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Medicare, Social Security face shaky fiscal futures
Both programs will need to eventually be addressed to avert automatic cuts should their trust funds run dry.
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Jury selected in 2nd trial over NCAA recruitment
NEW YORK (AP) — A jury was selected Monday to hear evidence in the trial of an aspiring agent and a former amateur coach charged with bribing big-school coaches to boost their business prospects with…
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Arizona joins 47 other states with cellphone-driving law
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona ended a decade of resistance to restrictions on using a cellphone while driving when Gov. Doug Ducey signed a law Monday outlawing holding a phone behind the wheel. It is now…
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The Latest: Plane co-owner can’t say who was on fatal flight
DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on a Texas plane crash that killed all six people on board (all times local): 5:10 p.m. One of the two owners of a small plane involved in a deadly…
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North Korean state media announces leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia, meet with President Vladimir Putin
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean state media announces leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia, meet with President Vladimir Putin.
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Man to plead guilty to threatening Boston Globe journalists
BOSTON (AP) — A Los Angeles man will plead guilty to threatening to kill journalists at The Boston Globe over the newspaper’s criticism of President Donald Trump, his lawyer said on Monday. Robert Chain was…
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A Trump Fed choice steps aside, and another faces new doubts
President Donald Trump tweeted Monday that “My friend Herman Cain, a truly wonderful man, has asked me not to nominate him for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board. I will respect his wishes.”
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North Carolina mom charged for having meth near baby bottle
GRAHAM, N.C. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies in North Carolina have filed multiple charges against the mother of a 21-month-old child after saying they found methamphetamine near a baby bottle. The Winston-Salem Journal reports the Alamance…
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Remains of WWII soldier identified 76 years after going MIA
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The remains of a World War II soldier from Oregon who went missing in the final weeks of the Guadalcanal campaign have been positively identified 76 years after he was listed…
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SeaWorld publishes decades of orca data to help wild whales
SEATTLE (AP) — The endangered killer whales of the Pacific Northwest live very different lives from orcas in captivity. They swim up to 100 miles (161 kilometers) a day in pursuit of salmon, instead of…
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Iran sanctions send oil prices, supply concerns higher
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration’s decision to impose sanctions on countries that buy Iranian oil is raising concerns about global crude supply and sending oil prices to their highest levels since October. Industry…
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Animal rights groups sue Iowa over its latest ag-gag law
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Animal rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging a new Iowa law that makes it a trespass crime to conduct undercover investigations at livestock farms, a measure the Legislature…
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Footage fuels controversy around Louisiana police shooting
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Body camera footage shows a white Louisiana police officer fatally shooting an African American man who threatened a store clerk with a lethal-looking BB gun, prompting the man’s family to renew…
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Democrats criticize GOP state rep for chats about spying
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and other state Democrats are criticizing a conservative state representative for appearing to support spying on political opponents. The Guardian newspaper reported Saturday it had obtained the…
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Carl Bell, who oversaw AP bureaus in 3 cities, dies at 95
ATLANTA (AP) — Carl Bell, a journalist known for defending the free press who served as chief of three Associated Press bureaus, has died. He was 95. Bell died April 15 after a recent fall…
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