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New round of South Sudan peace talks is delayed
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Officials say the next round of South Sudan peace talks has been delayed without explanation. The talks were meant to resume next week in neighboring Ethiopia, mediated by a regional…
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FAA orders fan blade inspections after jet engine explosion
U.S. airline regulators have ordered inspections on engine fan blades like the one that snapped off a Southwest Airlines plane, leading to the death of a woman who was partially blown out a window.
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The Latest: AP source: Pompeo, Kim discussed held Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the United States and North Korea (all times local): 8:15 p.m. CIA Director Mike Pompeo raised the plight of three U.S. citizens held in North Korea during his meeting…
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AP Was There: The fiery end of the standoff in Waco, Texas
WACO, Texas (AP) — Around 6 a.m. on April 19, 1993, FBI agents moved in to end a 51-day standoff with the Branch Davidian religious sect near Waco, Texas, ramming holes in the group’s compound…
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Calif. governor says deal reached on National Guard mission
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California reached an agreement with the federal government that the state’s National Guard troops will deploy to the border to focus on fighting transnational gangs as well as drug and gun…
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The Latest: Trump: Barbara Bush a ‘titan in American life’
HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on former first lady Barbara Bush (all times local): 6:28 p.m. President Donald Trump is praising former first lady Barbara Bush as a “wonderful, wonderful person” and a “titan in…
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Teacher uprisings harness social media in fight for funding
PHOENIX (AP) — The public education uprisings that began in West Virginia and spread to Arizona, Oklahoma and Kentucky share similar origin stories. Teachers, long tired of low wages and a dearth of state funding,…
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Ahead of 420, advocates and critics reflect on pot in the US
America’s marijuana supporters have a lot to celebrate on this 420 holiday: Thirty states have legalized some form of medical marijuana, according to a national advocacy group. Nine of those states and Washington, D.C., also…
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California tortoise with cracked shell gets $4,000 repair
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A wayward tortoise that cracked its shell after falling off a 10-foot wall in California is recovering after vets used screws, zip ties and denture material to repair it. San Diego…
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Prince’s death: Key players in investigation and aftermath
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prince was found dead of an accidental overdose of the powerful painkiller fentanyl on April 21, 2016. Several key people had contact with Prince before his death, and were involved in the…
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Cosby team turns to star witness with drug experts on deck
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers turned to their star witness in the comedian’s sexual assault retrial, countering the harrowing accounts of a half-dozen accusers with a woman who says chief accuser Andrea Constand…
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2 years after Prince’s death, prosecutor to update probe
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors in the Minnesota county where Prince died will announce a decision on criminal charges following a two-year investigation into the music superstar’s death from an accidental fentanyl overdose. Carver County Attorney…
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Democrats see Wisconsin as proving ground for party revival
PARDEEVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Margo Miller thanked her hosts, covered herself in a blue poncho and headed back into the driving sleet Saturday morning, with more doors to knock in this rural subdivision but with…
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Package bomber set to be executed for judge’s murder
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A package bomber who created a wave of terror across the South is scheduled to be executed in Alabama, nearly 30 years after killing a federal judge with a bomb mailed…
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Southwest Airlines pilot lauded as hero for handling crisis
BOERNE, Texas (AP) — The Southwest Airlines pilot being lauded as a hero in a harrowing emergency landing after a passenger was partially blown out of the jet’s damaged fuselage is also being hailed for…
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