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Bingo and Tickle Me Elmo nominated for Toy Hall of Fame. Will Care Bears also make it this year?
NEW YORK (AP) — Tickle Me Elmo dolls, the game of chance Bingo and the humble playground slide are among the finalists to get into the National Toy Hall of Fame this year, a lineup that also includes cuddly Care Bears, the dice game Yahtzee, the ancient game Mahjong and the Pokémon Trading Card G...
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Scenes from a colonial resurrection: First-person interpretations of history draw America 250 crowds
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Betsy Ross is a dynamo with a T-shirt cannon.
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George W. Bush's new book of paintings of political prisoners will be out in March
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President George W. Bush has a new book of oil paintings coming out in March that features portraits of political prisoners and dissidents.
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The Obamas' family dog Sunny dies, the former president says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obamas' pet dog Sunny has died, former President Barack Obama said Wednesday.
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Retail sales rise a better-than-expected 1.2% in August after shoppers pulled back spending in July
Consumers may be griping about higher prices at the pump and elsewhere, but they keep spending, helping to power the economy, according to the latest government snapshot. Retail sales increased a better-than-expected 1.2% last month after recording a revised 0.5% dip in July, according to Commerc...
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The Latest: House votes for a third time to end the Iran war as conflict drags on
The U.S. House has voted again to end the war in Iran, approving a war powers resolution that would halt President Donald Trump’s ability to continue military action without congressional approval. No such resolution has reached Trump for an almost certain veto. A Trump-aligned board has decided ...
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Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state, analysis shows
The Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term, according to a tracking tool released Wednesday by a pro-democracy nonprofit and a group of researchers and scientists.
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Charlie Kirk's family says security failures by Utah officials led to his assassination
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Charlie Kirk’s family blamed Utah officials for failing to prevent the conservative activist’s assassination at a state university, in a wrongful death notice announced Wednesday that presages a possible lawsuit.
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Americans are increasingly concerned about the environmental impact of AI, new poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll shows Americans are growing more concerned about the environmental impacts of AI. The survey data say about half of Americans are “extremely” or “very” concerned about artificial intelligence’s environmental impact, up 12 points from last year. There are thousands of data cente...
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AI rivals found rare agreement on safety. Putting it into practice is harder
The leading AI industry voices rarely agree — so when they do, it’s no wonder it captures attention.
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Staffing problems stall federal investigations of missing and killed Native people
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Peter Martin went missing two years ago from the Fond du Lac reservation in Minnesota. His family hasn't stopped looking, but they say the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs investigation into Martin's disappearance has stalled since the agent assigned to the case left the rol...
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A childhood rite moves indoors as kindergartners learn to ride bikes in school gyms
For generations, kids have learned how to ride a bike — a quintessential childhood milestone — in driveways, on sidewalks and in neighborhood streets. Now, they're learning in school gyms and playgrounds.
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Trump to campaign in North Carolina rally with his handpicked Senate nominee Michael Whatley
President Donald Trump plans to travel to North Carolina on Wednesday to campaign with Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley. This marks Trump’s first rally since his midterm convention in Dallas. Despite voter frustrations over the Iran war and his economic leadership, Trump has promised mor...
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Texas plans to execute a man convicted in the killings of 3 people; Georgia execution put on hold
A man convicted in the shooting deaths of three people is set to be executed Wednesday in Texas. Meanwhile, another execution that was scheduled for the same time in Georgia has been halted by a judge.
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US-Canada trade war further taxes small businesses as costs rise during the Iran war
NEW YORK (AP) — A trade war between the United States and Canada is making it more difficult and expensive for small businesses in the economically entwined countries to operate, according to business owners caught in the crossfire.
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3 people killed when NBC and Telemundo news helicopter crashes while covering LA bus collision
A news helicopter has crashed in a Los Angeles neighborhood and burst into flames. Officials and the news outlet said at least three people were killed. The crash happened Tuesday while reporters were covering the collision of an SUV and a city bus. NBC4 Los Angeles anchor Colleen Williams confir...
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Judge halts Georgia execution to allow hearing for condemned man under new survivor justice law
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge has put on hold an execution scheduled for Wednesday, saying the condemned prisoner is entitled to a hearing on whether his sentence should be reduced under a new state law that allows victims of abuse to have their sentences reconsidered.
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PETA says it plans meeting with fashion executive who restrained protesters at NY Fashion Week
NEW YORK (AP) — A prominent animal rights group is planning to meet with a top fashion executive who was filmed physically restraining two protesters during an altercation at a New York runway show, an incident that stunned many in the fashion world.
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Judge refers Philadelphia district attorney to federal prosecutors for investigation
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge referred Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner to the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday for investigation into whether he broke the law while overseeing a post-conviction case.
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Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area
Brigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the San Francisco Bay Area on a habitat restoration project when something that didn’t look like the rocks she’d been studying caught her eye. It turned out to be the fossilized tooth of a Pacific mastodon. Lynch, a geomorphol...
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Emmy Awards ratings down nearly 10% from last year
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ratings for the Emmy Awards were down nearly 10% from last year, with the viewer numbers dipping again after a couple of years of growth.
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Photographer Chick Harrity, who documented history for AP from Vietnam to the White House, has died
NEW YORK (AP) — Photographer Chick Harrity, who documented the Vietnam War and eight sitting U.S. presidents for The Associated Press and U.S. News and World Report, has died. He was 87.
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Federal charges announced in Texas are part of broader Trump focus on noncitizen voting
Seven people in Texas who are not U.S. citizens have been charged with illegally voting in federal elections or falsely claiming citizenship, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced Tuesday as part of a broader Trump administration focus on noncitizen voting.
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Aw shucks: Dolly Parton corn mazes crop up in fields nationwide
BROOKFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Dolly Parton ’s megawatt smile and big wavy locks are gracing fields across the U.S. and Canada this fall.
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Trump's push to restrict mail ballots has failed. Other efforts to reshape the midterms are ongoing
President Donald Trump's efforts to assert federal control over elections are marching on despite a recent loss in the Supreme Court. Monday's rejection of his bid to restrict mail voting left several other attempts to reshape voting in various states of play with November's midterms looming. The...
