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'T. rexes' race to photo finish at Washington state track

AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — A track for live horse racing in suburban Seattle turned prehistoric over the weekend as more than 200 people ran down the track cloaked in inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur costumes.

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Trump says he will surrender Thursday on Georgia charges tied to efforts to overturn 2020 election

ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump says he will surrender to authorities in Georgia on Thursday to face charges in the case accusing him of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state.

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British nurse Lucy Letby imprisoned for life in murders of 7 babies and attempted murders of 6

LONDON (AP) — A former neonatal nurse convicted of murdering seven babies in her care and trying to kill six others at a hospital in northern England was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of release by a judge who said she was cruel,

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Dentist convicted of killing wife on African safari given life sentence and over $15M in penalties

DENVER (AP) — As a wealthy dentist convicted of killing his wife at the end of an African safari listened in court, her brother vowed on Monday to move her remains to a place that Larry Rudolph would never discover.

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Biden says federal government will help Maui 'for as long as it takes' to recover from wildfire

LAHAINA, Hawaii, (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday told survivors of Hawaii's wildfires that the nation “grieves with you” and promised that the federal government will help Maui “for as long as it takes” to recover after touring damage caused by

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Alabama can enforce ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender children, court says

MONTGOMERY, Ala.

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Suspected Palestinian gunman kills an Israeli, wounds another in latest attack in occupied West Bank

JERUSALEM (AP) — A suspected Palestinian attacker killed an Israeli woman and seriously wounded a man in the south of the occupied West Bank on Monday, Israeli authorities said, as violence flared in the restive territory two days after a shooting th

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Olga Carmona scored in Spain's 1-0 Women's World Cup win. Then she learned her father had died

MADRID (AP) — Olga Carmona, whose goal won the Women’s World Cup for Spain on Sunday, learned after the final of her father’s death, the Spanish soccer federation said.

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Southern California prepares for more floods as Tropical Storm Hilary soaks from coast to desert

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tropical Storm Hilary deluged arid parts of Mexico and then drenched Southern California from the coast to inland mountains and deserts, forcing rescuers to pull several people from swollen rivers.

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Vote count in Ecuador points to likely runoff between ally of ex-president and banana tycoon’s son

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians put aside fears of leaving their homes amid unprecedented violence and voted for a new president Sunday in a special election that was heavily guarded by police and soldiers in part due to the assassination of a

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