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Firefighters race to contain wildfires in Greece as thousands evacuated, 2 die in Turkey

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters battled blazes Thursday near Athens and on the island of Crete, where thousands were forced to flee holiday resorts, while blazes in neighboring Turkey claimed at least two lives. More than 5,000 tourists, hotel workers and residents were evacuated from the Ierapetra

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Latin America’s top human rights court says states have duty to act on climate crisis

By STEVEN GRATTAN Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Thursday issued a landmark advisory opinion linking governments’ human rights obligations to their responsibility to address the threat of climate change — a move expected to shape policy and litigation across Latin America and the Caribbean. The opinion is

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Vital statistics for July 4

Marriage applications Troyal Douglas Hatheway, 29, and Jordan Gabrielle Davis, 28, both of St. Joseph. Charles Brandon O’Neal, 41, and Brandy Nicole Ayala, 45, both of Wathena, Kansas. Zacarias Luis Lucas Escobar, 25, Omaha, Nebraska, and Juana Griselda Ramos Bautista, 18, St. Joseph. Jeff Andrew Veraguth, 59, and Erica Jaye Bradley, 49, both of St.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers say he is a changed man. Will that spare him from more time behind bars?

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In rejecting Sean “Diddy” Combs’ release on bail, a federal judge confronted the hip-hop impresario with a disturbing aspect of his criminal case that his lawyers couldn’t deny: his history of violence. Combs’ defense lawyers claimed he is a changed man. But

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Deeds of trust for July 4

Deeds of trust reported from June 26 to July 2 Richard Acker to Guild Mortgage Company LLC, Saxton Heights PT LT 20 LTS 21 22 23 Blk 1 $343,660. Richard Acker to Guild Mortgage Company LLC, Saxton Heights PT LT 20 LTS 21 22 23 Blk 1 $12,250. Van Cung to Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp., Mortgage

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Beds are seen inside the migrant detention center dubbed as "Alligator Alcatraz" in Ochopee

Lawmakers who tried to visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ amid humanitarian concerns were denied entry

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — Florida lawmakers worried about “humanitarian concerns” were denied entry into the new detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” Thursday, just hours after the arrival of its first group of detainees. “They stopped us pretty immediately,” said Florida state Rep. Anna Eskamani, one of the five Democratic state lawmakers

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