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2 Dead in shopping mall shooting in suburban Detroit

DEARBORN, Mich, (AP) – A shooting altercation between two groups of young people at a shopping mall in Dearborn, Michigan, left two people dead and a third injured Friday, police said.

Forecasters cite 'dangerous' conditions as heat scorches Midwest

DETROIT (AP) – Nature’s oven was on high Tuesday for millions of people in the Midwest and Great Lakes states as intense heat and humidity baked the regions with no immediate relief before the misery shifts to the eastern U.S.

Why most Black Americans say they never fly the American flag, according to a new AP-NORC poll

DETROIT (AP) – Jerry Esters proudly displays the American flag each day on his Detroit home. A few miles away, Yvonne Pistochini says there is no scenario under which she would allow the Stars and Stripes to cast its shadow where she lives.

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SK Hynix rises nearly 13% in debut on Wall Street as demand for memory chips soars amid AI frenzy

NEW YORK (AP) – Shares of South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix rose 12.8% as they made their debut on Wall Street, at a time when demand for chips is surging thanks to the frenzy around artificial intelligence.

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Major German carmakers hit by steep China sales plunge

HONG KONG (AP) – Major German carmakers saw sharp quarterly sales declines in China as domestic demand weakened and competition heated up in the world’s biggest auto market. At Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche, China sales for the April-June quarter plummeted between 30% and 41% compared with the same period a year ago.

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Meta reins in new AI tool that automatically accessed public Instagram images

Meta has pulled the plug on a feature of a recently launched AI tool following criticism that it made Instagram accounts fodder for use in creating AI-generated images.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally and foreign policy hawk, dies after a brief illness

WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress who traveled the globe to advocate for a more aggressive U.S. foreign policy, has died after a “brief and sudden illness,” his office said. He was 71.

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Ukraine's prime minister steps down as Zelenskyy announces reshuffle

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko stepped down on Sunday as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced fresh changes to Ukraine’s government, saying he had offered a new and important position to the former premier.

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From staunch critic to fierce ally: Graham's long, strange friendship with Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) – After the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, Sen. Lindsey Graham said he had finally had enough of the man who was championed by the mob that stormed the pillar of American democracy: President Donald Trump. “Trump and I, we’ve had a hell of a journey. I hate it to end this way. Oh my God, I hate it.

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One runner gored in the face at Spain's San Fermin bull run festival
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US launches new airstrikes on Iran, as Tehran fires back at Gulf Arab states
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Hundreds of firefighters battle wildfire in southern Spain that killed at least 12
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Hong Kong eateries welcome dogs as city relaxes ban