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Mission Improbable: A onetime Republican is trying to prove Democrats can win in Florida

So when David Jolly, the Republican-turned-independent who is now running for Florida governor as a Democrat, swung through ...
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US futures climb ahead of more inflation data, though major indexes are down for the week

Futures are rising as U.S. markets struggle to end the week in positive territory ahead of the second day of new inflation ...
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Colombia’s earthquake is déjà vu for Venezuelans. The government response is anything but

But in many ways, the contrast between Colombia’s 7.4-magnitude earthquake on Monday and Venezuela’s back-to-back temblors on ...
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DHS cites recent policy shift after not disclosing death of Guatemalan man who had been in custody

U.S. immigration officials said Wednesday that they didn’t publicly disclose the death of a Guatemalan man who had a seizure ...
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Trump’s vaccine plan would require millions of individual shots last used decades ago

Under Trump’s executive order, federal officials are instructed to develop within 90 days plans for breaking up the MMR shot ...
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USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying

GAUR, Nepal (AP) — The young mother’s breath had grown ragged. Inside her mud home in rural Nepal, she hunched over in agony, pain pummeling her pregnant belly, her swollen legs scarcely able to ...
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Tomb raiding trio stole from cemeteries in at least 9 states, Florida authorities say

ORLANDO (AP) — Authorities are searching for a trio of modern tomb raiders that they say has stolen family heirlooms and other valuables from cemeteries in at least nine states. The suspects — a ...
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Judge drops Nevada case against electors accused of forging certificate in 2020 election

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The yearslong case against six Nevada Republicans who were accused of submitting a bogus certificate that falsely declared Donald Trump the winner of the state’s 2020 presidential ...
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In the Reflecting Pool saga, the National Park Service’s mission is tested by Trump’s demands

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s botched repairs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have landed the National Park Service in a tight spot, forced to serve the public while managing ...
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Families feel the pinch of higher children’s shoe prices as kids head back to school

NEW YORK (AP) — When Jonah Seidenberg found out about Nike Minds, a futuristic-looking sneaker that claims to improve concentration by stimulating the soles of the feet, he had to have them. On a ...
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Democrats are gathering to give final approval to their 2028 presidential primary calendar

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrats are gathering to finalize their 2028 presidential primary calendar this week, setting the stage for a wide-open contest to succeed President Donald Trump and chart a ...
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Nigel Farage faces off against Count Binface in special election that’s been denounced as a stunt

LONDON (AP) — Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigration party Reform UK, had hoped a special election Thursday for his Parliament seat would help quell awkward questions about his finances. But ...