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‘Rocket Man’ to ‘Terrific’: Trump lauds Kim in UN return
President Donald Trump praised North Korea’s Kim Jong Un as “very open” and “terrific” Monday, striking a far less ominous note at the United Nations about the nuclear threat from the North.
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Judge appears likely to toss Stormy Daniels’ defamation suit
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2 GOP politicians get temp seats on W.Va. Supreme Court
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Will Smith’s bungee jump: The latest stunt near Grand Canyon
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Yale law students protest Kavanaugh nomination
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Caregiver charged with attempted murder in newborn stabbings
NEW YORK (AP) — A 52-year-old caregiver was charged in the knife attack on five people, including three newborn babies, at a home that was apparently being used as an unlicensed nursery for new mothers…
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Home break-ins by black bears surge in Connecticut suburbs
CANTON, Conn. (AP) — Tom Bradley had grown accustomed to seeing black bears walk through his Connecticut neighborhood, but this month he was alarmed to find something trying to turn a doorknob to enter his…
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Cost caps sought for Georgia nuclear project to move forward
ATLANTA (AP) — The nation’s only major nuclear power plant under construction appears to still be alive as the three owners seek to hash out conditions that one of them set on the project, now…
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Jury selected in retrial over woman’s burning death
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A jury has been selected in the retrial of a man accused of killing a Mississippi woman by setting her on fire, allowing testimony to begin Tuesday. Jurors couldn’t reach a…
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Michigan AG alleges opponent lied about Nassar probe
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general alleged Monday that his opponent in the governor’s race did not tell the truth about her handling of the prosecution of serial sexual abuser Larry Nassar, accusing…
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Dallas police officer who shot neighbor fired by department
DALLAS (AP) — A white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor inside his own apartment was fired Monday, the same day the man was being buried in his Caribbean homeland. Police Chief…
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Man arrested in connection with attack on homeless person
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man arrested Monday on suspicion of beating a homeless man into unconsciousness is suspected of at least six other attacks in Los Angeles and Santa Monica that killed three people…
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AP Interview: Brazil’s Temer denies graft, defends legacy
NEW YORK (AP) — Brazilian President Michel Temer said Monday that corruption charges against him were the result of his administration’s attempts to reform the country’s pension system, an explanation sure to raise eyebrows, if…
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Judge appears likely to toss Stormy Daniels’ defamation suit
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge appeared poised Monday to toss out a defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump by porn actress Stormy Daniels. Judge S. James Otero said in U.S. District Court that…
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Republicans are digging in on Kavanaugh. Here’s why.
The GOP punched back hard Monday, seeming to cast aside — for now — worries that President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee could turn off female voters and sink their hopes of holding complete control of Congress following the November midterms.
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Judge restores protections for grizzly bears, blocking hunts
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A U.S. judge ordered federal protections restored for grizzly bears in the Northern Rocky Mountains on Monday, a move that blocks the first grizzly hunts planned in the Lower 48 states…
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The Latest: Georgia nuclear plant gets tentative up vote
ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on budget overruns in construction of a Georgia nuclear power facility (all times local): 8:00 p.m. The nation’s only major nuclear power plant under construction appears to still be alive…
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Duke says its data show no harm from flooded coal ash dump
Duke Energy said Monday that results from water samples collected downstream of a flooded North Carolina coal ash dump show no negative impacts to the Cape Fear River. The data Duke released were from a…
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The Latest: Prosecutor wants 5 to 10 years for Cosby
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on Bill Cosby’s sentencing hearing (all times local): 4:10 p.m. Prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence Bill Cosby to five to 10 years in prison for drugging and…
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Rosenstein still has his job _ at least till Trump showdown
The development comes three days after news reports indicating that last year Rosenstein had raised the idea of secretly recording Trump and of invoking the Constitution to have his Cabinet remove him from office.
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