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Court rules against using race, sex to allocate federal aid

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A federal appeals court ruled in favor of a conservative legal group that sought to stop President Joe Biden’s administration from giving priority status...

Albania parliament committee recommends impeaching president

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TIRANA, Albania — An Albanian parliamentary committee issued a report Friday recommending that the country’s president be impeached for violating the constitution and fired. ...

Woman arrested at US border with sloth, crocodile parts

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HIGHGATE SPRINGS, Vt. — A Montreal woman has been arrested on charges of trying to cross the U.S. border into Canada with “numerous undeclared...

EU leaders express support for holding Tokyo Olympics

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BRUSSELS — The European Union’s two top officials expressed support Thursday for holding the Tokyo Olympics despite growing opposition to the event in Japan...

AP sources: Staffing hampered response to prison suicide

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WASHINGTON — The radios crackled with a frantic call for backup at a federal prison in California: An inmate was found hanging in his...

Argentina offers to host Copa America after Colombia’s exit

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BUENOS AIRES — Argentina offered Wednesday to stage the entire Copa America after Colombia was dropped as a tournament co-host last week. ...

Tennessee bathroom law sponsor now says it has penalties

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The sponsor of Tennessee’s new law requiring businesses and government facilities to post signs if they let transgender people access multi-person...

European Open pushed back 2 days, now a 54-hole tournament

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VIRGINIA WATER, England — The European Open has been pushed back two days and will become a 54-hole event next week because of pandemic-related...

French energy giant Total stops payments on Myanmar pipeline

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BANGKOK — Shareholders of the French energy company Total SA have voted to suspend payments of dividends to stakeholders in the joint venture company...

Census Bureau’s use of ‘synthetic data’ worries researchers

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ORLANDO, Fla. — First came the “noise” — small errors the U.S. Census Bureau decided to introduce into the 2020 census data to protect...