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Microsoft gets more time from UK to plead case to buy video game maker Activision

Microsoft gets more time from UK to plead case to buy video game maker Activision

LONDON (AP) — British antitrust regulators on Friday extended their deadline to issue a final order blocking Microsoft's $69 billion plan to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, allowing them to consider the U.S.
US military chief praises Japan's defense funding boost as a buttress against China and North Korea

US military chief praises Japan's defense funding boost as a buttress against China and North Korea

TOKYO (AP) — The highest-ranking U.S.
White House details 'extreme heat strategy' amid blistering temperatures in U.S.

White House details 'extreme heat strategy' amid blistering temperatures in U.S.

WASHINGTON — Crippling heat waves are an annual fixture in the United States — but it's not every day the White House announces a detailed strategy to confront them.
How DOJ made different death penalty decisions in the Pittsburgh synagogue and Texas mall massacres

How DOJ made different death penalty decisions in the Pittsburgh synagogue and Texas mall massacres

CHICAGO (AP) — Two separate shootings 2,000 miles (3,218 kilometers) apart. One killed 11 at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The other killed 23 at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Both were motivated by racial hate.
Justice Department urges judge to not postpone Trump's classified documents trial

Justice Department urges judge to not postpone Trump's classified documents trial

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department urged a judge Thursday to reject Donald Trump's efforts to postpone his classified documents trial, saying there was no basis for an “open-ended” delay sought by the former president's lawyers.
Arizona Democrats file complaint against No Labels over donor secrecy

Arizona Democrats file complaint against No Labels over donor secrecy

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Democratic Party is looking to force new political party No Labels to disclose its donors or lose its status as a political party, an escalation of Democrats' efforts to block a group they worry will boost Donald Trump's ch
Democratic Gov. Beshear touts economic gains as theme in reelection bid in GOP-trending Kentucky

Democratic Gov. Beshear touts economic gains as theme in reelection bid in GOP-trending Kentucky

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov.
B.C. residents urged to conserve water as worsening drought conditions parch province

B.C. residents urged to conserve water as worsening drought conditions parch province

British Columbia residents are being asked to do their part to conserve water as drought conditions parch the province.
Injunction sought against Winnipeg landfill blockade as Ottawa and Manitoba spar

Injunction sought against Winnipeg landfill blockade as Ottawa and Manitoba spar

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba judge urged the two sides in a landfill blockade to try to reach a compromise Thursday, as the federal and Manitoba governments sparred over a proposed search for the remains of Indigenous women.
Report says junior staff behind sexual slogan approval in Experience Regina rebrand

Report says junior staff behind sexual slogan approval in Experience Regina rebrand

REGINA — An independent review into how Regina's tourism agency handled a failed rebrand says a junior employee approved sexualized slogans before senior management could vet them.