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What do marijuana, the death penalty and fracking have in common? Harris shifted positions on them 08/16/2024 11:03am • WASHINGTON (AP) — As California’s attorney general, Kamala Harris successfully defended the death penalty in court, despite her past crusade against it. As a new senator, she proposed abolishing cash bail — a reversal from when she chided San Francisco judges for making it “cheaper” to com BMW recalls 1.3 million vehicles in China that may have Takata airbag inflators 08/16/2024 09:09am • BEIJING (AP) — BMW was recalling more than 1.3 million vehicles in China that might have Takata airbag inflators following a similar recall in the United States last month, officials said Friday. The recall covers nearly 600,000 vehicles made in China between 2005 and 2017 and more than 750,000 im Number of potentially lethal meth candies unknowingly shared by New Zealand food bank reaches 65 08/16/2024 08:22am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Police in New Zealand have so far accounted for 41 chunks of methamphetamine enclosed in candy wrappers — each a potentially lethal amount of the drug — that were unknowingly distributed by an Auckland food bank. The authorities were in the process of collecting Have questions about the cost of your insurance? Check your 'health credit report' 08/16/2024 04:43am • While it's not an official term that patients often hear, a "health credit report" is something that is used constantly as a tool by health and life insurance companies when they assess someone's risk and determine their premiums and coverage options. Similar to a financial credit report, a healt From bamboo stick to Olympic javelin gold medal, Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem reflects on his past 08/16/2024 03:36am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — More than a decade after making a javelin from a bamboo stick in a small village in Pakistan's Punjab province, Arshad Nadeem stunned the world with his Olympic gold medal-winning throw at the Paris Games. “I made that javelin myself in 2012,” Nadeem told ARY News television a What do marijuana, the death penalty and fracking have in common? Harris shifted positions on them 08/16/2024 12:40am • WASHINGTON (AP) — As California’s attorney general, Kamala Harris successfully defended the death penalty in court, despite her past crusade against it. As a new senator, she proposed to abolish cash bail — a reversal from when she chided San Francisco judges for making it “cheaper” to com Bangladeshi protesters attack supporters of ex-premier Hasina and harass journalists 08/15/2024 11:57pm • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Hundreds of student protesters and political activists in Bangladesh, armed with bamboo sticks, iron rods and pipes, on Thursday, assaulted supporters of the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and prevented them from reaching the previous house of her father and assassina Drake Maye leads Patriots on 2 scoring drives in 14-13 preseason loss to Eagles 08/15/2024 11:30pm • FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Rookie Drake Maye ran for a touchdown and led the New England Patriots on two of the team’s three scoring drives Thursday night in a 14-13 preseason loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. The No. 3 overall draft pick out of North Carolina appeared in just one series in the Pat Thai courts that have disbanded multiple governments are accused of setting back democracy 08/15/2024 08:25pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Wednesday’s decision by Thailand’s Constitutional Court to oust Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin after just under a year in office was jarring, but not entirely a surprise given what critics say is the expanding overreach of unelected bodies. Thais have long been accustomed to su The ACT Is Changing: Here's What to Know 08/15/2024 08:00pm • Another college admissions test is getting a revamp. Like the SAT -- for which a new format was launched in March 2024 -- the ACT is undergoing some adjustments, including a shortened format, optional science section and ability for students to choose between the paper and digital versions. 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