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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed,08/07/24-2:13PM, 54 Reads
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose $2.03 to $75.23 per barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for October delivery rose $1.85 to $78.33 per barrel.
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This photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Arthur Lee Burton, who was condemned for the July 1997 killing of Nancy Adleman and faces execution Wednesday evening, Aug. 7, 2024, at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)

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Texas man who claimed intellectual disability is executed for 1997 killing of female jogger

By JUAN A. LOZANO AND MICHAEL GRACZYK JUAN A. LOZANO AND MICHAEL GRACZYK - Associated Press
Wed,08/07/24-7:10AM, 93 Reads
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who claimed an intellectual disability in a late attempt at a reprieve was executed Wednesday evening for the killing of a woman who was jogging near her Houston home more than 27 years ago.
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This Monday, Dec. 8, 2008 courtroom drawing by artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by the U.S. military, shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, center, and co-defendant Walid Bin Attash, left, attending a pre-trial session at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The man accused of being the main plotter in al-Qaeda's Sept. 11, 2001 attacks has agreed to plead guilty, The Defense Department said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool, File)

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9/11 hearings at Guantanamo Bay in upheaval after surprise order by US defense chief

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press
Wed,08/07/24-11:54AM, 69 Reads
FORT MEADE, Md.
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A crew member works on the removal of the Shulls Mill Dam on the Watauga River, near Boone, N.C., Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco)

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Federal infrastructure funding is fueling a push to remove dams and restore river habitat

By MICHAEL CASEY AND ERIK VERDUZCO MICHAEL CASEY AND ERIK VERDUZCO - Associated Press
Wed,08/07/24-12:09AM, 75 Reads
BOONE, N.C. (AP) — On the whooshing Watauga River, excavators claw at the remains of Shulls Mill Dam, pulling concrete apart piece by piece and gradually opening a waterway kept in check for nearly two centuries.
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