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The euro has fallen below parity with the dollar, diving to its lowest level in 20 years and ending a one-to-one exchange rate with the U.S. currency. That's the market's verdict on Europe's economic prospects. The euro is falling as fears of a recession grow as Russia restricts natural gas supplies. European officials say it's retaliation for the European Union's support for Ukraine amid Russia's war. Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hikes are strengthening the dollar.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Marcus Mariota led Atlanta to scores on two of his three drives in the Falcons’ 24-16 loss against mostly New York Jets backups. Mariota strengthened his hold on the starting job by going 6 of 10 for 132 yards and a touchdown to Olamide Zaccheaus before giving way to rookie Desmond Ridder with a 10-0 lead in the second quarter.

The two top officials of Hungary’s meteorological service have been fired after an inaccurate rain forecast prompted the postponement of a fireworks display on the country’s most important …

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jake Odorizzi struck out seven and Michael Harris II homered for each of Atlanta’s two runs, helping the Braves gain in the NL East with a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night. Odorizzi (5-5) allowed one run on four hits in six innings, retiring 14 of his final 15 batters faced.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company seeking to mine in southeast Georgia near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp says the project is back on track after a federal agency reversed a June decision that had temporarily blocked it. Twin Pine Minerals said Monday that the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to settle a lawsuit by the company by rescinding its finding that Twin Pines' mining project couldn't move forward without consulting the Muscogee Creek Nation.

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police say a woman fatally shot two people and wounded a third at two different locations in Atlanta’s Midtown neighborhood and was later taken into custody at the city's airport. Investigators did not immediately know what prompted Monday's attack but said they believed the victims were targeted.

DALLAS (AP) — Heavy rain across the Dallas-Fort Worth area is causing streets to flood and submerging vehicles, as officials warn motorists to stay off the roads. Daniel Huckaby, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, says the area is “pretty much ground zero for the heaviest rain overnight.”

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Two freshman members of the Indiana State University football team were among the three students who were killed in a weekend crash. School officials said Monday that two other football team members who were injured in the crash are out of intensive care but remain hospitalized in serious condition. The crash happened at around 1:30 a.m. Sunday when the vehicle went off a highway and struck a tree about 10 miles from the university’s Terre Haute campus.

WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — The family of a Georgia woman killed by gunfire as sheriff's deputies executed a drug warrant at her cousin's home have filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the deadly raid violated the slain woman's civil rights. Latoya James died May 4, 2021, after Camden County deputies with a warrant knocked down the door to her cousin's home at about 5 a.m.

DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is cutting about 3,000 white-collar workers as it moves to reduce costs and make the transition from internal combustion to electric vehicles. Leaders of the Dearborn, Michigan, automaker made the announcement Monday in a companywide email, saying that 2,000 full-time salaried workers would be let go along with another 1,000 contract workers.

LAS VEGAS (BP) — There are similarities to how Heiden Ratner leads WALK Church and his style on the basketball court from college and a year as a professional in Israel. Energetic. Excited. …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has a first-in-the-nation law and a $30 million training program both aimed at trying to help former inmate firefighters turn pro after they are released from prison. But an Associated Press review finds the twin efforts have barely made a dent even as wildfires rage across the West.

As we consider the fact that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, how should the Church act in a post-Roe environment? The church is now going to be called upon like never before for help in caring for mothers and babies. It must be understood that caring for mothers and babies should have never been an “extracurricular activity,” but rather it should have always been the “core” of what we're called to do.

LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — The city of Las Vegas, New Mexico, earlier this year already endured the devastation of the state's largest fire in recorded history, caused by federal officials carrying out what was supposed to be a prescribed burn to lessen the wildfire danger. Now, those same charred lands under deluge from a powerful seasonal monsoon are channeling contaminated runoff into the city's drinking water supply.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world's newest and most powerful space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all. Scientists released new images of the solar system’s biggest planet Monday. The Webb Space Telescope took the photos in July, capturing unprecedented views of Jupiter's northern and southern lights.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, who became a household name during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December. That's after more than five decades of service.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top counterintelligence agency has blamed Ukrainian spy agencies have organized the killing of the daughter of a Russian nationalist. Russia’s Federal Security Service said Monday that the killing of Darya Dugina has been “prepared and perpetrated by the Ukrainian special services.” Dugina was the daughter of Alexander Dugin, who is described by some in the West as “Putin’s brain.”

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States and South Korea are holding their biggest combined military training in years as they heighten their defense posture against the growing North Korean nuclear threat. The drills could draw an angry response from North Korea, which has pushed its weapons testing activity to a record pace this year.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Indiana’s governor has begun a visit to Taiwan, following two recent high-profile visits by U.S. politicians that drew Beijing's ire and Chinese military drills. Gov. Eric Holcomb will focus on economic exchanges, particularly semiconductors, and is meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. His visit comes at a particularly tense time for Taiwan, China and the U.S.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An advocacy group says Qatar arrested at least 60 foreign workers who protested going months without their pay and deported some of them. The move comes as Qatar faces intense international scrutiny over its labor practices ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Qatar, like other Gulf Arab nations, heavily relies on foreign labor.

NIKOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian mayor says Russian shelling just across the river from Ukraine’s main atomic plant has wounded four people. Monday's shelling came only hours after the latest international pleas to spare the area from attacks to prevent a nuclear disaster. Nikopol came under fire three times overnight from rockets and mortar shells. The blasts hit houses, a kindergarten, the bus station and stores.

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — First lady Jill Biden has left COVID-19 isolation after twice testing negative for the coronavirus and has reunited with President Joe Biden at their Delaware beach home. She had been isolating in South Carolina, where she tested positive for the virus as the couple wrapped up a vacation there last week. An aide says the first lady arrived in Delaware on Sunday afternoon.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, escalating political tensions in the country as the ex-premier holds mass rallies seeking to return to office. The terrorism charges come over a speech Khan gave in Islamabad over the weekend in which he vowed to sue police officers and a female judge and alleged that a close aide had been tortured after his arrest.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — As Russia’s war against Ukraine reaches the sixth-month mark, many refugees are coming to the bitter realization that they will not be returning home soon. With shelling around a nuclear power plant and missiles threatening even western regions of Ukraine, many refugees don’t feel safe at home, even if those areas are under Ukrainian control.

SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Authorities have been searching for days for an Arizona woman reported missing after being swept away by floodwaters in Utah’s Zion National Park as strong seasonal rain storms hit parts of the U.S. Southwest. The National Park Service says rangers and search and rescue team members were looking Sunday for 29-year-old Jetal Agnihotri of Tucson.

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