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Legionnaires'-struck Illinois veterans' home gets $4.1M

QUINCY, Ill. (AP) — The federal government is giving Illinois $4.1 million to renovate a veterans' home where Legionnaires' disease has contributed to the deaths of 13 residents.

 

Israel fires on would-be infiltrators from Gaza, teen killed

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza says a teenager has died after being wounded in Israeli shelling along the border.

 

The Latest: Trump, Putin to meet in Helsinki on July 16

MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin (all times local):

 

Australia bans covert foreign interference in politics

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's Parliament has passed sweeping national security legislation that bans covert foreign interference in domestic politics and makes industrial espionage for a foreign power a crime.

 

Queen Elizabeth II 'under the weather,' cancels appearance

LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II is feeling poorly and has cancelled a planned appearance.

 

Kushner group files suit against city over planned project

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Jared Kushner's family company is suing a New Jersey city, alleging it forced the delay of a major twin-tower project due to "political animus" toward President Donald Trump.

 

US economic growth revised down to lackluster 2 percent rate in Q1, though economists expect big rebound in Q2

WASHINGTON (AP) — US economic growth revised down to lackluster 2 percent rate in Q1, though economists expect big rebound in Q2.

 

European Central Banker to face prosecution in Latvia

RIGA, Latvia (AP) — The head of Latvia's central bank, who is also on the board of the European Central Bank, will face prosecution for bribery.

 

US GDP revised down to 2 percent rate in Q1

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. economic growth in the first quarter was revised down to a lackluster 2 percent — a sharp deceleration and the poorest showing in a year. But economists expect a significant rebound in the current quarter, forecasting…

 

2 more Chilean bishops are out as pope cleans house

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday accepted the resignations of two more Chilean bishops, the latest fallout from a sex abuse scandal whose scope and gravity were initially underestimated by the pontiff.

 

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