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Mexico president appears to hold key majority in elections

Mexico president appears to hold key majority in elections

MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s party and its allies appeared poised to maintain their majority in Mexico's lower chamber of the congress, but fell short of a two-thirds majority, as some voters boosted the struggling oppos
Donkey on the run in same town that dealt with runaway steer

Donkey on the run in same town that dealt with runaway steer

JOHNSTON, R.I. (AP) — The same Rhode Island town that had to deal with a runaway steer earlier this year is now investigating reports of a donkey on the loose. The donkey was first spotted in Johnston at about 7 p.m.
France fines Google for abusing “dominant" ads position

France fines Google for abusing “dominant" ads position

PARIS (AP) — Google is being fined 220 million euros ($268 million) by France’s antitrust watchdog for abusing its ‘dominant’ position in online advertising.
Fiction, memoirs, poems spring from 1,000-word challenge

Fiction, memoirs, poems spring from 1,000-word challenge

NEW YORK (AP) — A. Stella Oloye, a Washington, D.C-based writer working on an Afrofuturism novel, was at a low point this spring when she learned of an online challenge she likens to a “gift from God": #1000wordsofsummer.
Train barrels into another in Pakistan, killing at least 40

Train barrels into another in Pakistan, killing at least 40

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — An express train barreled into another that had derailed in Pakistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 40 people, authorities said.
German military to ship surplus beer back from Afghanistan

German military to ship surplus beer back from Afghanistan

BERLIN (AP) — The German military says it has found a solution for an unusual logistics problem its troops in Afghanistan face: a glut of beer.
Seoul court rejects slave labor claim against Japanese firms

Seoul court rejects slave labor claim against Japanese firms

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court on Monday rejected a claim by dozens of wartime Korean factory workers and their relatives who sought compensation from 16 Japanese companies for their slave labor during Japan’s colonial occupation of K
Clarence Williams III, 'The Mod Squad's' Linc, dies at 81

Clarence Williams III, 'The Mod Squad's' Linc, dies at 81

Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad” and Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” has died. He was 81.
Jill Biden, Dr. Fauci visit vaccine site at Harlem church

Jill Biden, Dr. Fauci visit vaccine site at Harlem church

NEW YORK (AP) — First lady Jill Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci toured a COVID-19 vaccination site at a historic Harlem church on Sunday. Biden, Fauci and U.S.
Gunshots near California college campus; suspect in custody

Gunshots near California college campus; suspect in custody

AZUSA, Calif. (AP) — A person has been taken into custody after authorities investigated gunfire near a Christian university campus in Southern California on Sunday, officials said.