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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
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Immigrants seeking driver’s licenses line up across New York

ALBANY, N.Y. — Bundled in winter jackets, immigrants lined up at some Department of Motor Vehicle offices throughout New York as the state began issui...
22:23 16 December 2021
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Coyotes acquire Taylor Hall from Devils for picks, prospects

The Arizona Coyotes are looking to end their lengthy playoff drought by adding a player desperate to get back to the postseason himself.
22:21 16 December 2021
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Spending deal ends two-decade freeze on gun safety research

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan deal on a government spending bill would for the first time in two decades provide money for federal research on gun safety....
20:37 16 December 2021
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Budget deal puts access to health care above curbing costs

WASHINGTON — The bipartisan budget deal announced in Congress protects access to health care under the Affordable Care Act but it also ditches one of ...
20:13 16 December 2021
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2019 Breakthrough Entertainer: Florence Pugh owns the year

LOS ANGELES — By the end of 2019 on big screens across the globe, actress Florence Pugh will have body-slammed a famous wrestler in “Fighting with My ...
18:58 16 December 2021
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Breakthrough Entertainer: Megan Thee Stallion feels grateful

NEW YORK — Megan Thee Stallion's schedule has become so frenetic that she can spend days, or even longer, away from home, in a different city every ni...
18:45 16 December 2021
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The AP names its Breakthrough Entertainers of 2019

The dictionary defines “breakthrough” as a “sudden advance,” but the Associated Press' Breakthrough Entertainers of the Year spent lots of time prepar...
18:31 16 December 2021
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Once affordable, Phoenix rents among fastest rising in US

PHOENIX — Aspen Day-Flynn and her boyfriend, Travis Tolin, were thinking of moving back to her native Washington state this fall when their Phoenix la...
18:30 16 December 2021
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Convicted in massacre, Suriname’s leader hangs on tight

PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Zahara Kamperveen laid white lilies before a glossy black plaque, then gently touched the name of her grandfather, a radio-stat...
18:17 16 December 2021
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Louisville up to No. 6 in women’s Top 25; South Dakota in

NEW YORK — Louisville climbed a spot to No. 6 in the The Associated Press women's Top 25 rankings, which remained mostly unchanged Monday with most te...
18:06 16 December 2021
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Loughlin’s lawyers say prosecutors are hiding key evidence

BOSTON — Lawyers for actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband say federal prosecutors are holding back crucial evidence that could prove...
18:02 16 December 2021
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Weinstein: Sex assault charges have made me ‘forgotten man’

NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein defended himself as a pioneer in advancing the careers of women in the film industry in the wake of scores of sexual misco...
17:28 16 December 2021
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Smart holiday shopping: Avoiding fake reviews and tricky ads

NEW YORK — There are lots of bargains online during the holidays, but also plenty of ways to get scammed, even at established outlets like Amazon.
17:19 16 December 2021
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Kansas becomes latest No. 1 in AP Top 25; Tar Heels fall out

It is Kansas’ turn at No. 1 in the Top 25 men’s college basketball poll, while another blueblood — North Carolina — is out for the first time in nearl...
17:10 16 December 2021
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AP All-America teams dominated by LSU, Ohio State

No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Ohio State each placed three players on The Associated Press All-America first team released Monday.
17:02 16 December 2021
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Mexico reaffirms rejection of US labor inspectors

MEXICO CITY — Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Monday he does not feel tricked by the insertion of a provision for labor inspectors in le...
16:33 16 December 2021
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Liz Weston: How to make your money biases work for you

The way our brains work can cost us a lot of money. But some of our mental quirks can be turned to our advantage.
16:33 16 December 2021
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FBI: 19-year-old arrested, charged in Houston mercury spill

HOUSTON — A 19-year-old man has been arrested after trace amounts of mercury spilled at three locations in Houston, leading dozens of people to be dec...
16:02 16 December 2021
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Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count stronger than ever

Ít's been 120 years since New York ornithologist Frank Chapman launched his Christmas Bird Count as a bold new alternative to what had been a longtim...
16:02 16 December 2021
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Patients rally in Ecuador for legal use of medical cannabis

QUITO, Ecuador — Unrelenting pain in her hips and weeks of insomnia left Nelly Valbuena desperate for relief from her metastatic breast cancer.
15:42 16 December 2021
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Independent women’s groups say 2019 year of progress in Cuba

HAVANA — For 60 years, Cuba's communist government has monopolized virtually every aspect of life on the island, including dozens of state-controlled ...
15:33 16 December 2021
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Supreme Court won’t revive homeless camping ban in Idaho

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will not review an appellate decision that makes it harder for cities to keep homeless people from sleeping on the stre...
15:11 16 December 2021
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Review: A fictional look at the role of ‘oppo’ research

“Oppo” (Ecco/Harper Collins), by Tom Rosenstiel
14:46 16 December 2021
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Turkey deploys surveillance drone in northern Cyprus

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey has dispatched a surveillance and reconnaissance drone to the breakaway north of ethnically divided island nation of Cyprus am...
14:30 16 December 2021
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Stocks mostly rise on Chinese report, US-China trade deal

BEIJING — Global stock markets mostly rose Monday on a positive economic report from China, last week's long-awaited U.S.-Chinese trade deal, and grea...
13:43 16 December 2021
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French pension reform architect resigns as strikes drag on

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron's government suffered a blow Monday when the key architect of the pension overhaul resigned over alleged conf...
13:13 16 December 2021