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Audit faults plans to credit Foxconn for work outside state

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin's economic development agency needs to modify its procedures to ensure that tax credits aren't awarded for Foxconn Technolog...
16:32 17 December 2021
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Leaders of Russia, Turkey discuss fighting in Libya

MOSCOW — The leaders of Russia and Turkey discussed the fighting in Libya in a phone call Tuesday, the Kremlin said.
16:05 17 December 2021
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Highlights of year-end Capitol Hill legislation

WASHINGTON — Washington negotiations on a $1.4 trillion government-wide funding bill produced a bipartisan agreement that's also serving as a must-pas...
16:04 17 December 2021
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France on strike: Power cuts, schools shut, no Eiffel Tower

PARIS — French union activists cut electricity to nearly 100,000 homes or offices. Eiffel Tower staff walked off the job. Even Paris opera workers joi...
15:55 17 December 2021
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Andrew Lloyd Webber beams as ‘Cats’ film has its premiere

NEW YORK — It was a special night for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber as he walked the red carpet for the world premiere of the film adaptation of his Tony Aw...
15:31 17 December 2021
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Coyotes acquiring Hall shifts balance of power in West

John Chayka looked at the Arizona Coyotes roster and their spot atop the Pacific Division and wondered.
15:20 17 December 2021
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US deports murder parolee to Germany; he says he’s innocent

BERLIN — A German diplomat's son who served more than 33 years in prison for a double murder in Virginia that he has steadfastly maintained he didn't ...
15:09 17 December 2021
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US proposes new rules to increase organ transplants

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government proposed new rules Tuesday to increase organ transplants — steps to make it easier for the living to donate and to ma...
14:19 17 December 2021
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Winter cacti are hard to name but easy to grow

Years ago, I had one of those spineless cacti that once a year splash colorful flowers out the ends of their flat, arching stems. Such plants are usua...
13:42 17 December 2021
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Forget wrapped presents, try wrapping wreaths instead

CONCORD, N.H. — Wrapped presents belong under the tree, but wrapped wreaths on doors or walls also can add to holiday decor.
13:38 17 December 2021
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Egyptian officials unveil new archaeological finds

CAIRO — Archaeologists in Egypt have unveiled two new artifacts from antiquity, a rare statue of one of the country’s most famous pharaohs and a dimin...
12:56 17 December 2021
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AP Photos: Unexploded land mines awful legacy of Afghan wars

KABUL, Afghanistan — When 9-year-old Eimal stepped out of his home in the Panjshir Valley in northeastern Afghanistan, he had no way of knowing that h...
9:14 17 December 2021
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Pakistan sentences former dictator to death in treason case

ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced the country's former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf to death in a treason case related to the...
8:51 17 December 2021
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Kansas faces test of holding onto No. 1 spot in AP Top 25

RALEIGH, N.C. — Michigan State, Kentucky, Duke and Louisville have each spent time at No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll only to los...
7:03 17 December 2021
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Vince Carter’s NBA career milestones are piling up

The milestones are piling up, and running out, for Atlanta’s Vince Carter.
7:02 17 December 2021
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Report: 5th straight year with under 30 executions in US

WASHINGTON — Fewer than 30 people were executed in the United States and under 50 new death sentences were imposed for the fifth straight year, part o...
5:25 17 December 2021
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Bucks’ 18-game winning streak ends with 120-116 loss to Mavs

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks’ 18-game winning streak ended Monday night when Seth Curry and Kristaps Porzingis each scored 26 points to help the Da...
4:05 17 December 2021
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N Carolina Rep. Walker won’t run in ’20, eyes Senate in ’22

RALEIGH, N.C. — U.S. Rep. Mark Walker announced late Monday he won’t run for anything in 2020 — making him the second North Carolina Republican congre...
2:16 17 December 2021
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McVay: Rams’ untimely blowout loss was as bad as it looked

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — After a day of analyzing film and thinking about it, Sean McVay came to an unlikely conclusion about the Los Angeles Rams' blo...
1:48 17 December 2021
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In Afghanistan, Sen. Graham says US troop drawdown possible

KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday that President Donald Trump may announce an American troop drawdown from Afghanistan before ...
1:48 17 December 2021
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Hallmark’s flip-flop on same-sex ads backfires

NEW YORK — The Hallmark Channel's decision to pull, then reinstate a commercial that featured a same-sex couple kissing shows how controversy can gene...
0:53 17 December 2021
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NJ Assembly passes bill to bar religious exemption for shots

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey's Assembly on Monday passed a measure to eliminate religious exemptions for vaccines for schoolchildren, but the bill stall...
0:41 17 December 2021
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NJ lawmakers pass marijuana referendum for 2020 ballot

TRENTON, N.J. — A super-majority of New Jersey lawmakers on Monday passed a proposed ballot question to legalize recreational marijuana, putting the r...
0:39 17 December 2021
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Vulnerable Democrats fall in line behind Trump impeachment

WASHINGTON — Utah Democrat Ben McAdams stepped into a small town city council chamber just outside Salt Lake City and took a deep breath.
0:00 17 December 2021
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10 films make shortlist for Oscars’ best international film

LOS ANGELES — Ten international films, including widely acclaimed offerings from South Korea, Spain and Senegal, are on the shortlist of movies vying ...
23:40 16 December 2021
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3rd night of clashes as Lebanon puts off talks on new PM

BEIRUT — A group of men clashed with security forces in Beirut for the third consecutive night Monday, hours after Lebanon's president postponed talks...
23:27 16 December 2021
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Mississippi man freed months after court rules racial bias

LOUISVILLE, Miss. — A Mississippi man whose murder conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court for racial bias was released from custody Monda...
23:05 16 December 2021
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Hundreds attend funeral for Navy sailor slain in base attack

SAVANNAH, Ga. — One of the young Navy sailors killed in a Saudi gunman's attack at a Florida base had boundless energy and a fierce loyalty to family ...
22:52 16 December 2021
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PG&E, California governor face off in bankruptcy dispute

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will have to quickly overhaul a complex plan addressing more than $50 billion in wildfire claims to gai...
22:49 16 December 2021
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Boeing to halt production of 737 Max airliner in January

CHICAGO — Boeing Co. said Monday that it will temporarily stop producing its grounded 737 Max jet starting in January as it struggles to get approval ...
22:46 16 December 2021