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School library book bans are seen as targeting LGBTQ content

School library book bans are seen as targeting LGBTQ content

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Teri Patrick bristles at the idea she wants to ban books about LGBTQ issues in Iowa schools, arguing her only goal is ridding schools of sexually explicit material.
Adam Sandler gets Mark Twain prize surrounded by celeb pals

Adam Sandler gets Mark Twain prize surrounded by celeb pals

WASHINGTON (AP) — Adam Sandler placed his hand on the bronze bust of Mark Twain and speculated that it “one day might be the weapon used to bludgeon me in my sleep.
Former US Rep. John Jenrette, jailed in Abscam scandal, dies

Former US Rep. John Jenrette, jailed in Abscam scandal, dies

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. John Jenrette, a colorful politician who was convicted in the Abscam bribery scandal in the late 1970s and whose wife talked to Playboy about an in-session dalliance on the U.S. Capitol steps, has died. He was 86.
US envoy hails 'historic' EU-brokered Serbia-Kosovo deal

US envoy hails 'historic' EU-brokered Serbia-Kosovo deal

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The United States envoy for the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue on Monday welcomed the European Union-facilitated deal on normalizing relations between neighboring Kosovo and Serbia as an “important and historic agreement.
Fed's tough challenge: Confront inflation and bank jitters

Fed's tough challenge: Confront inflation and bank jitters

WASHINGTON (AP) — Still grappling with persistently high inflation , the Federal Reserve faces an entirely new — and in some ways conflicting — challenge as it meets to consider interest rates this week: How to restore calm to a nervous banking syste
Polish PM warns of 'revolts' if EU ignores nation-states

Polish PM warns of 'revolts' if EU ignores nation-states

HEIDELBERG, Germany (AP) — Poland’s prime minister warned Monday that Europe may see “revolts” if the European Union, of which his country is a member, turns into a “super-state government” that ignores national differences.
EU targets top Iran body, 8 officials over rights abuses

EU targets top Iran body, 8 officials over rights abuses

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on Iran’s Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution and 8 officials, including judges, lawmakers and clerics accused of links to the security crackdown on protesters.
Nepal's PM secures vote of confidence in Parliament

Nepal's PM secures vote of confidence in Parliament

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's communist prime minister secured a vote of confidence in Parliament on Monday, enabling him to continue as long as he has the backing of his new coalition partners.

Belarus tightens border with Poland after 'terrorist' shot

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus has stepped up security along its border with Poland after security forces killed a foreigner in the region who allegedly was planning a terrorist attack, the Belarusian human rights group Viasna said Monday.
With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties

With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties

RENO, Nev. (AP) — State lawmakers nationwide are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl and other powerful lab-made opioids that are connected to about 70,000 deaths a year.
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