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Suspected extremists have killed at least 40 farmers in Nigeria

MAIDGURI, Nigeria (AP) – Suspected members of the Islamic militant group Boko Haram have killed at least 40 rice farmers and fishermen while harvesting crops in Nigeria’s northern Borno state, officials say. The attack took place on Saturday in Garin Kwashebe, a Borno community known for its rice farming, the …

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As the virus rages, the U.S. economy struggles to recover

WASHINGTON (AP) – Housing sales are booming. Shares set record highs. Industrial production is climbing out of the ditch into which it fell earlier this year. And yet, the U.S. economy is nowhere near recovering from the health it achieved, with low unemployment, consumers spending free and thriving travel, before …

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