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Arizona sheriff’s immigration patrols to cost public $200M

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PHOENIX — The costs to taxpayers from a racial profiling lawsuit stemming from former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration patrols in metro Phoenix a decade...

Protesters in major US cities decry airstrikes over Gaza

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LOS ANGELES — Pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets of Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia and other U.S. cities on Saturday to demand an end...

Diplomats, donors concerned about sex abuse reports at WHO

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LONDON — British, European and American diplomats and donors have voiced serious concerns about how the World Health Organization handled sex abuse allegations involving...

FAA approves Boeing fix for jets grounded by electrical flaw

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WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have approved a Boeing procedure to fix about 100 jets that have been idled for the past month because of...

Missouri governor drops voter-approved Medicaid expansion

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson dropped plans Thursday to expand the state's Medicaid health care program to thousands of low-income adults...

Remodeled Truman library and museum preparing to reopen

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INDEPENDENCE, M o. — When director Kurt Graham arrived at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum in July 2015, he immediately dove...

WWII secretary to Wernher von Braun dies in Alabama

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The World War II secretary to German rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun has died in Alabama, where she spent much of...

Revamped EPA website shows increased climate change risks

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WASHINGTON — After a gap of more than four years, the Environmental Protection Agency is relaunching a website highlighting evidence of climate change in...

100 days in power, Myanmar junta holds pretense of control

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BANGKOK — After Myanmar’s military seized power by ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, they couldn’t even make the trains run...

FAA seeks fines against more misbehaving airline passengers

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Federal officials said Monday they are pursuing civil penalties against two more passengers for interfering with airline crews, the latest in a surge of...