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Month: June 2023

Official: 1 dead, 14 rescued after overloaded boat capsizes near southern Haiti

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Officials say one person has died and 14 were rescued after an overloaded boat traveling without authorization capsized near Haiti’s southern coast. Auguste Sony, an inspector with Haiti’s Maritime and Navigation Service, told The Associated Press Saturday that the search is still ongoing. He said the

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Netflix and Athletic Brewing release ‘The Witcher’-themed non-alcoholic beer

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A brew inspired by Netflix’s “The Witcher” has kicked off a partnership between the streaming app and one of the largest nonalcoholic craft breweries in the US. Athletic Brewing Company’s collaboration with Netflix will feature limited edition, co-branded nonalcoholic beers, the brewing company announced in a news release.

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DeSantis signs Bible, Pence hops on motorcycle at ‘Roast and Ride’ event in Iowa

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, HANNAH FINGERHUT and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Amid plates of sliced pork, statement-making leather ensembles and piles of political T-shirts, eight Republican presidential hopefuls descended on Iowa to pitch themselves to voters and, in Mike Pence’s case, hop on a motorcycle. The former vice president and

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Connecticut governor poised to sign state’s most sweeping gun measure since post-Sandy Hook laws

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A slate of gun control measures is headed to Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s desk. The state Senate debated through the night and voted early Saturday to approve the state’s most wide-ranging gun legislation since the laws that followed the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. The Democratic governor plans to sign the

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Russia bans ‘unfriendly’ countries’ journalists from showpiece economic gathering

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Saturday that journalists from countries that Russia regards as unfriendly have been banned from covering this year’s economic forum in St. Petersburg, one of the country’s showpiece events. The move underlines the intensifying animosity between Russia and countries that have imposed sanctions connected to the fighting

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