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Georgia voting problems highlighted in congressional hearing
ATLANTA (AP) — Strict voter registration requirements, polling place confusion and other obstacles Georgia voters faced in 2018 show why federal oversight of elections is still needed in places with a history of discrimination, said…
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Pennsylvania college trustee quits over Nazi uniform photo
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania college trustee is apologizing and resigning after a student found a 1980 yearbook photo in which he wore a Nazi uniform at a fraternity social event. Gettysburg College President…
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Dog reunited with family 101 days after California wildfire
PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — An Akita named Kingston has been reunited with his family 101 days after he jumped out of their truck as they fled a devastating Northern California wildfire. KXTV reports the 12-year-old…
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Police seek 2nd site in deaths of 4 in western Michigan
SOLON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say evidence at the scene suggests some of the three children and one adult found fatally shot in a house in western Michigan may have been killed somewhere else.…
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Consumer goods companies lead modest rebound in US stocks
U.S. stock indexes were on track for modest gains in late-afternoon trading Tuesday as solid earnings from Walmart encouraged investors to bid up other retailers and consumer goods companies. Homebuilders also contributed to the gains…
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Venezuela shutting sea links to Dutch Caribbean amid turmoil
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A Venezuelan official said Tuesday that the country is banning sea trips to and from three Dutch Caribbean islands — a region that has been linked to efforts to undermine President…
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Landslide on Oahu covers highway, injures adult and 2 kids
HONOLULU (AP) — State transportation officials are assessing an unstable slope above a busy highway on Oahu Tuesday after a landslide on the roadway sent three people to the hospital. Hawaii Department of Transportation spokesman…
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Environmental group seeks EPA documents on Minnesota mine
A Minnesota environmental group filed a federal lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday, seeking to force it to make public the concerns its specialists have expressed about a copper-nickel mine in the northeast of…
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Supreme Court rules out death penalty for Texas inmate
HOUSTON (AP) — A long legal fight over whether a Texas death row inmate could be executed ended Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the 59-year-old man is intellectually disabled and thus cannot be…
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N. Carolina poll workers: County’s results counted early
The country’s last undecided congressional election was marred by falsified signatures, disappearing documents and blank ballots that were filled in by people hired by the Republican candidate, North Carolina elections officials said.
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NY court: Public allowed to see police body camera footage
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court has ruled that police body camera footage is subject to public disclosure under state law. An Appellate Division panel said Tuesday that the footage doesn’t constitute…
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The Latest: Woman who hid evidence had affair with Frazee
DENVER (AP) — The Latest on the case of the death of a missing Colorado woman (all times local): 1:20 p.m. A woman who has pleaded guilty to helping thwart the investigation into a Colorado…
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Man pleads guilty in rape, murder of Pennsylvania teen
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty in the rape, murder and dismemberment of a 14-year-old girl, and the victim’s adoptive mother has agreed to plead guilty and serve a life sentence.…
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Seafood giant to spend up to $23 million to fix pollution
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says one of the nation’s biggest seafood companies has agreed to spend up to $23 million to fix serious air pollution issues with its vessels and land-based…
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High court to consider case about reach of clean water law
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider a case about the reach of landmark federal clean-water protections, as the Trump administration spars with conservation groups on the same crucial environmental question. The…
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