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Jury selection begins in 2nd trial in Whitmer kidnap plot

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) ??" Jury selection started Tuesday in the second trial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.

Prosecutors are putting Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. on trial again after a jury in April couldn't reach a verdict. Two co-defendants were acquitted and two more pleaded guilty earlier.

Dozens of prospective jurors from all over western Michigan reported to the federal courthouse in Grand Rapids.

The plot to kidnap the Democratic governor followed training in Wisconsin and Michigan and two trips... Read More

Wall Street mixed ahead of this week's inflation data

NEW YORK (AP) ??" Wall Street is mixed Tuesday as more corporate earnings trickle in ahead of highly-anticipated inflation data from the government.

Futures for the benchmark S&P 500 lost 0.3% while futures for the Dow industrials rose about 0.2% with less than an hour before the opening bell.

The U.S. Labor Department will release its July report for consumer prices Wednesday, followed by its producer prices report on Thursday. Investors and economists will look for any signs that the Federal Reserve's aggressive rate hikes the past few months have helped to bring... Read More

Pandemic fuels sports biking boom in cycling nation China

BEIJING (AP) ??" Lindsay Mo couldn't go to her gym after Beijing shut down indoor sports facilities in May because of a coronavirus outbreak. So she started cycling ??" and soon fell in love with the sport.

"I realized a racing bicycle was quite different than a regular bike," she said. "It's very fast and exciting, and I couldn't stop anymore."

Bicycles have long been a means of transport in China and once outnumbered cars on city streets. Now cycling is increasingly also seen as a sport by an urban middle class that has benefited from China's growth into the world's... Read More

Ukraine: Shelling hits town near Russian-held nuclear plant

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ??" At least three Ukrainian civilians were killed and 23 others wounded by Russian shelling in 24 hours, including an attack not far from a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant, the office of Ukraine's president reported Tuesday.

The Russians fired over 120 rockets from Grad multiple rocket launchers at the southern town of Nikopol, which is across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Dnipropetrovsk Gov. Valentyn Reznichenko said. Several apartment buildings and industrial facilities were damaged, he said.

Ukraine and Russia... Read More

Ilhan Omar faces centrist rival; open House seat in Vermont

WASHINGTON (AP) ??" Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the biggest stars of the left, is facing a challenge from the center in her congressional primary in Minnesota on Tuesday, while Vermont Democrats will choose a nominee for an open U.S. House seat who will likely make history as the first woman representing the state in Congress.

Another key race is unfolding in western Wisconsin, where Democratic Rep. Ron Kind 's retirement after 26 years in office opens up a House seat in a district that has been trending Republican. Among the candidates running in the Republican primary to replace... Read More

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Jury selection begins in 2nd trial in Whitmer kidnap plot

Wall Street mixed ahead of this week's inflation data

Pandemic fuels sports biking boom in cycling nation China

Ukraine: Shelling hits town near Russian-held nuclear plant

Ilhan Omar faces centrist rival; open House seat in Vermont

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