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Trump campaign plans to shift gears
Clinton says she will get tougher with rival Sanders
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Endangered salmon blocked for nearly a century from hundreds of miles of the Klamath River in Oregon and California are expected to return en masse under unusual…
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White House: $589M to go to fight Zika virus
The White House has agreed to transfer nearly $600 million in leftover funds budgeted to fight Ebola to combat the threat from the Zika virus. Most of the money will…
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Allergan, Pfizer call off proposed $160B merger
Allergan CEO Brent Saunders,, right center, is accompanied by NYSE executive Tom Farley as he talks with visitors from New York’s Gateway School, on the floor of the New York…
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April’s stormy history of deadly violence
experts note spring month is often linked to extremist violence
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Wisconsin gives Cruz, Sanders new hope
Presidential candidates deal new blows to front-runners
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Iceland’s prime minister resigns amid scandal
Gunnlaugsson The fall of Icelandic leader Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson is the biggest fallout so far from the publication of the names of rich and powerful people linked to the leaks,…
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SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco has approved a measure making it the first place in the nation to require businesses to provide fully paid leave for new parents. Advocates say…
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Archivist gets Wright answer Missing patent papers for brothers’ ‘Flying Machine’ found
National Archives conservators last week found the Wright brothers’ missing U.S. Patent Office documents for their “Flying Machine,” which had been missing for 36 years.Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post First, she…
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GOP senator meets with Garland, says hearings should be held
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky listens to a reporter’s question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington following a policy luncheon. McConnell has said he will…
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Increase in threats reported at U.S. abortion clinics
Emergency personnel transport an officer to an ambulance after a shooting at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo. Threats and violence directed at U.S. abortion clinics increased sharply…
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Destruction, razed monastery left behind by IS in Syria town
Smoke rises as people flee their homes during clashes between Iraqi security forces and the Islamic State group in Hit, 85 miles west of Baghdad, on Monday. Families, many with…
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EU begins shipping migrants in Greece back to Turkey
As dawn broke, buses filled with migrants left under heavy security from a detention center on the island of Lesbos headed to the port for the short boat ride to…
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California, New York enact US-highest $15 minimum wages
Clinton joined New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a raucous rally in Manhattan as he signed the law that will gradually boost that state’s pay rate. The former first lady…
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WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has transferred two Libyan detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Senegal, Defense Department officials said on Monday, the latest step in President Obama’s accelerating effort…
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Trump and Cruz making final pitches to Wisconsin voters
After Tuesday, there’s a two-week lull before the next important voting, in New York. Trump is facing pressure on multiple fronts following a difficult week marked by his controversial comments,…
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Princeton to keep Woodrow Wilson’s name despite his racist views
Princeton University officials have decided to not change the name of the university’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs despite calls to remove it because the former U.S.…
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Court upholds total population count in electoral districts
The Supreme Court Monday upheld a Texas law that counts everyone, not just eligible voters, in deciding how to draw legislative districts.J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press The justices turned back a…
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Deportation of migrants from Greece to Turkey starts Monday
A Pakistani migrant sleeps on a pallet on the beach in a camp set up by volunteers near the port of Mytilini, in the Greek island of Lesbos on Sunday.…
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Sen. Graham to Arab world: U.S. hasn’t changed despite Trump
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, meets with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, left, at the office of the Presidency in Cairo, Egypt. On Sunday, Graham told reporters in Cairo, that Republican…
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Trump calls on Kasich to quit race: ‘He’s taking my votes’
Republican presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks during his town hall talk Saturday at the Armory in Janesville, Wis.Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP Working to recover his edge…
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Two people were killed and 35 were taken to hospitals Sunday morning when an Amtrak passenger train struck a railroad backhoe that was doing maintenance work just south of Philadelphia.…
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Small plane crashes on California freeway, hits car, kills 1
Emergency personnel investigate the scene of a plane crash on Saturday in Fallbrook, Calif. A small plane crashed on a Southern California freeway and struck a car, killing one person…
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Mormon leader urges tolerance no matter political views
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs during the opening session of the two-day Mormon church conference on Saturday in Salt Lake City. Mormon leaders are set to deliver guidance to their…
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LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles prosecutor has accused a 69-year-old man of killing his son for being gay. Shehada Issa was arrested Tuesday after police were called to his…
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BAKU, Azerbaijan – At least 30 soldiers and a boy were reported killed as heavy fighting erupted Saturday between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The…
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Kasich offers idea to save Social Security
Trump, Cruz battle for Wisconsin delegates
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Clinton’s frustration grows as primary race drags on
Candidate expected race to be over by now
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Plan to move migrants back to Turkey sparks protests
At the same time, migrants stranded at a makeshift camp in this small town on Greece’s border with Macedonia staged a protest demanding that the border be opened and that…
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Third suspect in foiled terror attack charged
Authorities mum on Belgian man’s link to plot