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Following Britain's vote last month to leave the European Union, investors have been moving cash into "safe havens," such as U.S. Treasury bonds. That surging demand for reliable investments has sent interest rates down to record lows. But local governments may not be able to take advantage of cheap money for infrastructure repairs.

In her debut book, My Monticello, author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson asks what it means to claim a home in a place like Charlottesville, Va., — where whom the city belongs to has long been in question.

The union UAW said it was unable to reach an agreement on a new contract with the company, known for its signature green and yellow farm equipment. It's the latest of several recent worker actions.

Fighting broke out in Beirut during a rally by Hezbollah supporters who say they were attacked by Christian militias, as Lebanon struggles with massive electricity outages and government paralysis.

The alleged assailant in Wednesday's attack that killed five people and seriously wounded three others is a Danish citizen and Muslim convert who had been flagged for concerns over radicalization.

- Eric Rudolph - the man charged in a fatal bombing of a Birmingham abortion clinic - is facing new charges. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports that now federal authorities are charging him with three attacks in Atlanta, including the 1996 Olympic bombing. Rudolph is still at large and at today's news conference, Attorney General Janet Reno said Rudolph is "on the run." He was last seen in the woods of Western North Carolina.

A new report released Wednesday says staffing shortages at nursing homes in Illinois have reached crisis proportions and that people of color are most at risk of suffering the consequences.

Three U.S.-based economists are sharing this year's Nobel memorial prize for their work on "natural experiments" which get around the need for controlled experiments.

In emails dating back to 2011, Gruden reportedly used racist, misogynistic and homophobic terms. The messages emerged in an investigation of the Washington Football Club.

The Dominican-Italian singer performs an "El Tiny" concert from Soho Beach House in Miami.