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OTTAWA 鈥� Bob Rae, Canada鈥檚 ambassador to the United Nations, will head the UN鈥檚 Economic and Social Council. Global Affairs Canada says Rae has been elected president of the council for a one-year term.

OTTAWA 鈥� Norad says Canadian and American fighter jets have intercepted a group of Russian and Chinese planes flying near Alaska. The North American Aerospace Defence Command says the planes were detected and tracked on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Former President Donald Trump's selection of JD Vance as his running mate has led to a surge in sales for 鈥淗illbilly Elegy,鈥� his best-selling memoir that came out in 2016.

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Someone may need to tell Carlton Turner that he鈥檚 working to save democracy. Turner is co-director of the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production in the town of Utica, population 600, where his family has lived for eight generations.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Former first lady Melania Trump has a memoir coming out this fall, 鈥淢elania,鈥� billed by her office as 鈥渁 powerful and inspiring story of a woman who has carved her own path, overcome adversity and defined personal excellence.

Adding a citizenship question to the census reduces the participation of people who aren't U.S.

ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� The Georgia State Election Board, which once toiled in relative obscurity, now hosts raucous meetings where public comment spans several hours and attendees regularly heckle its members.

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) 鈥� Behind a church surrounded by rolling prairie on the outskirts of this Colorado town sits a donated RV that Joe Ridenour called home for a year after he lost his job during the pandemic.

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� After nearly a near year of careful planning, organizers of the Democratic National Convention are in a mad dash to accommodate a new nominee, a re-crafted program and a highly compressed deadline to pull everything off as though th