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Banker: Chairman OK’d Manafort loans, eyed Trump cabinet job
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A New York bank executive testified Friday that Paul Manafort received more than $16 million in loans after the bank’s chairman expressed interest in joining Donald Trump’s cabinet if he won…
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Judge refuses to halt Nebraska’s 1st execution since 1997
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday refused to block Nebraska from carrying out the state’s first-ever lethal injection despite a German pharmaceutical company’s lawsuit that claims the state illicitly obtained its drugs.…
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Man picked for Kansas election duties had past controversies
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The top assistant who Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach tapped Friday to take over his duties until the hotly contested Republican gubernatorial primary race with Gov. Jeff Colyer is resolved…
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CIA cables detail interrogation at base run by CIA director
WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly declassified documents released Friday graphically describe how an accused al-Qaida operative was stripped naked, repeatedly slammed against walls, waterboarded and confined in boxes for hours at a covert detention site that…
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Life-size statue stolen from Louisiana bench is found
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A tip called into Crimestoppers has led to the recovery of a life-size statue stolen from the downtown area of Louisiana’s capital city. Baton Rouge Police say it was found…
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Mayo Clinic names head of Florida campus as new CEO
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mayo Clinic will get a new president and chief executive at the end of the year when Dr. Gianrico Farrugia takes over from Dr. John Noseworthy, the world-renowned health care organization announced…
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UN condemns rising incitement to hatred in CAfrican Republic
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Friday strongly condemned “the rise of incitement to ethnic and religious hatred and violence” in the Central African Republic and attacks by Boko Haram and the…
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Newborn found inside toilet at Ohio Burger King
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — Police say a newborn found inside a toilet at an Ohio Burger King is expected to survive. The Chillicothe Gazette reports authorities found the baby boy while responding to a report…
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Mastodon skeleton reassembly gets underway at U. of Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Remains of a mastodon that perished millennia ago are being put back together at the University of Michigan. The skeleton of the 11,000-year-old female Owosso mastodon was taken apart this…
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California judge rejects plea deals for 2 men charged with involuntary manslaughter after deadly 2016 warehouse fire
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — California judge rejects plea deals for 2 men charged with involuntary manslaughter after deadly 2016 warehouse fire.
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Nevada inmate linked to 1984 hammer killings near Denver
AURORA, Colorado (AP) — A Nevada inmate previously convicted of attacking a couple with an ax handle in their bedroom is now accused of killing four people with a hammer in two attacks in suburban…
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San Francisco jury awards $289 million to school groundskeeper who says Roundup weed killer caused his cancer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco jury awards $289 million to school groundskeeper who says Roundup weed killer caused his cancer.
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DNA links Nevada prisoner to multiple 1984 cold case murders, including 3 family members, authorities say
Authorities have used DNA to link four cold case murders from 1984 in Colorado to a man already serving time for attempted murder and deadly assault charges in Nevada.
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The Latest: Civil rights leader wants Ferguson case reopened
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on the mother of Michael Brown pressing Missouri’s governor to reopen the investigation into the police shooting that killed her son in 2014 (all times local): 5:15 p.m. A…
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Florida Supreme Court delays execution scheduled for Tuesday
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court has indefinitely delayed the execution of a death row inmate who was scheduled to die next week for fatally stabbing a 63-year-old woman. The court ruled unanimously…
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