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A cargo helicopter from Austria takes water from the Elbe River with an external water tank to extinguish a fire in the Saxon Switzerland National Park, Schmilka, Germany, Thursday, July 28, 2022 The forest fire in the Saxon Switzerland National Park is spreading. (Robert Michael/dpa via AP)

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Wildfires in Germany, Czechia threatening tourist region

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FILE- Some 25 tractors were used to blockade a distribution center for supermarket chain Albert Heijn in the town of Zaandam, just north of Amsterdam, Monday, July 4, 2022. Dutch farmers angry at government plans to slash emissions used tractors and trucks Monday to blockade supermarket distribution centers, the latest actions in a summer of discontent in the country's lucrative agricultural sector. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

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Cars hit tires dumped on Dutch highway amid farmer protests

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FILE - In this photo released by the Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, speaks during the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. French President Emmanuel Macron is planning to welcome Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to his presidential palace and offer him dinner, marking another step in the Saudi leader’s diplomatic rehabilitation less than four years after the killing of writer and critic Jamal Khashoggi. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File)

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Macron boosting Saudi prince's standing with dinner invite

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A woman wearing a face mask walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong, Thursday, July 28, 2022. Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after the Federal Reserve ratcheted up its campaign against surging inflation by raising its key interest rate three-quarters of a point. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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World shares mixed, oil prices higher after Fed rate hike

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A Ukrainian self-propelled artillery shoots towards Russian forces at a frontline in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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FILE - Samsung Galaxy S20 phones are displayed at the Unpacked 2020 event in San Francisco, Feb. 11, 2020. Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday reported it posted a 12% increase in operating profit for the second quarter of this year thanks to strong demand for server chips. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

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Samsung fined $9.8M for misleading Australian phone ads

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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers his speech during a ceremony to mark the 69th anniversary of the signing of the ceasefire armistice that ends the fighting in the Korean War, in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

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Kim threatens to use nukes amid tensions with US, S. Korea

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FILE - Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits with Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States ambassador to the United Nations, as they meet with African ministers at United Nations headquarters, May 18, 2022. Russian, French and American leaders are crisscrossing Africa Wednesday, July 27, 2022, to win support for their positions on the war in Ukraine, an intense competition for influence the continent has not seen since the Cold War. (Eduardo Munoz/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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'New Cold War': Russia and West vie for influence in Africa

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In this image from video provided by Jodi Brown, posted to Instagram on Saturday, July 16, 2022, a performer dressed as the character Rosita waves off Brown's daughter and another 6-year-old Black girl at the Sesame Place amusement park in Langhorne, Pa. (Jodi Brown via AP)

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Black family sues Sesame Place, alleging discrimination

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Pope Francis is flanked by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Governor-General Mary Simon, upon his arrival at the Citadelle de Quebec, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Pope Francis is on a "penitential" six-day visit to Canada to beg forgiveness from survivors of the country's residential schools, where Catholic missionaries contributed to the "cultural genocide" of generations of Indigenous children by trying to stamp out their languages, cultures and traditions. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Canada says pope's apology to Indigenous not enough

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A man shops at a supermarket on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in New York. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by a hefty three-quarters of a point for a second straight time in its most aggressive drive in three decades to tame high inflation. The Fed is tightening credit even while the economy has begun to slow, thereby heightening the risk that its rate hikes will cause a recession later this year or next. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

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US economy likely grew modestly, if at all, last quarter

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A man shops at a supermarket on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in New York. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by a hefty three-quarters of a point for a second straight time in its most aggressive drive in three decades to tame high inflation. The Fed is tightening credit even while the economy has begun to slow, thereby heightening the risk that its rate hikes will cause a recession later this year or next. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

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US economy likely grew modestly, if at all, last quarter

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Japan's push for UNESCO to list divisive gold mine delayed

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Oil block auction in DRC punctures Africa's climate goals

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Seeking new funds, Hamas raises taxes in impoverished Gaza

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This undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Joe Nathan James Jr. Terryln Hall said she, her sister and her mother's brother oppose Alabama's plan to execute the man convicted of killing their mother. Unless a judge, or the governor, intervenes, Joe Nathan James Jr., will be given a lethal injection on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at a south Alabama prison. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP)

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Alabama execution set despite opposition from victim's kin

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Wounded Knee artifacts highlight slow pace of repatriations

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Asian shares, oil prices mostly higher after Fed rate hike

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Mets edge Yankees 3-2 in 9th for 2-game Subway Series sweep

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FILE - People attend a Climate Strike demonstration in Zurich, Switzerland, Nov. 6, 2021. The world’s most influential banks need to substantially accelerate climate efforts if global temperature rise is to be kept within the livability targets of the Paris Agreement, an assessment released Thursday, July 28, 2022, by an institutional investors' group warned. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP, File)

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Banks far from hitting Paris climate targets, groups warn

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Tony Dow, big brother Wally on 'Leave it to Beaver,' dies

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Hawaii pair accused of conspiracy, taking IDs of dead babies

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Mayim Bialik, Ken Jennings to split 'Jeopardy!' host job

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William Nonluecha, foreground, and his friends sit in the shade, Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in Portland, Ore., as a heat wave envelopes the Pacific Northwest. Nonluecha, who lives in a tent, says the heat becomes unbearable inside it when temperatures rise and he stays cool by going to public libraries and riding public transit. "I got a flier yesterday … about the cooling shelter but it was too late," Nonluecha says. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

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Temperatures could hit triple digits again in Northwest

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Judges block abortion bans in Wyoming, North Dakota

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Rejected by courts, retirees take last shot to save pensions

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Yankees get OF Benintendi from Royals for 3 minor leaguers

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia’s 289 confirmed cases account for the the fifth highest number of monkeypox infections in the country. (Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images/TNS)

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‘Everyone is struggling:’ LGBTQ Atlantans scramble for monkeypox vaccine

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Breanna Burgess was a mother of three with one on the way, according to a Facebook post.

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UPDATE: 2 arrested after pregnant woman found stabbed to death in LaGrange

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GBI investigators said Hancock County deputies forgot to close the back door of a patrol car after arresting a Sparta woman, who later fell out of the vehicle.

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Katie Janness loved writing songs and playing guitar, her friends said. The 40-year-old Atlanta woman was killed in Piedmont Park last year while walking her dog. (Handout)

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It’s been a year. Who killed Katie Janness?

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Views of Google Atlanta’s office in Midtown on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (Natrice Miller/natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Kemp: Google’s new Midtown office is ‘crown jewel’ of city’s tech surge

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Before entering the District 2 Public Service Commission race, Patty Durand worked for information technology firms and led environmental and energy policy non-profits.

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Marty Daniel, the founder and chief executive of gun manufacturer Daniel Defense, testifies remotely during a U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday about the industry's impact on gun violence.

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