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Anxiety grows in Florida’s farm fields
Cirilo Perez, 36, had to go to work because the tomato crop was getting low, and he needed to pick as much as he could as fast as he could.…
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Midwest, Wyoming lawmakers target wolves
Ranchers seek to remove predators from endangered list
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Syrup producers face climate change
Producers joined climate experts and Democratic U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire on Tuesday to talk about the state’s changing climate and how it is affecting one of the…
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Marchers, white re-enactors find a common foe in Selma
President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters Malia and Sasha, as well as members of Congress, join a symbolic walk on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma,…
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Asphalt covers black cemetery
Change was stirring along this quiet stretch of River Road, home to a century-old community founded by freed slaves and known today as Westbard. The crews were excavating the future…
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Democrats elect Perez party chairman on second ballot
labor secretary edges Rep. Keith Ellison
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In Trump’s first speech to Congress, will decorum hold?
President expected to speak about ‘renewal of the American spirit’
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Brazen attacks on Syrian security kill dozens
Attackers employ combination of armed assault, suicide bombs
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Trump to CPAC: My movement is your future
President receives raucous reception at annual conservative conference
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Drone puts elk on the run in western Wyoming
Elk make their way to the feed line on the National Elk Refuge north of Jackson, Wyoming. A Washington, D.C., man was cited for flying a drone over the refuge…
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Iraq seeking money, aid to restore artifacts
UNESCO’s Iraq representative Louise Haxthausen documents the damage wreaked by the Islamic State on a stone tablet with cuneiform writing.Maya Alleruzzo/Associated Press file At a two-day UNESCO conference, Iraqi officials…
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NASA studies manned test of new rocket
An artist’s rendering shows NASA’s Space Launch System launching an Orion capsule into space.Marshall Space Flight Center via Associated Press The space agency’s human exploration chief said Friday that his…
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Judge puts limit on Cosby trial testimony
Bill Cosby won a round in his pending court trial on charges of aggravated sexual assault after a judge ruled only one other accuser can testify at his trial.Mel Evans/Associated…
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Professor has taken ‘selfie’ every day for 30 years
Baden’s “Every Day” project officially turns 30 last week, and he says he has no intention of stopping. The stark contemplation on mortality and aging has prompted some to dub…
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Poll: GOP should keep money for Medicaid expansion
A new poll finds widespread support among Americans for keeping the Medicaid expansion program that was part of the Affordable Care Act’s plans to expand health insurance coverage to more…
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Conservatives urged to ‘stick together’
of staff says Trump victory offers GOP ‘incredible opportunity’
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End of transgender bathroom rule gets conservative praise
Activists and protesters with the National Center for Transgender Equality rally in front of the White House in Washington, after the Department of Education and the Justice Department announce it…
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Trump administration rolls back protections for transgender students
Gavin Grimm, 17, a transgender student seen at home in Gloucester, Virginia, sued the Gloucester County School Board after it prohibited him from the using the boys’ restroom at school.Nikki…
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Trump aides to try to ease Mexico’s fears
Ties between the countries have plunged since Trump took office a month ago, punctuated by Trump’s insistence that Mexico pay for a border wall and other demands on illegal immigration…
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New EPA chief worked closely with oil industry
detail efforts to weaken emissions rules
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SpaceX aborts approach to space station, delivery delayed
An unmanned Russian cargo ship lifted off on a supply mission to the International Space Station from the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.Russian Space Agency Roscosmos via Associated…