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Illinois sees first legal sales of recreational marijuana

CHICAGO — The sale of marijuana for recreational purposes became legal Wednesday in Illinois to the delight of pot fans — many who began lining up hou...
16:48 1 January 2022
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Redskins hire Ron Rivera as coach

WASHINGTON — The Redskins hired Ron Rivera as their coach on Wednesday in owner Dan Snyder's latest step to try to turn around the wayward franchise.
14:19 1 January 2022
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Mississippi opens qualifying time for federal candidates

JACKSON, Miss. — Candidates for federal offices can start filing qualifying papers on Thursday in Mississippi.
13:01 1 January 2022
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T.S. Eliot letters to muse to be unveiled after 60 years

After more than 60 years spent sealed up in a library storage facility, about 1,000 letters written by poet T.S. Eliot to confidante Emily Hale will ...
11:16 1 January 2022
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Climate change, Brexit divorce: EU faces challenges in 2020

BRUSSELS — December served up a warning of the massive challenges ahead for the European Union.
7:26 1 January 2022
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Ups and downs in Trump-Kim nuclear diplomacy

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s threat to show the world a new strategic weapon and possibly resume long-range missile tests is another dramatic tur...
7:22 1 January 2022
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Underclassmen thriving at the point in college basketball

Iowa State’s Tyrese Haliburton knows well the challenges that face young point guards in college basketball.
7:11 1 January 2022
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Financial tug-of-war emerges over fire victims’ settlement

SAN FRANCISCO — A financial tug-of-war is emerging over the $13.5 billion that the nation's largest utility has agreed to pay to victims of recent Cal...
6:58 1 January 2022
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Taiwan’s Tsai defends Anti-Infiltration Law aimed at China

TAIPEI, Taiwan — China has been relentless in its attempts to influence and infiltrate Taiwan's politics and society but the island's new ban on polit...
4:50 1 January 2022
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Ehlinger leads Texas’ Alamo Bowl romp over No. 12 Utah 38-10

SAN ANTONIO — Sam Ehlinger passed for three touchdowns and ran for another, and Texas excised the frustrations of a disappointing regular season with ...
3:50 1 January 2022
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Jazz musician, Merv Griffin sidekick Jack Sheldon dies at 88

LOS ANGELES — Jack Sheldon, an acclaimed jazz musician whose trumpet graced the award-winning song “The Shadow of Your Smile” and who was known to TV ...
0:19 1 January 2022
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Rutgers’ Stringer offers condolences to Imus family

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer has offered her condolences to the family of late radio personality Don Imus, who used a racial sl...
0:12 1 January 2022
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Minister: Texas gunman grew angry in past over cash requests

DALLAS — The congregation at a Texas church where two people were fatally shot had repeatedly given food to the gunman, according to the pastor, but h...
23:20 31 December 2022
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Mexico says a total of 7 detained in killing of 9 Americans

MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in Mexico said a total of seven suspects have now been detained in connection with the Nov. 4 slaughter of nine U.S. dual-na...
23:09 31 December 2022
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Roberts: Judges working to promote civics, impartial courts

WASHINGTON — Federal judges are taking up the challenge to educate Americans about how their government works at a time when false information can spr...
23:03 31 December 2022
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Bowden’s late TD pass lifts Kentucky past VTech 37-30

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Lynn Bowden Jr. ran for 223 yards on 34 carries, and then tossed a 13-yard touchdown pass to Josh Ali with 15 seconds left as Kentuc...
21:22 31 December 2022
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No. 5 Georgia, No. 8 Baylor talk motivation for Sugar Bowl

NEW ORLEANS — Baylor quarterback Charlie Brewer figures that suffering through 11 losses two seasons has given him a healthy perspective as the Bears ...
21:13 31 December 2022
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Shoulder injury sidelines Penguins’ Guentzel for 4-6 months

PITTSBURGH — Jake Guentzel's play-making helped the Pittsburgh Penguins withstand the loss of captain Sidney Crosby, earning his first All-Star team i...
20:30 31 December 2022
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Texas-sized NHL Winter Classic for Stars, Preds in Cotton

DALLAS — Welcome to a Texas-sized NHL Winter Classic.
20:01 31 December 2022
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Unknown players step up for Eagles in clutch moments

PHILADELPHIA — Carson Wentz began the season playing with DeSean Jackson, Alshon Jeffery, Nelson Agholor, Zach Ertz and Darren Sproles and finished it...
19:57 31 December 2022
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As others rise, No. 9 Memphis thrives without Wiseman

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis is showing there’s much more to its heralded freshman class than departed center James Wiseman.
19:36 31 December 2022
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Trump says he’ll sign first-step China trade deal on Jan. 15

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The first phase of a U.S.-China trade agreement will be inked at the White House in mid-January, President Donald Trump announ...
19:03 31 December 2022
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Illinois governor clears thousands of marijuana convictions

CHICAGO — Illinois' governor granted more than 11,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions on Tuesday, describing the step as a first wave of t...
18:55 31 December 2022
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Column: Think you know 2020? Some sports predictions for you

Predictions aren't for the faint of heart, as anyone who has ever given money to a bookmaker can attest. Strange things can happen, which is a big rea...
18:51 31 December 2022
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Judge orders Alex Jones to pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook case

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas judge ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $100,000 in another court setback over the Infowars host using his show to...
18:43 31 December 2022
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Marines: Hanukkah stabbing suspect kicked out of boot camp

NEW YORK — The man charged with stabbing five people during a Hanukkah celebration in New York began boot camp to enter the U.S. Marine Corps but was ...
18:30 31 December 2022
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GOP Sen. Collins says she’s open to impeachment witnesses

WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she's open to calling witnesses as part of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald T...
18:06 31 December 2022
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AP Explains: Who are Iraq’s Iran-backed militias?

Iran emerged as a major power broker in Iraq after the American invasion in 2003, supporting Shiite Islamist parties and militias that have dominated ...
17:54 31 December 2022
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Ex-Trump campaign manager Lewandowski won’t run for Senate

MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Tuesday that he is forgoing a run for U.S. Senate in New Ha...
17:50 31 December 2022
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Sanders says he’ll enact national drinking water standards

CONCORD, N.H. — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that he would enact federal drinking water standards for a group of toxic ...
17:23 31 December 2022