren del Valle, CNN A new lawsuit alleges faculty at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts perpetrated…
Continue Reading Dr. Francis Collins to step down as head of NIH
By Maggie Fox, CNN Dr. Francis Collins, the folksy, guitar-playing director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is planning to step down…
Continue Reading Missouri man executed for killing 3 workers in ’94 robbery
By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been put to death for killing three workers while robbing a convenience…
Continue Reading Force expert: Rittenhouse decisions to shoot were reasonable
By MICHAEL TARM and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A use-of-force expert says an Illinois man who shot three people during a…
Continue Reading Black ex-Tesla worker who claimed racial abuse awarded $137M
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury in San Francisco says Tesla must pay nearly $137 million to a Black former worker who said he suffered racial abuse at…
Continue Reading Black ex-Tesla worker who claimed racial abuse awarded $137M
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury in San Francisco says Tesla must pay nearly $137 million to a Black former worker who said he suffered racial abuse at…
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Hundreds of billions were spent by the US in Afghanistan. Here are 10 of the starkest examples of ‘waste, fraud and abuse’
CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Half a billion dollars of aircraft that flew for about a year. A huge $85 million hotel that never opened, and sits in…
Continue Reading Nicaragua’s President Ortega calls bishops ‘terrorists’
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua’s increasingly isolated President Daniel Ortega has called Roman Catholic bishops “terrorists” and says…
Continue Reading Dream’s Williams apologizes for joking about fight she had
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Dream guard Courtney Williams apologized Monday for a since-deleted video on YouTube she posted over the weekend in which…
Continue Reading New Australian state leader sticks to lockdown timetable
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The new government leader of Australia’s most populous state says he will stick with a…
Continue Reading New Australian state leader sticks to lockdown timetable
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The new government leader of Australia’s most populous state says he will stick with a…
Continue Reading Anti-vaccine villagers in Guatemala hold coronavirus team
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Authorities in Guatemala say anti-vaccine residents of a village seized and held a team of nurses who were trying to…
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Low-income Missouri residents finally gain Medicaid coverage
By Tami Luhby, CNN Medicaid expansion has finally begun in Missouri, nearly five months after Republican Gov. Mike Parson unsuccessfully tried to…
Continue Reading Japan’s Kishida, Biden agree to cooperate on China, N Korea
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has held his first talks since taking office with…
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What we know about the Facebook whistleblower
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business The former Facebook employee whose leaks triggered some of the most intense scrutiny in the company’s history…
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El Paso County judge unveils plan for Juarez youth vaccination
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego is hoping build upon his idea to vaccinate maquiladora workers and get more Juarenses…
Continue Reading Bali gradually reopening to tourists starting October 14
Reuters Indonesia will reopen its tourist island Bali for some international travelers, including those from China, New Zealand, and Japan, among…
Continue Reading Jets’ Maye facing DUI charge after February crash in Florida
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New York Jets safety Marcus Maye has been charged with drunken driving after a car…
Continue Reading LPGA loses Japan event to pandemic, leaving 1 stop in Asia
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Toto Japan Classic is no longer part of the LPGA Tour schedule. The tour says health concerns and travel…
Continue Reading 1 DEA agent killed, 2 officers injured in Amtrak train shooting in Tucson
By Josh Campbell, Gregory Wallace and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A US Drug Enforcement Administration special agent was killed in a shooting on an Amtrak…
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