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Fuzzy invasion of domestic rabbits has a Florida suburb hopping into a hunt for...

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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.

Editorial cartoonists’ firings point to steady decline of opinion pages in newspapers

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LIMA — Darlene Pritchett saw the news days before the one-year mark of her nephew’s death: The deputy who killed Quincy J. Pritchett was named cop of the year by the Lima Exchange Club.

Editorial cartoonists’ firings point to steady decline of opinion pages in newspapers

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NEW YORK (AP) — Even during a year of sobering economic news for media companies, the layoffs of three Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonists on a single day hit like a gut punch.

Union Pacific railroad to renew push for 1-person crews by testing conductors in trucks

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific will renew its push for one-person train crews later this summer when the railroad tests out the idea of having a conductor in a truck respond to problems on trains in Nebraska and Colorado.

Floods wash away children, scorching heat envelops the West as wildfire smoke overtakes northern...

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WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — Emergency crews in suburban Philadelphia intensified their search Monday for a missing 9-month-old boy and his 2-year-old sister who were swept away in a family car when torrential rains flooded a roadway.

Judge in Trump documents case under the spotlight as arguments near

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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 competing requests on a trial date and hears arguments this week on a procedural, but potentially crucial, area of the law.

China’s economy misses growth forecasts, raising the odds of more support for its tepid...

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HONG KONG (AP) — China’s economic growth missed forecasts in the second quarter of the year, adding to worries over surging youth unemployment and a weak property sector and raising the likelihood the government will double down on support for the faltering post COVID-19 recovery.

Second Alzheimer’s drug in the pipeline promises to slow worsening but with safety concern

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Another experimental Alzheimer’s drug can modestly slow patients’ inevitable worsening — by about four to seven months, researchers reported Monday.

Pod of 55 pilot whales die after being stranded on a beach in Scotland

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LONDON (AP) — A pod of 55 pilot whales have died after they were found washed ashore on a beach in Scotland in the worst mass whale stranding in the area, marine experts said Monday.

1 dead, 1 critically injured after being knocked from gondola at Quebec resort

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MONTREAL (AP) — One person died and another was critically injured when they were knocked out of a sightseeing gondola Sunday at the popular Mont-Tremblant resort, authorities said.