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Biden opens debate with several verbal missteps as Trump pushes falsehoods
ATLANTA — A raspy President Joe Biden delivered rambling answers Thursday in the opening moments of his debate with his ...
Baby cousin with cancer inspires girls to sew hospital gowns for sick kids across U.S. and Africa
FREEHOLD, N.J. — Fighting brain cancer, little Giada Demma was lying in her pediatric hospital bed, her tiny body virtually ...
Saipan, placid island setting for Assange’s last battle, is briefly mobbed — and bemused by the fuss
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands — It was a peculiar setting to the final act in a legal drama that has ...
UK fans wonder if Taylor Swift will say ‘So long, London’ after Eras Tour
LONDON — Taylor Swift fans enjoy parsing the singer-songwriter’s lyrics for references to her romantic life and insights into her ...
Some visitors to Israel have a new stop on their tours: Hamas’ destruction in the south
KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel — A new kind of tourism has emerged in Israel in the months since Hamas’ Oct. ...
California Democrats agree to delay health care worker minimum wage increase to help balance budget
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democrats in California have agreed to delay a minimum wage increase for about 426,000 health care workers ...
Donald Sutherland, the towering actor whose career spanned ‘M.A.S.H.’ to ‘Hunger Games,’ dies at 88
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Sutherland, the Canadian actor whose wry, arrestingly off-kilter screen presence spanned more ...
Expanded Kentucky Bourbon Trail to feature both age-old distilleries and relative newcomers
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Bourbon Trail is maturing, like the fine whiskeys it showcases. A new-look Bourbon Trail unveiled ...
Nurses in Oregon take to the picket lines to demand better staffing, higher pay
More than 3,000 nurses at six Oregon hospitals spent a second day on the picket lines Wednesday carrying signs that ...
Photos offer a glimpse of Bonnaroo music festival in Tennessee
MANCHESTER, Tenn. — The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is underway in Tennessee, bringing tens of thousands of fans to ...