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Opinion piece about Detroit suburb is ‘racist and Islamophobic,’ Democrats say

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An op-ed piece that dubbed a Detroit suburb “America’s jihad capital” is being condemned by two Democratic state lawmakers, who described it as “racist and Islamophobic” in a resolution presented Tuesday. Introduced by state Rep. Alabas Farhat and House Floor Leader Abraham Aiyash, the measure calls on The Wall Street Journal to retract the piece, which …

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Pilot was likely distracted before crash that killed 8 off North Carolina’s coast, investigators say

BEAUFORT, N.C. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that crashed off North Carolina’s coast in 2022, killing the pilot, four teens and three other adults, was likely distracted while trying to program the aircraft’s flight management system after takeoff, according to a final report from federal investigators. The pilot likely failed to monitor the aircraft’s speed as the …

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Eagles will host NFL’s first regular-season game in Brazil on Friday, Sept. 6

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles will be the host team for the NFL’s first regular-season game in Brazil on Friday, Sept. 6 — a day after the 2024 season opener, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday. Goodell addressed gambling, officiating, diversity, the Rooney Rule and much more — including Taylor Swift’s romance with Travis Kelce — in an nearly …

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Georgia politicians urge federal study to deepen Savannah’s harbor again

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Every member of Congress from Georgia signed a letter calling for a study to determine whether the busy shipping channel to the Port of Savannah needs to be deepened again after a $937 million harbor expansion that was just completed in 2022. The offices of Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Rep. Buddy Carter on Tuesday …

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Record rainfall, triple-digit winds, hundreds of mudslides. Here’s California’s storm by the numbers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The slow-moving atmospheric river still battering California on Tuesday unleashed record rainfall, triple-digit winds and hundreds of mudslides. Here is the historic storm by the numbers: ___ DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES In just three days, downtown Los Angeles got soaked by more than 8 inches (20.3 cm) of rain — more than half of the 14.25 inches …

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Pakistan’s disillusioned voters wonder if new polls will change a country mired in political feuding

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is holding parliamentary elections this week but many voters are disillusioned and wonder if the balloting can bring any real change in a country mired in political feuding, a seemingly intractable economic crisis and resurgent militancy. Forty-four political parties will compete on Thursday for a share of the 266 seats in the National Assembly, or the …

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Gabriella Durán Blakey chosen as new superintendent for New Mexico’s largest school district

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Albuquerque Public Schools board named the district’s current chief operations officer as its new superintendent Monday. Gabriella Durán Blakey will succeed current Superintendent Scott Elder when his contract expires on June 30. Elder has led New Mexico’s largest school district for more than three years. Blakey, 48, has served APS for more than 20 years …

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