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FILE - Former President Donald Trump drinks a Diet Coke during the ProAm of the LIV Golf Team Champ...
DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer

Trump says Coke will shift to cane sugar. But increasingly, shoppers want no sugar in their sodas

The debate over whether Coca-Cola should use high-fructose corn syrup or cane sugar in its signature soda obscures an important fact: Consumers are increasingly looking for Coke with no sugar at all.
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FILE: Texas Roadhouse meat cutters compete in the Qualifier Meat Cutting Challenge at the South Dav...
JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer

Beef prices have soared in the US — and not just during grilling season

Beef prices have been steadily rising over the past 20 years because the supply of cattle remains tight while beef remains popular. That's not likely to change.
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a photo of Etan Patz...
Associated Press

Appeals court orders new trial for man convicted in 1979 Etan Patz case

The man convicted in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz was awarded a new trial Monday as a federal appeals court overturned the guilty verdict in one of the nation’s most notorious missing child cases.
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Alaska Airlines plane...
Associated Press

Alaska Airlines resumes flights after equipment failure at a data center grounds all its planes

Alaska Airlines has resumed operations after the failure of a critical piece of hardware forced the airline to ground all its flights for about three hours.
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FILE - In this photo taken March 28, 2016, a rainbow arcs up from the rushing waters of Dillon Fall...
Associated Press

1 killed and 2 missing after a group is swept over an Oregon waterfall

BEND, Ore. (AP) — One person was killed and rescuers continued searching on Sunday for two others after a group of people were swept over an Oregon waterfall, authorities said. The group went over Dillon Falls on the Deschutes River about 10 miles from the city of Bend, Oregon, on Saturday afternoon, the Deschutes County […]
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A video screen displays the Ole Miss team logo before a Gator Bowl NCAA college football game betwe...
Associated Press

Ole Miss football player Corey Adams is killed in Tennessee shooting

Ole Miss freshman football player Corey Adams was killed in a shooting in Tennessee, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday.
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FILE - Workers finish installing the Cleveland Guardians sign above the scoreboard at Progressive F...
Joe Reedy and Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press

Trump threatens to hold up stadium deal if Washington Commanders don’t switch back to Redskins

President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a new stadium deal for Washington’s NFL team if it does not restore its old name of the Redskins.
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FILE - Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch waves to the crowd at a Trump for President rally in...
KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America

Court rules Mississippi’s social media age verification law can go into effect

A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals overruled a decision by a federal district judge to block the 2024 law from going into effect.
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FILE - This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows ...
LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press

Request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts likely to disappoint, ex-prosecutors say

A former assistant U.S. attorney called the request in the prosecutions of Epstein and imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell “a distraction.”
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FILE - World War II veteran Jake Larson meets youths during ceremonies at the US cemetery to commem...
ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press

D-Day veteran and TikTok star ‘Papa Jake’ Larson dies at 102

Born Dec. 20, 1922, in Owatonna, Minnesota, Larson enlisted in the National Guard in 1938, lying about his age since he was only 15 at the time.
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A brain-scanning MRI machine is seen in Pittsburgh, Nov. 26, 2014. A man died after he was pulled i...
Associated Press

Man dies after heavy weight-training chain around neck pulls him into MRI machine

The man, 61, had entered an MRI room while a scan was underway at Nassau Open MRI. The machine's strong magnetic force drew him in by the metallic chain around his neck,
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The mother of Raafat Al-Rubaie mourns over his body at a clinic in Gaza City on Sunday, July 20, 20...
WAFAA SHURAFA, FATMA KHALED, MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press

73 Palestinians killed while waiting for humanitarian aid across Gaza, health ministry says

The largest toll was in northern Gaza where at least 67 Palestinians were killed on Sunday while attempting to access aid entering northern Gaza through the Zikim crossing with Israel.
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FILE - Chris Martin of Coldplay performs during the band's Music Of The Spheres World Tour at D. Y....
Alex Veiga, Associated Press

Tech company CEO resigns after controversy over video captured at Coldplay concert

The IT company CEO captured in a widely circulated video showing him embracing an employee at a Coldplay concert has resigned.
1 year ago
A vehicle sits on the sidewalk after ramming into a crowd of people waiting to enter a nightclub al...
DAMIAN DOVARGANES, Associated Press

Car strikes crowd outside Los Angeles venue, injuring 30. Bystanders attack driver, who was shot

At least 30 people were struck and injured by a vehicle that rammed into a crowd of people waiting to enter a nightclub in Los Angeles.
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Associated Press

EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs

The Environmental Protection Agency said it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees.
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Associated Press

Three people are dead in a possible training accident in Los Angeles, official tells the AP

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to the call at 7:30 a.m. Friday morning.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., departs a news conference at the Republican National Comm...
Associated Press

House Republicans grasp for response to demands for transparency in Epstein case

House Republicans were grasping late Thursday to formulate a response to the Trump administration's handling of records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case.
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Brian Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse, July 2, 2025, in Boise, Idaho. (Kyle Green, P...
Rebecca Boone, Associated Press

An Idaho judge has lifted a sweeping gag order in Bryan Kohberger’s quadruple murder case

On Thursday morning, 4th District Judge Steven Hippler agreed that lifting the Kohberger gag order would protect First Amendment rights of the public and press.
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Special needs teacher Deja Nebula sets up an art installation displaying names and faces of people ...
Associated Press

Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE

ICE officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities.
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The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Dep...
Associated Press

Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees

The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.
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Law enforcement members respond to a shooting near Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky., ...
Associated Press

Two women killed in Kentucky church shooting after trooper shot; suspect killed, police say

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Two women died Sunday at a Kentucky church in a shooting spree that began when a state trooper was wounded after making a traffic stop, police said. The suspect in both shootings was also killed. The suspect carjacked a vehicle after the traffic stop near Lexington’s airport and fled to Richmond […]
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A Martian meteorite, weighing 54.388 lbs. (24.67 kg), said to be the largest piece of Mars on Earth...
Associated Press

The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York

For sale: A 54-pound (25-kilogram) rock. Estimated auction price: $2 million to $4 million. Why so expensive? It's the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.
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FILE - A sign warning of bubonic plague is displayed at a parking lot near the Rocky Mountain Arsen...
Associated Press

Northern Arizona resident dies from plague

A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday.
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President Donald J. Trump speaks at a roundtable discussion at the Community Emergency Operations C...
AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press

Trump announces 30% tariffs against EU, Mexico to begin August 1

President Donald Trump announced tariffs against the European Union and Mexico on Saturday.
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