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Absent media, Texas executes inmate who killed great aunt

Absent media, Texas executes inmate who killed great aunt

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man convicted of fatally beating his 83-year-old great aunt more than two decades ago was executed Wednesday evening without media witnesses present because prison agency officials neglected to notify reporters it was
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Stars of hit Japan 'contract marriage' show to wed for real

Stars of hit Japan 'contract marriage' show to wed for real

TOKYO (AP) — Actors Gen Hoshino and Yui Aragaki, who played offbeat but endearing lovers in a hit Japanese TV show, are really getting married.
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House votes to create panel to probe Jan. 6 insurrection

House votes to create panel to probe Jan. 6 insurrection

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to create an independent commission on the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S.
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Israel's Netanyahu 'determined' to continue Gaza operation

Israel's Netanyahu 'determined' to continue Gaza operation

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to press ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, pushing back against calls from the United States to wind down the operation that has left hundr
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Boston radio show host, told not to talk about Lovato, quits

Boston radio show host, told not to talk about Lovato, quits

BOSTON (AP) — A popular Boston radio host who's been on the air for four decades abruptly quit Wednesday morning after station management told him to stop making jokes about singer Demi Lovato’s announcement that they identify as non-binary.
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Hundreds in California line up for blooming 'corpse flower'

Hundreds in California line up for blooming 'corpse flower'

ALAMEDA, Calif.
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Cyprus' devout want no part of Eurovision entry 'El Diablo'

Cyprus' devout want no part of Eurovision entry 'El Diablo'

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Several dozen Orthodox Christian faithful and clergy members held up wooden crucifixes, icons of saints and a banner declaring Cyprus’ love for Christ in a renewed protest Wednesday over the island nation's entry in the Eurovis
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Police: Illinois officer and suspect die in shootout

Police: Illinois officer and suspect die in shootout

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — A suspect shot and killed one central Illinois police officer and wounded another during a shootout at an apartment complex early Wednesday in which the suspect was also killed, authorities said.
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Texas governor signs law banning abortions early as 6 weeks

Texas governor signs law banning abortions early as 6 weeks

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Gov.
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Posthumous John le Carré novel to be published in October

Posthumous John le Carré novel to be published in October

LONDON (AP) — A final novel by John le Carré will be published this fall, 10 months after the spy writer’s death at the age of 89. Publisher Viking said Wednesday that “Silverview,” le Carré’s 26th novel, will be published Oct.
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