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A man mounts a light advertisement on a booth on the Oktoberfest grounds in Munich, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. The Oktoberfest is on tap again in Germany after a two-year pandemic interruption. The beer will be just as cold and the pork knuckle just as juicy. But brewers and visitors are under pressure from inflation in ways they could hardly imagine in 2019. (Peter Kneffel/dpa via AP)

Oktoberfest is back but inflation hits brewers, cost of beer

September 16, 2022 at 8:46 a.m.

Oktoberfest is back in Germany after a two-year pandemic interruption — the same bicep-challenging beer mugs, fat-dripping pork knuckles, pretzels the size of dinner plates, men in leather shorts and...

People walk on mud and debriS in Senigallia, Italy, Friday Sept. 16, 2022. Floodwaters triggered by heavy rainfall swept through several towns in a hilly region of central-east Italy early Friday, leaving 10 people dead and several missing, state radio said. Dozens of survivors scrambled onto rooftops or up trees to await rescue. (Gabriele Moroni/LaPresse via AP)

Floods in Italy kill 10; Survivors plucked from roofs, trees

September 16, 2022 at 8:38 a.m.

Flash floods swept through several towns Friday in hilly central Italy after hours of exceptionally heavy rain, leaving 10 people dead and at least four missing. Dozens of survivors scrambled...

After delay, Joe Biden readies student loan help, payment pause

August 23, 2022 at 4:42 p.m.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday is set to announce his long-delayed move to forgive up to $10,000 in federal student loans for many Americans and extend a pause on payments...

FILE – In this Friday, June 24, 2022, file photo, abortion rights protesters cheer at a rally following the United States Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, federally protected right to abortion, outside the state capitol in Lansing, Mich. The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, that county prosecutors can enforce the state’s 91-year-old abortion ban, paving the way for abortion to become illegal in parts of the state. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Prosecutors cannot enforce Michigan鈥檚 abortion ban, judge rules

August 19, 2022 at 10:13 a.m.

A Michigan judge on Friday blocked county prosecutors from enforcing the state’s 1931 ban on abortion for the foreseeable future after two days of witness testimony from abortion experts, providers...

Arizona Diamondbacks’ Josh Rojas runs out a bunt as Colorado Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland fields the ball during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday July 9, 2022, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)

Madison Bumgarner keeps Rockies in check in 9-2 Diamondbacks win

December 8, 2022 at 1:07 p.m.

Madison Bumgarner pitched six effective innings, Josh Rojas had three RBIs, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 9-2 on Saturday.

U.S. official: Migrants who died cleared inland checkpoint

June 30, 2022 at 8:18 p.m.

The tractor-trailer at the center of a human-smuggling attempt that left 53 people dead had passed through an inland U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint with migrants inside the sweltering rig earlier...

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$5 gas is here: AAA says nationwide average hits new high

June 11, 2022 at 8:19 a.m.

The nationwide average price for a gallon of gasoline has topped $5 for the first time ever.

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Cowboys say former running back Marion Barber dead at 38

June 1, 2022 at 7:40 p.m.

Marion Barber III, the former Dallas Cowboys running back who scored plenty of touchdowns without recording a 1,000-yard season, has died, the team said Wednesday. He was 38.

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Giants manager Gabe Kapler begins national anthem protest after Uvalde

May 28, 2022 at 11:15 a.m.

Giants manager Gabe Kapler says he will refuse to take the field for the national anthem in a protest over the nation鈥檚 political direction following this week鈥檚 school shooting in...

Ray Liotta, “Goodfellas” and “Field of Dreams” star, dies

May 26, 2022 at 5:32 p.m.

Ray Liotta, the blue-eyed actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in 鈥淕oodfellas鈥� and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in 鈥淔ield of Dreams,鈥� has died. He was 67.

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