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By building new lower-cost pickups and a commercial van, Ford seeks to shift electric vehicle strategy

By Tom Krisher, Associated Press

The company says all will cost less, have longer range and be profitable within a year of reaching showrooms. Ford, which is losing millions on its current EVs, gave few details about the new products.

In November voters in Arizona and Montana can decide on constitutional right to abortion

By Sejal Govindarao, Amy Beth Hanson, Associated Press

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 200-word summary that advocates used to collect signatures is valid, clearing the way for the issue to remain on the ballot. Montana's secretary of state on Tuesday certified its abortion measure to…

60 years ago Fannie Lou Hamer rattled the Democratic convention with her 'Is this America?' speech

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Fannie Lou Hamer was a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. In 1964, the racially integrated group challenged the seating of an all-white Mississippi delegation to the Democratic National Convention.

What to know about this summer's major surge in COVID infections

By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas

As summer winds down, much of the U.S. is seeing the biggest COVID wave in at least two years, and hundreds of people are still being killed by the virus every week. According to a CDC analysis of hospitalizations, 25…

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After Ernesto, the power is still off for tens of thousands in Puerto Rico

By Dánica Coto, Associated Press

It's been a week since Ernesto swiped the U.S. territory as a tropical storm.

Army and police missed chances to intervene before Maine mass shootings, special commission report finds

By Patrick Whittle, David Sharp, Associated Press

The special commission cited shortcomings by police for failing to seize the gunman's weapons and by the Army Reserves for failing to get proper psychiatric care for the reservist responsible for the attack.

Jury decides parents of Texas student accused in 2018 deadly school shooting not responsible

By Associated Press

The victims’ lawsuit sought to hold Dimitrios Pagourtzis and his parents, Antonios Pagourtzis and Rose Marie Kosmetatos, financially liable for the shooting at Santa Fe High School on May 18, 2018.

Billionaire Carl Icahn strikes settlement with US regulators for using company to secure personal loans worth billions

By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday that Icahn Enterprises and Icahn have agreed to pay $1.5 million and $500,000 in civil penalties, respectively, to settle the charges.

Phil Donahue, pioneering daytime talk show host who launched a new TV genre, has died

By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press

NBC's ‘Today’ show, citing family members, said that Donahue died Sunday. Dubbed “the king of daytime talk,” Donahue was the first to incorporate audience participation in a talk show.

News Wrap: Secretary of State Blinken visits Israel, as more strikes hit Gaza

In our news wrap Sunday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Israel, as more airstrikes hit Gaza. Ukraine ramps up its military operations, nearly two weeks into its incursion of Russia. Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Gov.

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