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Putin hopes Europe will resist US pressure on pipeline
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday strongly defended a prospective Russia-Germany natural gas pipeline as economically feasible and voiced hope that European Union nations will be able to resist U.S. pressure to…
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California gas tax repeal campaign seeks federal inquiry
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Leaders of a campaign to repeal California’s recent gas tax increase asked the federal government this week to investigate their claims that public resources have been used against them. Their allegations…
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Stocks are mixed on strong economic signs; bond prices drop
NEW YORK (AP) — Encouraging signs on hiring and growth in the service sector are sending small companies, banks and technology companies higher Wednesday while bond prices are sharply lower. The yield on the benchmark…
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Congressional hopeful: GOP abandoned me, so I abandoned them
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Republican congressional candidate in Connecticut who hasn’t been seen much on the campaign trail claims the GOP abandoned him, so he “abandoned them.” Hampton Republican Town Committee Chairman Dan Postemski…
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Japan city snubs San Francisco over ‘comfort women’ statue
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mayor of Osaka, Japan, says he’s ending a six-decade “sister city” relationship with San Francisco to protest a statue honoring women forced to have sex with Japanese soldiers during World…
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Census nominee declines to weigh in on citizenship question
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee the Census Bureau rebuffed lawmakers’ efforts Wednesday to get his opinion on the administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. If confirmed,…
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Ex-New York Assembly speaker wins more weeks of freedom
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court says former New York Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver can remain free a few more months while he appeals his bribery conviction. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of…
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Melania Trump walks through Ghana’s ‘Door of No Return’
CAPE COAST, Ghana (AP) — Melania Trump walked out the infamous “Door of No Return” at a onetime slave-trade outpost Wednesday and gazed over the crashing ocean waves that carried millions of Africans to lives…
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The Latest: Wireless alert sounds across the US at 2:18 EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the first nationwide emergency alert test on cellphones, to take place on Wednesday (all times local): 2:45 p.m. Electronic devices sounded off across the United States Wednesday afternoon as…
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Immigrants refuse aid for fear it will doom green card hopes
NEW YORK (AP) — When she was struggling financially this past year, Laura Peniche traveled all over Denver to get free food from churches to feed her three young children. She was too scared to…
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Putin replaces St Petersburg governor as part of reshuffle
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has replaced the longtime governor of the nation’s second-largest city, the latest move in the Kremlin’s reshuffle of regional leaders. The 65-year-old Georgy Poltavchenko has served as governor…
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Senate passes aviation bill with $1.7B in disaster aid
Lawmakers described the aid for those affected by Hurricane Florence as a down payment and said billions of additional dollars probably will be needed.
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The Latest: California to change gas tax project signs
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California’s gas tax increase (all times local): 10:40 a.m. The California Department of Transportation will change its highway signs that highlight work financed by the state’s recent gas…
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Pompeo backs away from denuclearization goal for North Korea
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo distanced himself Wednesday from a previously stated goal of getting North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons by the end of President Donald Trump’s first term in…
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NKorea said to have stolen a fortune in online bank heists
WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests have stopped, but its hacking operations to gather intelligence and raise funds for the sanction-strapped government in Pyongyang may be gathering steam. U.S. security firm FireEye…
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