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Pompeo: Afghan fight against Taliban ‘a matter of will’

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday he believes Afghan forces can secure the country as the U.S. withdraws,...

2 charged with plotting to blow up Democratic headquarters

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two California men have been charged with plotting to blow up the Democratic Party's headquarters in the state capital, a bombing...

Jury awards $730K to Secret Service agent detained on duty

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GREENBELT, Md. — A federal jury has awarded $730,000 to a Black Secret Service agent, finding that two white U.S. Park Police officers unlawfully...

Trump showerhead rule to increase water flow getting dumped

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WASHINGTON — So much for Donald Trump’s quest for “perfect” hair. ...

Events expanding to mark 100 years since John Glenn’s birth

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A three-day celebration of what would have been history-making astronaut John Glenn's 100th birthday began Friday in his birthplace and childhood...

Gladiator costume-clad rioter arrested; filmed melee for mom

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PHOENIX — An Arizona man who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 while wearing a Roman gladiator costume and narrated the melee in...

2 charged with plotting to blow up Democratic headquarters

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two California men have been charged with plotting to blow up the Democratic Party’s headquarters in the state capital, a bombing...

France’s justice chief accused of conflict of interest

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PARIS — France’s justice minister was handed preliminary charges Friday on accusations of conflict of interest, the first time in modern French history that...

Indiana restarts payment of federal unemployment benefits

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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana on Friday resumed making $300 federal unemployment payments to workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic after a court ordered it to...

Members of multimillion-dollar opioid drug ring sentenced

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SALT LAKE CITY — The final legal chapter of a multimillion-dollar online opioid drug ring ended Friday as a group of millennials who helped...