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Associated PressFuneral Home Stored Bodies for 4 Years, Deceived Families about Loved Ones’ Ashes, Prosecutors Say
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The owners of a Colorado funeral home were arrested Wednesday in Okla...
November 9, 2023
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Associated PressHouse Republicans Subpoena Hunter and James Biden as Their Impeachment Inquiry Ramps Back Up
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans issued subpoenas Wednesday to members of President Joe Biden's f...
November 9, 2023
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Associated PressBlinken urges united future Palestinian government for Gaza and West Bank, widening gulf with Israel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Wednesday for a united and Palestinian...
November 9, 2023
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Associated PressLibrarians Turn to Civil Rights Agency to Oppose Book Bans and Their Firings
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — She refused to ban books, many of them about racism and the experiences of LGB...
November 9, 2023
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Associated PressFossil Fuel Interests Have Large, Yet Often Murky, Presence at Climate Talks, AP Analysis Finds
The badges said they were there to participate in negotiations to curb climate change. They stated a...
November 9, 2023
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Associated PressCheetahs Become More Nocturnal on Hot Days. Climate Change May Trigger Fights among Predators
Cheetahs are usually daytime hunters, but the speedy big cats will shift their activity toward dawn ...
November 9, 2023
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BaseballShohei Ohtani Free Agency Sweepstakes Off to a Clandestine Start at MLB’s General Manager Meetings
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The race to add two-way baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani in a blockbuster f...
November 9, 2023
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General NewsPolice Increasingly Using Rapid Test Kits for ‘date Rape Drug’
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Police around the nation are increasingly starting to use a test kit that can q...
November 9, 2023
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Crime & Courts25 Japanese Arrested in Cambodia-Based Fraud Case
Tokyo, Nov. 8 (Jiji Press)—Japanese police on Wednesday arrested 25 Japanese men on suspicion of fr...
November 9, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Eyes 10 Principles for Using AI in Business; Draft Guidelines Urge Transparency, Fairness
The government has laid out 10 principles related to artificial intelligence, including “fairness” a...
November 9, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentNewspaper Association Calls for Copyright Law Revision; Protection of Rights Holders’ Work from AI Learning
The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association called for an immediate revision of the Copyr...
November 9, 2023
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Wider WorldIsraeli Families Demand Release of Hostages of Hamas; Worried About Crossfire
JERUSALEM — A month after a cross-border attack by Hamas, people gathered all across Israel on Tuesd...
November 8, 2023
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General NewsFull-Scale Preparation of Kyoto’s Winter Delicacy Senmai-zuke Underway
At the main store of the pickled vegetable company Daiyasu in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, the preparation of ...
November 8, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentG7 Foreign Ministers Call for Humanitarian Pauses in Gaza; Support for Ukraine Also Reaffirmed at Tokyo Meeting
Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven nations held their second day of meetings Wednesday in Minat...
November 8, 2023
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EnvironmentInjured Tortoises Make Slow Recovery from Greece Fires
KALVVIA THORIKOU, Greece (AFP-Jiji) — In an animal shelter near Athens, veterinarian Kleopatra Gkika...
November 8, 2023