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Reflecting Pool's botched repairs threaten to tarnish the National Park Service's reputation

President Donald Trump's handling of repairs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has put the National Park Service in a ...
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Romania begins shutdown of nuclear plant's 2nd reactor amid low water levels on Danube River

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania on Thursday began a controlled shutdown of the second reactor at its Cernavoda nuclear power plant as a severe drought continues to grip the continent. Scorching heat ...
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Republicans see Minnesota fraud scandal as a chance to go on offense in a blue state

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It's been 20 years since a Republican won a statewide race in Minnesota, but some in the party think a fraud scandal that has engulfed state government will be their ticket back to ...
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ICE's plan to give officers electric shock gloves draws outrage and fears of misuse

Immigration and Customs Enforcement's plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks faced criticism Wednesday from Democratic elected officials and civil rights advocates, who ...
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Oklahoma carries out first of 3 executions scheduled for the same day in the U.S.

Oklahoma put a man to death Thursday for killing his girlfriend in 2005 in the first of three executions scheduled for the same day in the U.S. In the other executions, a Tennessee man faces death for ...
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Poland says it thwarted Russian plot to kill an American citizen in a NATO country

WARSAW (AP) — A Russian plot to kill a Ukrainian American citizen in Warsaw was thwarted by Poland before it could be carried out, the Polish prime minister said Thursday. It was the first time that ...
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Settler siege of Palestinian homes in the West Bank a 'horrific act of terror,' U.S. ambassador says

QUSRA, West Bank (AP) — Israeli settlers have besieged three homes in the occupied West Bank for several days, including one owned by a Palestinian American, in what the U.S. ambassador called a ...
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Ebola outbreak has spread to new province in Congo, the head of Africa CDC says

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province after a death was recorded in the previously unaffected Bas-Uele province, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said ...
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Tropical Storm Hernan forms in the Pacific while a different weather system could soak Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Hernan formed Thursday in the Pacific Ocean and wasn't threatening land while a different storm system that could bring heavy rain and flooding this weekend moved toward ...
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Nigel Farage faces off against Count Binface in special election that's been denounced as a stunt

LONDON (AP) — Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigration party Reform UK, had hoped a special election Thursday for his Parliament seat would help quell awkward questions about his finances. But ...
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Wholesale price inflation slows last month as gas and food costs fall

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale inflation dropped last month as gas prices reversed some of their Iran war spike and other costs also cooled, a sign that consumer inflation could grind lower in the months ...
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Judge postpones hearing over whether Tate brothers should stay in custody as they fight extradition

MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Miami has postponed a hearing over whether social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate should remain in custody as they fight extradition to the United Kingdom, ...