Judge conditionally approves Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A federal bankruptcy judge has approved with conditions a historic opioid settlement between Purdue Pharma and…
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Judge conditionally approves Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A federal bankruptcy judge has approved with conditions a historic opioid settlement between Purdue Pharma and…
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Snell pulled after 7 no-hit innings, Padres beat D-backs 3-0
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Blake Snell threw seven hitless innings before being pulled for a reliever, and San Diego lost its…
Continue Reading After Ida, small recovery signs amid daunting destruction
By REBECCA SANTANA, MELINDA DESLATTE and JANET MCCONAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Residents of Louisiana communities hit hard by…
Continue Reading Cain homers, Woodruff pitches Brewers past Giants 6-2
MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lorenzo Cain homered and added an RBI single, and the Milwaukee Brewers won their second…
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Ohtani steals home, Angels send Yankees to 4th straight loss
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels beat the Yankees 6-4 and sent New York to its fourth consecutive…
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Texas 6-week abortion ban in effect after no Supreme Court action
WASHINGTON, DC — A controversial Texas law that bars abortions at six weeks went into effect early Wednesday morning after the U.S. Supreme…
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Texas bans most abortions, with high court mum on appeal
By JESSICA GRESKO, PAUL J. WEBER and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press The nation’s most far-reaching curb on abortions has taken effect in Texas, with…
Continue Reading Texas bans most abortions, with high court mum on appeal
By JESSICA GRESKO, PAUL J. WEBER and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press The nation’s most far-reaching curb on abortions has taken effect in Texas, with…
Continue Reading Facts about the wildfire threatening Lake Tahoe communities
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — The wildfire threatening communities around Lake Tahoe has drawn what officials call an aggressive response to try…
Continue Reading As fire nears, some Lake Tahoe residents buck order to flee
By TERENCE CHEA and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — While more than 20,000 people packed roads leading out of…
Continue Reading Milley: US coordination with Taliban on strikes ‘possible’
By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, say it’s…
Continue Reading Even in backup role, federal government supports Ida victims
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Response to disasters such as Hurricane Ida falls primarily to state and local officials, but…
Continue Reading Snell pulled, San Diego’s no-hit bid ends in 8th vs D-backs
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The San Diego Padres had their no-hit bid broken up in the eighth inning on Tuesday night when…
Continue Reading Biden meets Ukraine leader in long-sought Oval Office visit
By AAMER MADHANI, LYNN BERRY and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden used his first meeting with a foreign leader…
Continue Reading Black US farmers awaiting billions in promised debt relief
By ROXANA HEGEMAN and ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press BOYDTON, Va. (AP) — U.S. farmers of color are battling in the courts to save a $4 billion…
Continue Reading Black US farmers awaiting billions in promised debt relief
By ROXANA HEGEMAN and ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press BOYDTON, Va. (AP) — U.S. farmers of color are battling in the courts to save a $4 billion…
Continue Reading Black US farmers awaiting billions in promised debt relief
By ROXANA HEGEMAN and ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press BOYDTON, Va. (AP) — U.S. farmers of color are battling in the courts to save a $4 billion…
Continue Reading Black US farmers awaiting billions in promised debt relief
By ROXANA HEGEMAN and ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press BOYDTON, Va. (AP) — U.S. farmers of color are battling in the courts to save a $4 billion…
Continue Reading Tea party 2.0? Conservatives get organized in school battles
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press MEQUON, Wis. (AP) — A loose network of conservative groups with ties to major Republican…
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Hostages strapped to getaway cars as robbers target banks in Brazil
A gang of armed robbery suspects in Brazil carried out a series of deadly bank heists using human shields strapped to their getaway cars. CNN’s…
Continue Reading Diggins-Smith, Mercury top Sky 103-83, win 7th straight game
PHOENIX (AP) — Skylar Diggins-Smith had 20 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists to help the Phoenix Mercury beat the Chicago Sky 103-83 to win…
Continue Reading Vaccinations in rural India increase amid supply concerns
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and RISHABH R. JAIN Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has dramatically increased COVID-19 vaccination rates in its vast…
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Vaccinations in rural India increase amid supply concerns
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and RISHABH R. JAIN Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has dramatically increased COVID-19 vaccination rates in its vast…
Continue Reading Black women seeing guns as protection from rising crime
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press TAYLOR, Mich. (AP) — Experts in the firearms industry as well as gun-rights advocates say more and more Black…
Continue Reading Questioning a catchphrase: ‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — This summer’s coronavirus surge has been labeled a “pandemic of the…
Continue ReadingSeptember 1 Afghanistan-Taliban news
By Joshua Berlinger, Adam Renton, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Aditi Sangal, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a…
Continue Reading See Biden’s message to remaining Americans in Afghanistan
President Biden vowed to help Americans remaining in Afghanistan leave the country following the US military…
Continue Reading Braves star Albies carried away after fouling ball off knee
LOS ANGELES (AP) — All-Star second baseman Ozzie Albies of the Atlanta Braves has been carried off the field after fouling a ball off his left knee…
Continue Reading Schwindel, Happ homer; Cubs hold on to beat Twins 3-1
By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Frank Schwindel homered for the second straight game, Ian Happ added a towering homer into the…
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