Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel has discussed leaving her role with former President Donald Trump. But both have agreed to delay a decision until after South Carolina’s Feb. 24 …
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By STEVE PEOPLES
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2/6/24
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Two Democratic lawmakers have introduced a resolution condemning an op-ed piece that called a Detroit suburb “America's jihad capital.” State Rep. Alabas Farhat and Michigan House Floor Leader …
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
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2/6/24
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Officials in Ecuador have named a likely source of contaminated ground cinnamon used in fruit pouches tied more than 400 cases of lead poisoning in U.S. children. Carlos Aguilera, a cinnamon …
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By JONEL ALECCIA
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2/6/24
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Record rainfall, triple-digit winds, hundreds of mudslides. Here's California's storm by the numbers
More than 380 mudslides. Nearly half of downtown Los Angeles' yearly rainfall in just two days. A wind gust of 102 mph (164 kph). Those are some of the big numbers from the slow-moving atmospheric …
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2/6/24
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Facebook and Instagram users will start seeing made-by-AI labels on deepfake images that appear on their social media feeds, part of a broader tech industry initiative to sort between what’s real …
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By MATT O'BRIEN
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2/6/24
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Facing growing backlash, the U.S. Census Bureau has paused plans to change how it asks people about disabilities in its most comprehensive survey. The move would have overhauled how disabilities are …
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER
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2/6/24
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South Dakota has apologized and will pay $300,000 under a settlement with a transgender advocacy group that sued Gov. Kristi Noem and her health secretary. The settlement with the Transformation …
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By JACK DURA
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2/6/24
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An adorable, furry baby Hoffman’s two-toed sloth has made its debut at zoo in Florida. Zookeepers at the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society have been monitoring the baby sloth and its mother, …
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By CODY JACKSON and FREIDA FRISARO
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2/6/24
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Small business acquisitions were up and down last year, reflecting the increase in interest rates that threw a chill into the market. But a strong fourth quarter, helped by a signal from the Federal …
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By MAE ANDERSON
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2/6/24
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Two years after the tornado outbreak that killed dozens and leveled much of the real estate in this western Kentucky town, many people are still living through another, slower disaster -- the search …
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By MELINA WALLING
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2/6/24
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Catholic dogma continues to repudiate same-sex marriage and gender transition. Yet one of the most prominent religious orders in the United States — the Jesuits — is strengthening a unique …
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By DAVID CRARY
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2/6/24
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The White House is pressing Congress to extend a federal program that helps families afford internet. The Affordable Connectivity Program is projected to run out of money at the end of April. …
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By KAVISH HARJAI
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2/6/24
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United Nations humanitarian monitors say Israel’s evacuation orders in the Gaza Strip now cover two-thirds of the territory, or 95 square miles. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian …
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By The Associated Press
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2/6/24
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Imprisoned mom wins early release but same relief blocked for some other domestic violence survivors
A survivor of human trafficking who is imprisoned in Illinois for shooting a man sought and was granted a resentencing that will lead to her early release. Crystal Martinez relied on a 2016 Illinois …
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By CLAIRE SAVAGE
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2/6/24
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Donald Trump has a well-worn playbook against women who challenge him. For now, it's Nikki Haley's turn. The former South Carolina governor, like Trump a Republican, is the latest in a long line of …
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By LAURIE KELLMAN and BILL BARROW
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2/6/24
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It’s easy to forget that a river runs through the heart of Los Angeles. Normally flowing at a crawl, much of it through nondescript concrete channels, the Los Angeles River picks up speed during …
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2/5/24
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At least 112 people have been killed by wildfires in central Chile. They have come amid a heat wave that pushed temperatures in the capital city of Santiago to about 37 degrees Celsius (nearly 100 …
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By ED DAVEY
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2/5/24
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A retired firefighter who became part of an iconic image of American unity after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has died at the age of 91. Bob Beckwith’s wife said Monday that the Long Island …
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By PHILIP MARCELO
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2/5/24
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A handful of centuries-old sponges from the Caribbean are causing some scientists to theorize that human-caused climate change began sooner and has warmed the world nearly a degree Fahrenheit more …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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2/5/24
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Two new studies track the effect of police violence on Black Americans. One study ties police-involved deaths to sleep disturbances. The other finds a racial gap in injuries involving police use of …
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON
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2/5/24
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