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Drug gangs unleash violence in northern Mexican cities

2:22pm August 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

Mexican cities have seen widespread arson and shootings by drug cartels. The gangs appear to be targeting stores, vehicles and bystanders in response to disputes or attempts to capture gang members.

Counter-protesters are confronted by pro-Trump protesters in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Politics & Government

Americans have increasingly negative views of those in the other political party

2:09pm August 13, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

Republicans and Democrats increasingly think people in the other party are closed-minded, dishonest, unintelligent and, even, immoral.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, air force and naval aviation corps of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) fly planes at an unspecified location in China on Aug. 4.

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China is sending fighter jets to Thailand for joint exercises

1:42pm August 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

The training will include strikes on ground targets and troop deployment, the Chinese Defense Ministry said. China's expanding military activities have alarmed the U.S. and its allies.

A federal jury awarded Republican Roy Moore $8.2 million in damages Friday after finding that a Democratic-aligned super PAC defamed him in an advertisement during the 2017 U.S. Senate race in Alabama.

A Democratic-aligned super PAC is ordered to pay Roy Moore $8.2M in a defamation suit

11:19am August 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

A federal jury found that a Democratic-aligned super PAC defamed the Alabama Republican in a TV ad recounting sexual misconduct accusations during his failed 2017 U.S. Senate bid.

A cross and Bible sculpture stand outside the Southern Baptist Convention headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., on May 24. The Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention says that several of the denomination's major entities are under investigatio

The DOJ is investigating Southern Baptists following sexual abuse crisis

11:02am August 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, which has faced widespread sexual abuse problems, said several of the denomination's major entities are under investigation by the Department of Justice.

Women march down a main street in Kabul on Saturday, two days before the one-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover.

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Women march in a rare protest in Kabul's streets — and face violence from the Taliban

10:58am August 13, 2022

by Diaa Hadid

About two dozen women marched in Kabul chanting "bread, work, freedom," "we want political participation" and "no to enslavement," just days before the one-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover.

San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. looks out from the dugout prior to the team's game against the Philadelphia Phillies on June 25 in San Diego. Tatis was suspended 80 games by Major League Baseball on Friday after testing positive for a performance-enh

Sports

Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. is suspended 80 games for a positive drug test

10:17am August 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

Tatis won't play this season. MLB said he tested positive for clostebol, an anabolic steroid. Tatis said he accidentally took a medication to treat ringworm that contained the banned substance.

World News

Italy is spending hundreds of millions to save dying villages. Will it work?

9:27am August 13, 2022

by Adam Raney

Using pandemic recovery money distributed by the European Union, Italy is trying to bring back one dying village in each of the country's 21 regions. The villages will each get $20 million.

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Music & Culture

Megan Thee Stallion gets vulnerable on hot sophomore album 'Traumazine'

9:04am August 13, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sidney Madden from NPR Music about Megan Thee Stallion's sophomore album Traumazine.

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After decades of war, an Afghan village mourns its losses

8:47am August 13, 2022

by Diaa Hadid

In a village southwest of Kabul, families who support the Taliban once lived alongside families who did not. Both sides have paid dearly in Afghanistan's decades of war.

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