William Woods was homeless and living in Los Angeles when he learned that someone was racking up debt using his name. But when he reported his concerns to a branch manager of a bank, he wound up …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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4/5/24
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Months after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, state lawmakers held an hourslong hearing to debate a so-called red flag bill that would let family members petition a judge to remove guns from …
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By STEVE LeBLANC
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4/5/24
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Ohio is pulling out all the stops for Monday’s total solar eclipse, as it braces for potentially hundreds of thousands of visitors. At a Friday news conference, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said it …
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By JULIE CARR SMYTH
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4/5/24
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs last year, growing at near-record fast paces. Friday's …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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4/5/24
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March 29 - April 4, 2024
Rescuers searched for missing people and worked to reach hundreds stranded following Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years. A crowd of people, some weeping, …
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By The Associated Press
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4/5/24
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A beloved giraffe at a zoo in South Dakota has died. On Thursday, the Great Plains Zoo and Butterfly House & Aquarium in Sioux Falls announced the death of Chioke. He was an 18-year-old reticulated …
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4/4/24
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Thomas Gumbleton, a Catholic bishop in Detroit, has died. For decades, he was an international voice against war and racism and an advocate for labor and social justice. Gumbleton was 94. He became a …
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By ED WHITE
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4/4/24
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March 29 - April 4, 2024
Israeli airstrikes that killed seven aid workers in Gaza reverberated around the world, as friends and relatives mourned the losses of those who were delivering food to …
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By The Associated Press
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4/4/24
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March 29 - April 4, 2024
Worshippers celebrate Easter across the country, Senegalese Muslim migrants pray at a mosque in New York, and dancers perform during auditions for the Radio City …
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By The Associated Press
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4/4/24
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Attorneys defending Tennessee’s sweeping abortion ban have alleged that doctors challenging the law do not want any oversight when deciding to terminate a pregnancy and instead are improperly …
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI
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4/4/24
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Former President Donald Trump offered a tough message to Israel over its war against Hamas on Thursday, urging the country to: “Get it over with.” In an interview with conservative radio host …
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By JILL COLVIN
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4/4/24
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No Labels won’t run a third-party campaign after trying to recruit a centrist presidential candidate
The No Labels group says it won't field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization failed to attract a high-profile centrist willing to seize on the …
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By STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN J. COOPER
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4/4/24
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Thieves got away with $30 million in cash from a money storage facility in Los Angeles by breaking into the building on Easter Sunday and cracking the safe. Now detectives are seeking to unravel the …
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4/4/24
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Powerball is about to match a record for lottery drawings with a stretch of more than three months without a jackpot winner. It’s that string of futility that has enabled Powerball’s top prize to …
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By SCOTT McFETRIDGE
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4/4/24
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Pretty soon it will be beach season again at the Jersey Shore. If last year was any indication, it'll be time to pack the voodoo dolls, whoopie cushions, zip ties and denture powder. Those were just …
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BY WAYNE PARRY
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4/4/24
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The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others has rejected arguments by the former president that the indictment was seeking to criminalize political …
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By KATE BRUMBACK
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4/4/24
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The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose modestly this week, holding below 7% as it has for much of this year. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.82% from 6.79% last week, mortgage …
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By ALEX VEIGA
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4/4/24
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Elon Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has started restoring complimentary blue checks to some of its users. That’s caused confusion online. Last year, X began removing the …
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By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS
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4/4/24
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Oklahoma is preparing to execute a death row inmate convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago. Michael Dewayne Smith is scheduled to receive a lethal …
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By SEAN MURPHY
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4/4/24
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When you're doing your taxes, it can sometimes be hard to know whether to itemize or take the standard deduction. Tax pros say itemizing generally only makes sense if your itemized deductions …
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By KATHERINE ROTH
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4/4/24
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