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Former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs has apologized to the family of a woman he killed in a car crash nearly four years ago. Ruggs was on special release Tuesday night to speak at a Hope for …
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By MARK ANDERSON
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6/18/25
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Varsity Spirit is starting a professional cheerleading league promising to pay athletes. The Pro Cheer League joins a crowded niche sports market that already includes softball, volleyball, 3-x-3 …
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By TERESA M. WALKER
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6/18/25
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Russian luge athletes have been excluded from competing at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics even as individuals with neutral status. The International Luge Federation has voted to uphold its ban on …
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By TIM REYNOLDS
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6/18/25
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In Gaza and Africa, U.S. contracting firms led by former American intelligence and military officers are taking on aid delivery in conflict zones. It's a development roiling the global aid community, …
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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, SAM MEDNICK and FLORENCE METTIAUX
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6/18/25
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy anticipates generative artificial intelligence will reduce its corporate workforce in the next few years as the online giant begins to increase its usage of the technology. …
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
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6/18/25
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In Iran’s capital city, the streets are empty, businesses closed, communications patchy at best. Panicked masses spend restless nights on the floors of metro stations as strikes boom overhead. The …
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI
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6/18/25
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State television says Iran halted flights Friday at Imam Khomeini International Airport outside of Tehran, the country’s main airport. Iran has closed its airspace in the past when launching …
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By JON GAMBRELL and JOSEF FEDERMAN
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6/18/25
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On a former military base in Galena, Alaska, a school that houses about 200 high school students teaches sustainability among many things. One of the recent graduates is helping to build the …
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By DORANY PINEDA, JOHN LOCHER and MARK THIESSEN
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6/18/25
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U.S. efforts resulted in the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners including faith leaders in September 2024. All were taken to Guatemala and found new homes elsewhere. Their release brought …
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By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ
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6/18/25
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The Iran-Israel conflict has shuttered airspace across the Middle East as the two bitter enemies launch attacks and reprisals at one another. The worsening security situation has seen foreigners …
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6/18/25
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Kraft Heinz will be pulling certain artificial dyes from its U.S. products starting in 2027 and will no longer roll out new products with the dyes. The move comes nearly two months after U.S. health …
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
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6/18/25
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A hurricane watch was in effect for southern Mexico as a tropical depression in the eastern Pacific gained strength. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the depression was likely to become a …
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6/18/25
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Today is Wednesday, June 18, the 169th day of 2025. There are 196 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On June 18, 1812, the War of 1812 began as the United States Congress approved, and …
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By The Associated Press
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6/18/25
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Alert sirens have repeatedly sent Israelis rushing to bomb shelters as Iran fired missiles during the escalating Israel-Iran conflict. Officials said most of the missiles fired Tuesday were …
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By The Associated Press
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6/18/25
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Older U.S. adults are increasingly dying from unintentional falls, and white people account for the vast majority of the deaths. That's according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease …
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By MIKE STOBBE
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6/18/25
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Now we are six: G7 leaders try to salvage their summit after Trump's early exit
KANANASKIS, Alberta (AP) — Six of the Group of Seven leaders will try to show the wealthy nations’ club still …
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6/17/25
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A Spanish-language journalist known for documenting immigration raids could face deportation proceedings after police arrested him on charges of obstructing officers and unlawful assembly as he …
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By RUSS BYNUM
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6/17/25
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Trump is departing the G7 early as conflict between Israel and Iran shows signs of intensifying
KANANASKIS, Alberta (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly left the Group of Seven summit Monday, …
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6/17/25
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A lifelong friend of the alleged Minnesota gunman says Vance Boelter had been struggling to find work and was wrestling with a “darkness that was inside of him” at the time of the shootings. But …
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By JIM MUSTIAN
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6/17/25
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The Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 in Game 6 to win back-to-back Stanley Cup titles.
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6/17/25
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