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TOP STORIES
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CONVENTION BUDGET — Democrats have sent their election year economic package to Senate approval, debating a measure less ambitious than President Joe Biden’s original domestic goals but hitting deep-seated party dreams of slowing global warming. the earth, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing huge corporations. By Alan Fram. SENT: 940 words, photos.
ISRAELL-PALESTINES – An Israeli airstrike has killed a senior commander of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad, the fighters say, their second leader killed amid an escalating cross-border conflict. By Fares Akram. SENT: 800 words, photos.
NEWTOWN SHOOTING INFOWARS DISINFORMATION – Alex Jones faces a hefty price tag for his lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre – $49.3 million in damages, and counting, for claiming the deadliest school shooting was a hoax – a punitive salvo in a fledgling war against harmful disinformation. By Michael R. Sisak. SENT: 760 words, photos, video.
RUSSIA-UKRANEAN ANIMALS — A 50-year-old Ukrainian woman has found a new purpose in life: saving wild animals and pets from the front lines of the war in Ukraine. In collaboration with an animal protection organization, Natalia Popova has rescued more than 300 animals; 200 of them were evacuated abroad. Many were wild animals kept as pets in private homes before their owners fled Russian shelling and rockets. By Hanna Arhirova. SENT: 560 words, photos.
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ANNE-HECHE-CRASH — Actor Anne Heche was hospitalized after an accident in which her car collided with a house and sparked flames, a spokeswoman said. SENT: 460 words, photo.
MUSK-TWITTER — Elon Musk said its planned $44 billion acquisition of Twitter should go through if the company can confirm some details about how it measures whether user accounts are “spam bots” or real people. SENT: 350 words, photo.
MARINE-CORPS-GENERAL — The first African-American four-star general in the history of the Marine Corps, General Michael E. Langley credited his father for telling him “to aim high” and predicted that his promotion would have an impact on younger people. SENT: 280 words, photo.
POLICE CHAIR-RACIST-JOKE — A racist text message from a police officer has 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 FLOOD POLITICS — As Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear comforted families displaced by historic flooding in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, Republicans campaigned on the other side of the state during the state’s most important political event to to be removed from office by 2023. SENT: 850 words, photos.
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NATIONAL
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DEATH VALLEY FLOOD – Hundreds of hotel guests trapped by flash flooding in Death Valley National Park were able to drive away after crew cleared a path through rocks and mud, but roads damaged by flooding or choked with debris were expected to remain closed into the following week , officials said. SENT: 700 words, photos.
TRIPLE MURDER-SUICIDE-OKLAHOMA — An Oklahoma City man shot and killed his three young children, then killed himself, police said. SENT: 150 words.
FREDDIE-GRAY-OFFICER-PROMOTED — One of six police officers charged with the 2015 fatal arrest of Freddie Gray has been promoted from lieutenant to captain. SENT: 340 words, photos.
CTA-TRAINS-VIOLENT-CRIME — Chicago police and transit officials promised extra security for the city’s trains on Saturday to stop a spike in violent crime following the death of a passenger overnight. SENT: 360 words, photo.
0BIT-ELIASON — Marcus Eliason, an international journalist whose insightful reporting, scintillating prose and skillful editing graced the Associated Press newswires for nearly half a century, has passed away. He was 75. SENT: 1,080 words, photo.
ALBUQUERQUE-MUSLIM KILLS – Police say Friday night’s murder of a Muslim man in Albuquerque may be related to the shooting that killed three Muslim men in New Mexico’s largest city in the past nine months. SENT: 280 words.
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INTERNATIONAL
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COLOMBIA PRESIDENT — Colombia’s first left-wing president will be sworn in and pledge to fight inequality, heralding a turning point in the history of a country haunted by a long war between the government and guerrilla groups. SENT: 570 words, photos.
CUBA-OIL FIRE – A fire caused by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrollably in the Cuban city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing. Cuban authorities said an unidentified body was found late Saturday. SENT: 480 words, photos.
SKING IN AFRICA — While millions of people across Europe sweat during a summer of record heat, other people are skiing in Africa. This is not another sign of climate change, but rather the 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 provided Lesotho with snow and led to the establishment of Afriski in the Maluti Mountains, Africa’s only active ski resort south of the equator. SENT: 450 words, photos.
PAKISTAN LEGISLATIVE – Gunmen shot dead four people, including two police officers in northwest Pakistan, in an attack on a provincial legislator of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party, police say. SENT: 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 Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi. SENT: 750 words, photos.
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