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AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

Children lost in flooding as US endures extreme weather, from smoke up north to heat in the West WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa.
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4 slain in Georgia mass shooting memorialized as neighbors gather for candlelight vigil

4 slain in Georgia mass shooting memorialized as neighbors gather for candlelight vigil

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — A few hundred people gathered Monday for a vigil to remember four victims of a mass shooting in an Atlanta suburb, singing “This Little Light of Mine” at the end as they lit candles in their honor.
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Alabama Republicans reject call for 2nd majority Black district, despite Supreme Court ruling

Alabama Republicans reject call for 2nd majority Black district, despite Supreme Court ruling

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Republicans, under orders of the U.S.
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China criticizes the upcoming US visit of Taiwan's presidential front-runner

China criticizes the upcoming US visit of Taiwan's presidential front-runner

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is criticizing an upcoming stopover in the United States by Taiwan’s vice president and presidential front-runner William Lai as a challenge to its territorial integrity, while Taiwan says it's merely a transit stop.
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Watchdog calls for House committee to uninvite RFK Jr. after his comments are blasted as antisemitic

Watchdog calls for House committee to uninvite RFK Jr. after his comments are blasted as antisemitic

NEW YORK (AP) — A Democratic watchdog group has called for a U.S. House committee to rescind an invitation to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Cardinal says the pope's visit to Mongolia's tiny Catholic community will show his dedication

Cardinal says the pope's visit to Mongolia's tiny Catholic community will show his dedication

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The young cardinal in charge of Mongolia’s tiny Catholic community said Monday that Pope Francis' upcoming visit to a country with just 1,450 Catholics is evidence of his willingness to travel to the farthest corners of the globe
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Children lost in flooding as US endures extreme weather, from smoke up north to heat in the West

Children lost in flooding as US endures extreme weather, from smoke up north to heat in the West

WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania authorities drew on 100 people, drones and cadaver dogs Monday in their search for two missing children whose family's car was swept away in flash flooding that ravaged the East Coast over the weekend.
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No injuries as jetliner's evacuation slide falls in Chicago neighborhood near O'Hare, officials say

No injuries as jetliner's evacuation slide falls in Chicago neighborhood near O'Hare, officials say

CHICAGO (AP) — An emergency evacuation slide fell from an airliner Monday and landed in the backyard of a home near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, causing no injuries but damaging a roof, officials and witnesses said.
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Oregon's Cannon Beach reopens after cougar sighting on iconic coastal rock led to closure

Oregon's Cannon Beach reopens after cougar sighting on iconic coastal rock led to closure

CANNON BEACH, Ore.
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Arrest in Gilgo Beach killings isn't end of investigation, police say. Other deaths remain unsolved

Arrest in Gilgo Beach killings isn't end of investigation, police say. Other deaths remain unsolved

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Detectives on Long Island are hunting for fresh clues about an architect arrested in connection with a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings.
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