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Customs officers searching more travelers’ devices
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are searching the electronic devices of travelers more often, and did not always follow proper protocol, a new watchdog report has found.
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3 arrested in protests over Alabama police shooting
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Three people have been arrested in the continuing protests over the fatal police shooting of a black man inside Alabama’s largest shopping mall on Thanksgiving night, authorities said Monday. Two men…
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Trump plan to reclassify nuke waste alarms environmentalists
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Trump administration wants to reclassify some radioactive waste left from the production of nuclear weapons to lower its threat level and make disposal cheaper and easier. The proposal by the…
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Justices won’t hear states’ appeal over Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday avoided a high-profile case by rejecting appeals from Kansas and Louisiana in their effort to strip Medicaid money from Planned Parenthood, over the dissenting votes of three…
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Mental health workers start weeklong strike in California
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals throughout California started a weeklong strike Monday to protest what they say is a lack of staffing that affects care. Outside Kaiser Permanente hospitals…
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Man reaches plea deal in double murder, mass shooting
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son, as well as wounding four others, as part of a deal to avoid the death penalty.…
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The Latest: Teacher apologizes for hairstyle rules
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on a music teacher’s letter on student hairstyles (all times local): 2:45 p.m. A middle-school music teacher has apologized after hitting a sour note with a letter warning students against…
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Texas firefighters save more than 100 snakes from house fire
Firefighters in Texas have rescued more than 100 snakes from a home that caught fire over the weekend.
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Bond denied for suspect in North Carolina teenager’s death
LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — A judge has denied bond for the man accused in the death of a North Carolina teenager. News outlets report 34-year-old Michael Ray McLellan appeared in a Robeson County court Monday,…
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In unusual admission, French President Emmanuel Macron says he’s partially responsible for anger fueling protests
PARIS (AP) — In unusual admission, French President Emmanuel Macron says he’s partially responsible for anger fueling protests.
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US starts to withdraw troops from Trump border mission
The U.S. this week will begin withdrawing many of the active duty troops sent to the border with Mexico by President Donald Trump just before the midterm election in response to a caravan of Central American migrants, U.S. officials said Monday.
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Former health care executive charged with securities fraud
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A British national has been charged in a plot to defraud investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars in connection with a health care company. The U.S. attorney’s office says…
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Slovak hospitals hold new Roma mothers against their will
Women and their newborns in Slovakia are often unjustifiably detained in hospitals across the European Union country, breaking its own laws and leaving Roma women vulnerable to racist abuse and physical violence, an investigation finds. See photos.
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Paul to the people: Tell McConnell to allow sentencing vote
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Seeking to stir support for a federal criminal justice bill, Sen. Rand Paul on Monday called on voters in the hometown of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to prod him to…
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NASA’s Voyager 2 becomes 2nd craft in interstellar space
WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA’s Voyager 2 is now the second human-made object to zip away from the sun into the space between the stars. Voyager 2 last month exited “this bubble that the sun creates…
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