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Copenhagen Airport temporarily halts flights after drone sightings

Copenhagen Airport temporarily halts flights after drone sightings

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Flights at Copenhagen Airport resumed early Tuesday after being suspended or diverted overnight because of drone sightings. Police reported two to three large, unidentif...

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Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrine is rebuilt again and again

Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrine is rebuilt again and again

ISE, Japan (AP) — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so...

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Buffalo Trace Distillery springs back after massive April flood shut down bourbon production

Buffalo Trace Distillery springs back after massive April flood shut down bourbon production

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The long history of bourbon production at Buffalo Trace Distillery has been connected to the Kentucky River — summed up as a blessing and curse by a plaque on the grounds. In...

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Mexico steps up controls after new screwworm case near US border

Mexico steps up controls after new screwworm case near US border

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico activated emergency controls Monday after detecting a new case of New World screwworm in cattle in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon state, the closest case to the ...

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SMART-TD union backs Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger but other unions and shippers still worry

SMART-TD union backs Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger but other unions and shippers still worry

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The nation’s largest railroad union joined the list of companies endorsing Union Pacific’s proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern Monday after securing promises to...

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MacKenzie Scott gives $70 million to UNCF to financially strengthen HBCUs

MacKenzie Scott gives $70 million to UNCF to financially strengthen HBCUs

NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF, as the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships to Black students works to raise $1 billion...

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