Here’s the latest for August 1 from The Associated Press: Accused serial likker in courtl French nationals evacuated from Niger; Cash seized aboard bus in Florence; Joe and Jill Biden take bike ride in Delaware.
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4 die in crashes related to Wisconsin aircraft convention
Organizers of a Wisconsin aircraft convention say the daughter of two-time Super Bowl winner Bruce Collie was killed in a crash this weekend. Devyn Reiley and her co-pilot are among the four people who died in two separate crashes. (Aug. 1)
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Ohio police officer fired not because K-9 attacked man, but for talking about it
According to letters from the city of Circleville, Officer Ryan Speakman was investigated for discussing the mauling with people outside the department.
Aircraft deployed to tackle new wildfires in Italy
Aircraft deployed to tackle new wildfires in Italy
Driver who hit 6 migrant workers outside North Carolina Walmart turns himself in to police
The driver who hit six migrant workers with a car at a bus stop outside a Walmart in Lincolnton, North Carolina, turned himself in.
Trump’s push to block GA probe into 2020 election rejected, costly Ukraine gains: 5 Things podcast
Trump’s push to block a GA investigation into the 2020 election was rejected, what we know about the latest talks to fund the government: 5 Things podcast
‘Euphoria’ star Angus Cloud is dead at 25
Angus Cloud, the actor who starred as the drug dealer Fezco “Fez” O’Neill on the HBO series “Euphoria,” has died. He was 25. (Aug. 1)
‘Something profoundly wrong’: Marine biologists puzzled by large beaching of pilot whales
Reports of beachings are sadly not uncommon, but experts struggle to explain why marine mammals strand themselves either deliberately or inadvertently.
Fire in California’s Mojave Desert spreads to Nevada
A wildfire that covered about 120 square miles by Monday night has spread from California’s Mojave National Preserve into Nevada. (Aug. 1)
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Here’s the latest for Tuesday, August 1: Protests in Haiti after American nurse is kidnapped; Russian missile strikes in Ukraine; Man shot after allegedly trying to enter Jewish school with gun; Wildfire burning in California and Nevada.
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