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Dengue fever outbreak in Argentina leads to shortage of a must-have item: mosquito repellent

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — In times of triple-digit inflation, Argentines are used to seeing prices for household goods skyrocket, but even they are shocked by the cost of this season’s must-have item: mosquito repellent. Shops across Buenos Aires saw their supply plummet this year as dengue fever cases surged,

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Foul play suspected in the disappearance of two Kansas women whose vehicle was found in Oklahoma

By KEN MILLER Associated Press The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says foul play is suspected in the disappearance of two Kansas women whose vehicle was found abandoned in Oklahoma. OSBI spokesperson Hunter McKee said Friday that evidence found in the vehicle in Texas County indicates 27-year-old Veronica Butler and 39-year-old Jilian Kelley of Hugoton,

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Italian police: Giorgio Armani bags and accessories produced by exploited Chinese workers near Milan

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian police say that underpaid and exploited Chinese workers working for an unauthorized subcontractor made handbags and accessories for the Giorgio Armani fashion house. They say there was a series of supply chain abuses that the in-house production company failed to properly monitor. The Giorgio Armani fashion

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Purdue’s Zach Edey is the overwhelming choice for 2nd straight AP Player of the Year award

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — The child who wanted Zach Edey’s autograph during his Purdue recruiting trip apparently saw something others missed. Big Maple was destined to be a basketball star. While many college coaches passed on the unpolished Canadian prospect as the basketball world became enamored with perimeter

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First U.N. food supplies arrive in Sudan’s Darfur after months but millions face acute hunger

By JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United Nations has begun distributing food in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur province for the first time in months following two successful cross-border operations but the population still faces widespread starvation unless more help arrives. The yearlong war between military and paramilitary forces in Sudan is causing

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Israel’s military says it made ‘grave’ mistakes in killing seven aid workers in Gaza. Here’s what we know

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military said its troops made a series of “grave” mistakes and violated protocol in their strikes that killed seven aid workers in Gaza this week. An Israeli inquiry published Friday found troops mistakenly thought they were attacking Hamas gunmen when drone strikes targeted three vehicles of the World

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Israel’s military says it made ‘grave’ mistakes in killing seven aid workers in Gaza. Here’s what we know

CNN By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military said its troops made a series of “grave” mistakes and violated protocol in their strikes that killed seven aid workers in Gaza this week. An Israeli inquiry published Friday found troops mistakenly thought they were attacking Hamas gunmen when drone strikes targeted three vehicles of the

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3 retired Philadelphia detectives to stand trial in perjury case stemming from 2016 exoneration

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Three long-retired Philadelphia police detectives must stand trial, accused of lying under oath at the 2016 retrial of a man the jury exonerated in a 1991 rape and murder. Experts in innocence cases say it’s unusual for police or prosecutors to face criminal charges over misconduct that

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