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Explosion at a California fireworks warehouse sets off fires and forces evacuations
July 02, 2025 - 5:29 AM

ESPARTO, Calif. (AP) — An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in northern California caused several fires, sending black smoke into the air and forcing evacuations, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Japan's minority government faces a tough test in the upper house election
July 02, 2025 - 5:23 AM

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election later this month as his minority government struggles after its major defeat in last year's snap election.
Photos show the rain on Day 3 after the Wimbledon heatwave
July 02, 2025 - 5:09 AM

LONDON (AP) — After the heatwave came the rain.
Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader sees painful echoes of political violence in America
July 02, 2025 - 4:26 AM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his daughter still sees the same strain of political violence at work in American society.
A Tohono O'odham family integrates Catholic and Native beliefs in the Arizona desert
July 02, 2025 - 4:10 AM

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — On St. John the Baptist’s feast day in late June, an extended Tohono O’odham family attends Mass out at their desert camp, where they gather to harvest saguaro fruit in a process sacred in their Native spirituality.
In Arizona borderlands, a sacred saguaro harvest marks the Tohono O'odham's new year
July 02, 2025 - 4:07 AM

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early summer days, in search of ripe fruit from the towering saguaro cactus, an icon of the Southwest that is crucial to the Tohono O’odham Nation’s spirituality.
An African Union military helicopter crashes in Somalia's capital, killing at least 3
July 02, 2025 - 3:57 AM

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — At least three people were killed when a military helicopter serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed Wednesday at the airport in the capital, Mogadishu, according to Somali authorities.
Lithuania's defense chief praises Philippine campaign exposing China's aggression
July 02, 2025 - 3:46 AM

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine campaign aimed at exposing China's aggression in the disputed South China Sea has shattered “the illusion of China being peaceful and friendly,” Lithuania's defense chief said Wednesday, urging democratic countries to stand united against an emerging axis of authoritarian countries led by China and Russia.
Hamas says it's open to a Gaza truce but stops short of accepting a Trump-backed proposal
July 02, 2025 - 3:45 AM

CAIRO (AP) — Hamas suggested Wednesday that it was open to a ceasefire agreement with Israel, but stopped short of accepting a U.S.-backed proposal announced by President Donald Trump hours earlier, insisting on its longstanding position that any deal bring an end to the war in Gaza.
Roadside bomb hits a vehicle carrying gov't administrator in NW Pakistan, killing 5 officers
July 02, 2025 - 3:32 AM

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb struck a vehicle carrying a government administrator in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, killing at least five officers and wounding 11 others, police said.
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iN NUMBERS: Beer, wine and spirits in Kamloops, Okanagan
Everyone loves to go on about how great the wine is in the Okanagan, but good ol’ beer and liquor is too often overlooked. Here are some numbers for wine, beer and spirits in Kamloops and the Okanagan: 8,830: Acres of viney

Texas governor calls for special session after vetoing a bill to ban THC-infused goods
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill that would have banned consumable hemp products containing THC ingredients in the state, but said he's open to lawmakers passing a new effort to regulate what has become a boomin

Central Okanagan needs 20,000 new homes in five years
Cities around the Central Okanagan have been figuring out how many homes they need to build to keep up with the rising demand, but the regional district has taken a step back to look at the bigger picture. The Regional District of the Centr

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Explosion at a California fireworks warehouse sets off fires and forces evacuations

Japan's minority government faces a tough test in the upper house election

Photos show the rain on Day 3 after the Wimbledon heatwave

Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader sees painful echoes of political violence in America

A Tohono O'odham family integrates Catholic and Native beliefs in the Arizona desert

In Arizona borderlands, a sacred saguaro harvest marks the Tohono O'odham's new year

An African Union military helicopter crashes in Somalia's capital, killing at least 3

Lithuania's defense chief praises Philippine campaign exposing China's aggression

Hamas says it's open to a Gaza truce but stops short of accepting a Trump-backed proposal

Roadside bomb hits a vehicle carrying gov't administrator in NW Pakistan, killing 5 officers

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