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Kevin Spacey shows up for hearing in groping case

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — Kevin Spacey made an unusual appearance Monday at a Massachusetts courthouse where his attorney demanded access to the cellphone of the young man who has accused the…
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Year-round sales of gasoline mixed with 15% ethanol OK’d

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Trump administration is following through on a plan to allow year-round sales of gasoline mixed with 15% ethanol. The Environmental Protection Agency announced the change Friday, ending a summertime ban…
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The Latest: 200 Illinois guardsmen deployed amid flooding

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — The Latest on flooding affecting parts of the United States (all times local): 10:45 a.m. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has deployed 200 members of the Illinois National Guard to respond to…
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Door-to-door checks after tornado damage in Missouri capital

By DAVID A. LIEB JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A tornado tore apart buildings in Missouri’s capital city as part of an overnight outbreak of severe weather across the state that left at least three…
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Probe inconclusive on racist picture in governor’s yearbook

By BEN FINLEY and ALAN SUDERMAN NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — An investigation ordered up by a Virginia medical school failed to determine whether Gov. Ralph Northam is in a 1984 yearbook photo of a man in blackface…
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Tornadoes flip campers, damage homes in Southern Plains

By KEN MILLER OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A tornado touched down Tuesday near Tulsa International Airport, injuring at least one person and damaging about a dozen homes, amid storms in the Southern Plains that brought…
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Speaker stuns 2019 Morehouse grads, to pay off student debt

By ERRIN HAINES WHACK A billionaire technology investor stunned the entire graduating class at Morehouse College when he announced at their commencement Sunday that he would pay off their student loans __ estimated at up…
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Meet the Democratic candidates who are running for president

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio became the latest entry into the 2020 Democratic presidential race on Thursday, bringing the primary field to nearly two dozen candidates. The sprawling Democratic field features candidates ranging…
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Alabama ban on nearly all abortions in GOP governor’s hands

By KIM CHANDLER MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama legislators have given final approval to a ban on nearly all abortions, and if the Republican governor signs the measure, the state will have the strictest abortion…
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Apps cost too much? Court allows suit adding to Apple’s woes

By MARK SHERMAN and MICHAEL LIEDTKE WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers can pursue a lawsuit complaining that iPhone apps cost too much, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday, adding to Apple’s woes that already include falling…
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