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Brazil's Krenak Indigenous group gets literary esteem and an apology for...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It was a historic week for Brazil’s Krenak people, getting both literary esteem and an apology for dictatorship-era crimes — both firsts for the Indigenous people of the country....

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Ecuadorian police break into Mexican embassy in Quito as diplomatic rift...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian police officers on Friday forcibly broke into the Mexican embassy in Quito, where former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas is holed up. The raid took place hours...

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Iranian commander renews vow to avenge Syria strike attributed to Israel that...

ISFAHAN, Iran (AP) — A top military commander Saturday renewed Iran's promise to retaliate after an airstrike earlier this week widely blamed on Israel destroyed Iran’s consulate in Syria, killing 12...

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Ecuadorian police broke into Mexico's embassy, sparking outrage. Why is this...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Diplomatic relations between Mexico and Ecuador dramatically imploded after Ecuadorian police burst into Mexico's embassy in Quito and arrested Jorge Glas, Ecuador's former vice...

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Joe Brennan, Democratic former governor of Maine and US congressman, dies at 89

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democrat Joseph E. Brennan, whose hardscrabble childhood shaped his working-class views in a political career that included two terms as Maine's governor and two terms in the...

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Former Ecuadorian VP arrested after police broke into embassy has long faced...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian authorities took the extraordinarily unusual step of breaking into a foreign embassy to arrest a former vice president facing corruption charges. The move earned the...

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Eclipse weather forecast: clear skies in the Northeast, clouds in Texas

Clouds are likely to spoil the view of the total solar eclipse in Texas and other spots along the path in North America, according to forecasts on Saturday, Meteorologists this weekend are fine-tuning...

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Farmers in India are hit hard by extreme weather. Some say expanding natural...

GUNTUR, India (AP) — There's a pungent odor on Ratna Raju's farm that he says is protecting his crops from the unpredictable and extreme weather that's become more frequent with human-caused climate...

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Powerball lottery drawing delayed

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball lottery drawing scheduled for Saturday night has been delayed to complete procedures required before the numbers are announced, the game's organizers said. The...

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Latter-day Saints president approaches 100th birthday with mixed record on...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As he nears his 100th birthday, the oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has created a mixed legacy that some churchgoers say has made its...

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Following program cuts, new West Virginia University student union says fight...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sophomore Christian Adams expected he would be studying Chinese when he enrolled at West Virginia University, with a dream of working in labor or immigration law. He didn’t...

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South Carolina finishes perfect season with NCAA championship, beating Clark...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kamilla Cardoso delivered once again for Dawn Staley and South Carolina. A perfect finish. A dynasty. A team too big for Caitlin Clark and Iowa this time around. Cardoso had 15 points...

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Salvage crews have begun removing containers from the ship that collapsed...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Salvage crews on Sunday began removing containers from the deck of the cargo ship that crashed into and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, an important step toward...

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Winning Powerball jackpot ticket worth $1.3 billion sold in Portland, Oregon

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Powerball player in Oregon won a jackpot worth more than $1.3 billion on Sunday, ending a winless streak that had stretched more than three months. The single ticket —...

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Idaho inmate and accomplice accused of helping him escape during hospital...

Two members of an Idaho white supremacist prison gang, including an inmate and the man accused of helping him escape in an armed ambush at a Boise hospital, are due in court for a preliminary hearing...

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Huge crowds await a total solar eclipse in North America. Clouds may spoil...

MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — Millions of spectators along a narrow corridor stretching from Mexico to the U.S. to Canada eagerly awaited Monday's celestial sensation — a total eclipse of the sun — even as...

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The First Congregational church's mission & outreach committee is proud to...

"To me it's different then just writing a check to an international organization I mean these are people that I met. These are people that are familiar with this community they know about grand...

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Norwood is fighting to stop a solar farm from moving in

NORWOOD, Colo. (KREX) — Norwood - a remote town home to only about 500 people in-between Nucla and Ridgway on Wright's Mesa. Fields and forests surround the town, with lone cone mountain watching...

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Ecuadorians wanted an action man. President Noboa has fulfilled that role —...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — While world leaders have expressed shock and bewilderment over Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa’s decision to raid Mexico’s embassy last Friday, the extraordinarily unusual move...

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Palestinians returning to Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal find an...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Stunned Palestinians found their home city unrecognizable Monday as they filtered in to salvage what they could from the vast destruction left by Israeli troops who...

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