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Juncker: EU cannot keep extending Brexit deadline for UK
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is warning Britain that the country’s departure from the European Union cannot be put off “indefinitely.” Britain was originally scheduled to leave the EU on March 29…
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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC’s “This Week” — Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; White House counselor Kellyanne Conway. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.; Rudy…
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How many cherries in frozen pie? FDA may soon drop rules
The rules for frozen cherry pies say they must be 25% cherries by weight with no more than 15% of the cherries being blemished.
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A few things you might have missed from the Mueller report
WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report focuses on the seminal questions of whether President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with the Russians and whether the president sought to illegally obstruct the investigation. But tucked…
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Biden expected to launch presidential campaign next week
Of the Democrats running, Joe Biden, 76, would be the oldest and most experienced politician in the race.
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Georgia Sen. Perdue’s campaign fined $30,000 for violations
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The campaign of U.S. Sen. David Perdue paid a $30,000 fine to federal regulators for violations discovered in the Georgia Republican’s fundraising reports from the 2014 election. The civil penalty to…
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Kansas to let Farm Bureau health coverage avoid ACA rules
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will allow its state Farm Bureau to offer health care coverage that doesn’t satisfy the Affordable Care Act after Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday declined to block a Republican-backed…
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After 2 years of Russia probe drips, are you numb to it all?
WASHINGTON (AP) — For two years there’s been the drip-drip-drip of the Russia investigation and the tweet-tweet-tweet of President Donald Trump assailing it. Numb yet? The slowly rolling revelations may have worked in Trump’s favor…
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US authorities: Marijuana involvement imperils citizenship
PHOENIX (AP) — Immigration authorities on Friday said that anyone with any involvement with marijuana, regardless of whether it’s legal in the state where they live, can be denied citizenship because the drug is still…
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Sanders goes on offensive defending credibility after report
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tried to do damage control on her credibility Friday, insisting that she hadn’t intentionally misled the American public about FBI Director James Comey’s firing despite telling…
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Embattled US Rep. Ilhan Omar tweets ‘happy Passover’
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is wishing “happy Passover” to Jews commemorating the holiday in her home state of Minnesota and around the world. Omar is a Somali American and one of the…
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked…
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Journalist who covered Columbine reflects on lives unlived
NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel. Rachel. Isaiah. “You can’t prove a negative,” our teachers and parents sometimes tell us when we’re young. Yet when I look back upon my time in Colorado covering the almost-adults…
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Bennet’s cancer surgery termed a success as he looks to 2020
DENVER (AP) — Sen. Michael Bennet has been successfully treated for prostate cancer, clearing the way for a possible 2020 presidential campaign, his office says. The Colorado Democrat’s office said Friday that Bennet underwent surgery…
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As suburbs roar, Pennsylvania Democrats pick top 2020 target
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — To understand Pennsylvania’s fast-changing political geography, look no further than Tom Killion. After Democrats recently flipped six state Senate seats in the suburbs of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Killion is one of…
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