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Georgia jury awards $31M over boy’s botched circumcision
JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) — A law firm says a Georgia jury has awarded $31 million to a boy for a botched circumcision he received as a newborn. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the award was handed…
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Massachusetts man to be awarded Congressional Gold Medal
SHREWSBURY, Mass. (AP) — More than 70 years after the end of World War II, a Massachusetts man is being awarded a Congressional Gold Medal. During the war, Ed Daley served in the Office of…
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Amid furor, Trump pushes pause on deciding Rosenstein’s fate
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — As Air Force One streaked across the desert sky and Las Vegas faded in the distance, President Donald Trump began seeking opinions. The TVs on the plane, tuned as always to…
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Tresnjak makes Met Opera debut in ‘Samson et Dalila’
NEW YORK (AP) — Darko Tresnjak thought back to November 2016, when he headed to the acclaimed modernist home designed by Charles Gwathmey in Manchester, Connecticut, he had purchased a year earlier with his husband.…
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Passenger airlifted from cruise ship off Nantucket island
NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — A passenger suffering a possible stroke aboard a cruise ship had to be evacuated by helicopter off Nantucket. Coast Guard video shows an aircrew from Coast Guard Station Cape Cod hoisting…
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Maldives’ opposition presidential candidate has declared victory in contentious election
MALE, Maldives (AP) — Maldives’ opposition presidential candidate has declared victory in contentious election.
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‘House With a Clock in Its Walls’ ticks to No. 1 in theaters
NEW YORK (AP) — The gothic family fantasy “The House With a Clock in Its Walls” exceeded expectations to debut with an estimated $26.9 million in ticket sales at the weekend box office, while audiences…
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Chicago archbishop removes priest who burned rainbow banner
CHICAGO (AP) — The archbishop of Chicago has removed a priest as head of a North Side church after he burned a rainbow banner, angering the LGBT community. The Chicago Tribune reports that Cardinal Blase…
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Cosby accusers say they hope he is sentenced to jail time
Lise-Lotte Lublin and Chelan Lasha, who appeared with attorney Gloria Allred, also said they hoped they would be allowed to read victim impact statements before Cosby is sentenced on three felony counts of aggravated indecent assault .
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Congress considering nearly $1.7B Florence relief package
Lawmakers already are facing a deadline this week to fund the government before the start of the new budget year Oct. 1, and members of Congress will try to act on the disaster relief along with separate legislation to fund the government.
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Pompeo: No end to NKorea sanctions until ‘denuclearization’
NEW YORK (AP) — Top U.S. diplomat Mike Pompeo said Sunday that economic sanctions on North Korea won’t be reduced until it completes “denuclearization” after leader Kim Jong Un offered to close the North’s main…
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‘Absurd:’ Former DOJ official defends Rosenstein from New York Times’ accusation
Days after The New York Times reported that Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein floated using a wire to record President Trump and broached invoking the 25th Amendment last year, a longtime friend of the deputy attorney general tells WTOP that the accusations are “absurd.”
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German interior minister says leaders of governing coalition have reached deal to resolve dispute over spy chief
BERLIN (AP) — German interior minister says leaders of governing coalition have reached deal to resolve dispute over spy chief.
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AP POLL ALERT: LSU climbs to No. 5 in Top 25; Kentucky ranked for 1st time since 2007, Texas, Duke, Cal, Texas Tech in
NEW YORK (AP) — AP POLL ALERT: LSU climbs to No. 5 in Top 25; Kentucky ranked for 1st time since 2007, Texas, Duke, Cal, Texas Tech in.
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Average US price of gas drops a penny per gallon to $2.90
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline has dropped a penny per gallon over the past two weeks, to $2.90. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says that’s 28…
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