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Mississippi district attorney pleads guilty to bribery conspiracy and resigns

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A Mississippi district attorney has resigned and changed his plea to guilty in a bribery scheme that ensnared other officials in the state’s capital city, including Jackson’s former mayor.

Family of 1-year-old killed by police at a Mississippi Walmart wants video released

A Mississippi family whose 1-year-old child was killed when police fired into a moving vehicle said Monday they want authorities to release video showing whether officers were in danger of being struck when one of them opened fire.

Police shooting of 1-year-old Mississippi boy ignites tension

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy by police who were responding to a shoplifting call this week has ignited simmering tensions between police and Black residents in the small town of Senatobia, Mississippi.

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China denies excess industrial capacity as more US tariffs loom

HONG KONG (AP) – China pushed back Tuesday against claims of overcapacity in the world’s second largest economy, ahead of the release of results of a U.S. probe on the matter that could result in new tariffs.

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Elon Musk launches invite-only X Money with a Visa debit card

NEW YORK (AP) – Elon Musk’s social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, launched its own bank account-like product where users can send money to one another.

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Confidence in US economy falls as Iran conflict sends gas prices higher

WASHINGTON (AP) – Americans’ confidence in the economy fell this month as gas prices resumed their climb after the U.S. and Iran stepped up their fighting. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 90.8 in July from 92.2 in June. That’s essentially the same tepid range its been in since the beginning of the year. I

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Fauci invokes the Fifth Amendment and declines to testify at COVID-19 hearing

WASHINGTON (AP) – Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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New UK leader Burnham vows to fix a 'broken' social care system

LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged Wednesday that he will succeed where decades of predecessors have failed and fix a “broken” social care system built on an overstretched public sector and profit-making private firms.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Americans’ confidence in the economy fell this month as gas prices resumed their climb after the U.S. and Iran stepped up their fighting. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 90.8 in July from 92.2 in June. That’s essentially the same tepid range its been in since the beginning of the year. I

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