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PHOTO COLLECTION: US Wildfires

Sep 11, 2024, 12:07 AM

Firefighters establish a defense perimeter around a house threatened by the Bridge Fire in Wrightwo...

Firefighters establish a defense perimeter around a house threatened by the Bridge Fire in Wrightwood, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
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(AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)

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FILE - Candidate Tina Peters speaks during a debate for the state leadership position Saturday, Feb...

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Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters to be sentenced for voting data scheme

A former Colorado county clerk and one-time hero to election conspiracists is set to be sentenced Thursday for leading a data-breach scheme inspired by the rampant false claims that voting fraud altered the result of the 2020 presidential race. A jury found Tina Peters guilty of most charges against her in August for orchestrating the […]

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A male tarantula looks for a mate on the plains near La Junta, Colo., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.(AP Ph...

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Spider lovers scurry to Colorado town in search of mating tarantulas and community

LA JUNTA, Colo. (AP) — Love is in the air on the Colorado plains — the kind that makes your heart beat a bit faster, quickens your step and makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. It’s tarantula mating season, when male spiders scurry out of their burrows in search of […]

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How Black leaders in New York are grappling with Eric Adams and representation

NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t a shock to many Black New Yorkers that Mayor Eric Adams has surrounded himself with African American civil rights leaders, clergy and grassroots activists since his indictment last week on federal bribery charges. Adams, a Brooklyn native who rose from the city’s working class to its highest political office, […]

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Middle East latest: Israeli strike kills at least 6 in Beirut as foreign nationals evacuate

At least six people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Beirut overnight, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said, as governments around the world scrambled to evacuate their citizens from the country. Israel was pursuing a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah while conducting strikes in Gaza that killed dozens, including children. The […]

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Stock market today: Asian shares slip and the yen weakens against the dollar

Asian shares were mostly lower on Thursday after U.S. stocks stalled as investors awaited developments in the Middle East. The U.S. dollar gained against the Japanese yen as officials downplayed the likelihood of an interest rate hike soon. That helped push Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index higher. It gained 2% to 38,552.06, while the dollar traded […]

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Denise Wieck and her son Guy Boyd, who was shot in the eye with a ghost gun, pose in Ypsilanti, Mic...

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The flood of ghost guns is slowing after regulation. It’s also being challenged in the Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guy Boyd was hanging out with friends he had known for years in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the night an accidental gunshot tore into his head. The high schoolers were too young to buy guns legally, but federal and state laws didn’t apply to the gun parts kit his best friend bought […]

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PHOTO COLLECTION: US Wildfires