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South Korea's death toll from destructive rainstorm grows to 40 as workers search for survivors
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Heavy downpours lashed South Korea a ninth day on Monday as rescue workers struggled to search for survivors in landslides, buckled homes and swamped vehicles in the most des...
Jul 16, 2023
Schools and stock market closed as Hong Kong braces for Typhoon Talim
HONG KONG (AP) - Schools and the stock market were closed in Hong Kong on Monday as Typhoon Talim swept south of the city. As the financial hub braced for rainy and windy weather, more than 100 people...
Jul 16, 2023
Fuzzy invasion of domestic rabbits has a Florida suburb hopping into a hunt for new owners
WILTON MANORS, Fla. (AP) - When Alicia Griggs steps outside her suburban Fort Lauderdale home, Florida's latest invasive species comes a-hoppin' down the street: lionhead rabbits. The bunnies, which s...
Jul 16, 2023
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds embraces role as a key player in Republican presidential race
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - When Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds seized the spotlight from a half dozen Republican presidential contenders on Friday by signing a restrictive abortion measure into law at an event m...
Jul 16, 2023
Judge in Trump documents case under the spotlight as arguments near
MIAMI (AP) - A month after former President Donald Trump was charged with mishandling classified documents, the judge presiding over the case is set to take on a more visible role as she weighs compet...
Jul 16, 2023
Traffic on key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia's mainland halted amid reports of explosions
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - Traffic on the key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia's mainland has been halted amid reports of explosions. The governor of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, announ...
Jul 16, 2023
GOP vs. FBI: A Republican campaign to stop a new FBI headquarters is revving up after Trump probes
WASHINGTON (AP) - When Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested recently he might stop the FBI from relocating its downtown headquarters to a new facility planned for the Washington suburbs, it was more than ...
Jul 16, 2023
The Vatican's next doctrinal guardian defends the book on kissing he wrote as a young priest
LA PLATA, Argentina (AP) - Three decades ago, when he was a parish priest in Argentina, the man named by Pope Francis to be the Catholic Church's new guardian of doctrinal orthodoxy wrote a short book...
Jul 16, 2023
Climate envoy John Kerry in Beijing talks as US seeks to raise China relations from historic low
BEIJING (AP) - U.S. climate envoy John Kerry was holding talks Monday with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing as the U.S. seeks to restore contacts amid disputes over trade, Taiwan, human rights and t...
Jul 16, 2023
Farm fields don't just feed us. They store carbon. But a big question is how much
DYSART, Iowa (AP) - When Al Schafbuch cut back on plowing his Iowa fields decades ago and later began growing cover crops, he was out to save money on fertilizer and reduce erosion. He got those benef...
Jul 16, 2023