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The Latest: Romney ‘sickened’ by White House ‘dishonesty’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on congressional reaction to special counsel Robert Mueller’s report (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Republican Sen. Mitt Romney says he’s “sickened” by the level of dishonesty the special counsel found…
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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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Man charged with threatening Congress members over phone
TAMARAC, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida man left threatening rants about gun control, illegal immigration, homosexuals, black people and Muslims for three Democratic members of Congress. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 49-year-old John…
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Bobcat survives deadly California wildfire, has 4 kittens
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — A young bobcat that survived a massive and deadly wildfire in Southern California last year has given birth to four kittens, wildlife officials said Friday. Biologists recently found the bobcat’s…
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Cardi B rejects plea deal in strip club melee case
NEW YORK (AP) — Cardi B has rejected a plea deal in a case stemming from a New York strip club melee last fall. WNBC says the rapper did not speak to journalists before or…
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Paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren dies at 92
MONROE, Conn. (AP) — Paranormal investigator and author Lorraine Warren, whose decades of ghost-hunting cases alongside her late husband were the inspiration for films such as “The Conjuring” and “The Amityville Horror,” has died. She…
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‘La Llorona’ movie promotion with Mexican healers draws fire
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A promotion around the movie “The Curse of La Llorona” using traditional Mexican healers for “spiritual cleansings” before screenings of the horror film is drawing strong criticism from healers and scholars…
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The Latest: Third storm death reported in Mississippi
ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on severe weather in the South (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Officials say Mississippi’s storm death toll stands at three after a man was fatally injured while helping cut a…
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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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Family detention space goes unused as Trump warns of crisis
HOUSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has warned that Central American families are staging an “invasion” at the U.S.-Mexico border. He has threatened to take migrants to Democratic strongholds to punish political opponents. And his…
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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 has 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…
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Polanski asks court to restore his film academy membership
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Roman Polanski asked a judge Friday to restore his membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after he was expelled for misconduct last year. Lawyers for the 85-year-old…
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Panel to review approval of Boeing 737 Max flight controls
DETROIT (AP) — A global team of experts next week will begin reviewing how the Boeing 737 Max’s flight control system was approved by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA says experts from nine…
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NYC Ballet must rehire 2 dancers fired over nude photos
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Ballet must reinstate two male dancers who were fired for sharing nude photos of women and sexually explicit texts, an arbitrator ruled Friday. The arbitrator decided 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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