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TOP STORY
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BUDGET COUNCIL – Democrats pushed their election-year economic package toward Senate passage, arguing for a measure less ambitious than the President’s original domestic goals. Joe Biden, but tap into the party’s deep-seated dream of slowing global warming, curbing drug costs and taxing big corporations. By Alan Fram. SENT: 940 words, photos.
ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS – An Israeli air strike has killed a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group, militants say their second leader will be killed amid escalating cross-border conflict ladder. Equal to Akram fare. SENT: 800 words, photos.
NEWTOWN POWERFUL INFORMATION – Alex Jones is facing a hefty price for his lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre – $49.3 million in damage, and counting , for arguing that the nation’s deadliest school shooting was a hoax — a ploy that punished the fledgling war against harmful misinformation. By Michael R. Sisak. SENT: 760 words, photos, videos.
RUSSIA-UKRAINE-ANIMALS – A 50-year-old Ukrainian woman has found a new purpose in her life: Rescuing wildlife and pets from the front lines of the war in Ukraine. With the cooperation of an animal welfare group, Natalia Popova has saved more than 300 species of animals; 200 of them were evacuated abroad. Many wild animals were kept as pets in private homes before their owners fled from Russian artillery and rockets. By Hanna Arhirova. SENT: 560 words, photos.
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ANNE-HECHE-CRASH – Actress Anne Heche is in hospital following an accident in which her car crashed into a house and a fire broke out, a spokeswoman said. SENT: 460 words, photos.
MUSK-TWITTER – Elon Musk says his $44 billion Twitter acquisition plan will go ahead if the company can confirm some details on how it measures whether user accounts are ‘bots. spam’ or real people. SENT: 350 words, photos.
MARINE-CORPS-General – The first African-American four-star general in Marine Corps history, General Michael E. Langley, credits his father for telling him to “aim high” and predict that his promotion will have an impact on younger people. SENT: 280 words, photos.
POLICE-CHIEF-RACIST-JOKE – A racist text message sent by a police officer prompted officials in a small Alabama town to disband their police department and fire the police. chief and assistant chief. SENT: 250 words.
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KENTUCKY-FLOODING-POLITICS – While Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is comforting families displaced by historic flooding in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, Republicans at the state’s premier political event in The other side of the state campaigned to have him removed from office in 2023. SENT: 850 words, photo.
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DIE-VALLEY-FLOODING – Hundreds of hotel guests stranded by flash floods at Death Valley National Park were able to drive out after crews cleared a path through rock and mud, but the Roads damaged by floodwaters or clogged with debris are expected to be closed for the next week, officials said. SENT: 700 words, photos.
TRIPLE MURDER-SUICIDE-OKLAHOMA – An Oklahoma City man shot dead his three young children then shot himself dead, according to police. CALL: 150 words.
FREDDIE-GRAY-OFFICER-PROMOTED – One of six police officers facing charges in the 2015 arrest of Freddie Gray has been promoted from lieutenant to captain. SENT: 340 words, photos.
CTA-TRAINS-VIOLENT-CRIME – Chicago police and transit officials on Saturday pledged additional security for the city’s trains to prevent a surge in violent crime following the fatal shooting of a passenger. passengers during the night. SENT: 360 words, photos.
0BIT-ELIASON – Marcus Eliason, an international journalist whose insightful reporting, sparkling prose and skillful editing have captivated the Associated Press’s news outlets for nearly half a century, has passed away. He’s 75 years old. SENT: 1,080 words, photos.
ALBUQUERQUE-MUSLIM-KILLINGS – Police say Friday night’s killing of a Muslim man in Albuquerque may be linked to the ambush that killed three Muslim men over the past nine months in New Zealand’s largest city. Mexico. SEND: 280 words.
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INTERNATIONAL
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COLOMBIA-PRESIDENT – Colombia’s first leftist president will be sworn in, promising to fight inequality and heralding a turning point in the history of a country haunted by a long war between the government and guerrilla group. SENT: 570 words, photos.
CUBA-OIL-FIRE – A fire sparked by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrollably in the Cuban city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames left 121 people injured. and 17 firefighters are missing. Cuban authorities said an unidentified body was found late Saturday. SENT: 480 words, photos.
SKING-IN-AFRICA – While millions across Europe sweated through a summer of record heat, others were skiing in Africa. This is not another sign of climate change but a fascinating anomaly of Lesotho. Lesotho is a small mountain kingdom completely surrounded by South Africa. It is the only country on Earth where every inch of its territory is more than 3,280 feet above sea level. That created snow for Lesotho and led to the creation of Afriski in the Maluti Mountains, Africa’s only active ski resort south of the equator. SENT: 450 words, photos.
Gunmen shot dead four people including two policemen in northwest Pakistan in an attack on a provincial lawmaker from former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party, police said. CALL: 170 words.
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FBN – HALL OF FAME-INDUCTIONS – Tony Boselli becomes the first Jacksonville Jaguars player to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame along with seven members of the Class of 2022, including Richard Seymour, LeRoy Butler and coach Dick Vermeil . By professional football writer Rob Maaddi. SENT: 750 words, photos.
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