Associated Press
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The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business.
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Caleb Dressel led off an American victory in the men’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the Tokyo Olympics, easing a bit of the U.S. sting from Katie Ledecky's first Olympic loss.
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Robert Moses, the 1960s civil rights activist, has reportedly died at 86.
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NBC says an estimated 17 million people in the United States saw the opening of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.
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California’s largest wildfire merged with a smaller blaze and destroyed homes in remote areas with limited access for firefighters.
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The United States is in an "unnecessary predicament" of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert said Sunday.
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Lawmakers racing to seal a bipartisan infrastructure deal early this coming week are hitting a major roadblock over how much money should go to public transit.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday named a second Republican critic of Donald Trump, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, to a special committee investigating the Capitol riot and pledged that the Democratic-majority panel will “get to the truth.”
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More than 100 people gathered outside the Iowa State Capitol Saturday to rally against mandates requiring people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, such as the ones some Iowa hospitals have issued.
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Nearly 50 Nebraska school boards have objected to proposed state health education standards that include lessons for young children on gender identity and gender expression.
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Police are investigating a fatal shooting in the Nebraska town of Hastings.
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It was Trump’s most explicit effort to insert himself into the widely discredited Arizona audit as he tries to increase the pressure on other states to embark on similar efforts.
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The U.S. men’s basketball team suffered its first Olympic loss since 2004, beaten by France 83-76 in the opener at the Tokyo Games.
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Anastasija Zolotic won the United States’ first gold medal in women’s taekwondo by beating Russian athlete Tatiana Minina 25-17 to claim the featherweight division title.
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The U.S. women's gymnastics team's bid for a third straight Olympic title is off to a rocky start.
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Mariel Zagunis is the only other U.S fencer to earn gold. She won the saber events at the 2004 and 2008 Games.
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Health protocols agreed to ahead of the Tokyo Olympics to control COVID-19 infections had required all medalists to keep masks on for the whole ceremony.
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Osaka hadn’t played since she withdrew from the French Open in May to take a mental health break, revealing that she has dealt with depression. She then sat out Wimbledon.
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Olympic golf will be without the last two U.S. Open champions.
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William Shaner has won gold men’s 10-meter air rifle, adding to the United States’ second-day haul at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Police say the suspect was arrested after DNA evidence linked him to the killing.
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Chase Kalisz won the first American medal of the Tokyo Games with a gold in the men’s 400-meter individual medley.
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Jackie Mason, a rabbi-turned-jokester whose feisty brand of standup comedy got laughs from nightclubs in the Catskills to West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died.
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Although hot weather with afternoon winds posed a continued threat of spreading blazes, weekend forecasts also called for a chance of scattered thunderstorms in California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and other states.
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One of five people charged in a 2019 shooting death in Des Moines has been found not guilty.
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A state board charged with helping oversee Iowa’s response to the coronavirus pandemic can’t meet because it doesn’t have enough members.
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A snow leopard at the San Diego Zoo has tested positive for the coronavirus.
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A prolific serial torture-slayer dubbed “The Dating Game Killer” has died while awaiting execution in California.
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Authorities say a man has been charged in the death of a 72-year-old man in Chadron.
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Maintaining daily updates on the virus does require significant resources for states.
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A message was sent Saturday to his lawyers about the additional allegations.
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The U.S. men’s basketball team begins play, while surfing makes its Olympic debut and the women’s skateboarders see their first action.
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The “superbug” outbreaks were reported in a Washington, D.C, nursing home and at two Dallas-area hospitals, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
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Yang overtook Anastasiia Galashina of Russia to win the first gold medal of the Tokyo Games in the women’s 10-meter air rifle Saturday.
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Her first assignment for NBC will be the Tokyo Olympics, where she will join Mike Tirico during the nightly 2 1/2 to 3 hours of “Prime Plus” coverage as well as serve as a correspondent.
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With karate currently on another upswing due to its resurgent popularity in movies and television, viewers are hoping to see excitement in a sport that isn’t always as violent as casual sports fans probably believe.
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A simple question to describe one’s craft led to creative comparisons that might help fans tuning in just for the Tokyo Olympics to better understand what they’re watching.
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An eastern Iowa woman who summoned police to her house on a separate complaint ended up being arrested along with her boyfriend after officers found a marijuana-growing lab and mushrooms there.
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A Des Moines man has been sentenced to up to 50 years in prison for killing and dismembering his wife last year.
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A 29-year-old Nebraska man who set a fire in a northwest Missouri county jail has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison.
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Police in Marshalltown and Ames are investigating an apparent suicide that could be connected to a sexual exploitation investigation.
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The family of entertainer James Brown has reached a settlement ending a 15-year battle over the late singer’s estate, according to an attorney involved in the mediation.
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The Bootleg Fire, which has destroyed an area half the size of Rhode Island, was 40% surrounded after burning some 70 homes, mainly cabins, fire officials said.
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Democratic lawmakers and the Republican congresswoman were gathered in the House speaker’s office as the group prepared for the first session of the committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
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The decision means that the custody fight over the couple’s five minor children, which was nearing an end, could be starting over.
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Pandemic restrictions on Florida-based cruise ships are no longer in place under a Friday ruling by a federal appeals court, while the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seek to fight a Florida lawsuit challenging the regulations.
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Nebraska Congressman Jeff Fortenberry was evacuated from the funeral of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse after gunfire and tear gas was fired near the ceremony.
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U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner in Los Angeles threw out the pay claim in May 2020.
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St. Louis city and county officials say they will require masks in some public places starting Monday, citing a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases spurred by the delta variant.
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The choice of Guardians will undoubtedly be criticized by many of the club’s die-hard fans.
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says the Biden administration wants to have “maximum flexibility” to address changing conditions.