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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Just days before 10 men broke out of a New Orleans jail, officials with the sheriff's office asked for money to fix faulty locks and cell doors deemed a key factor in the …
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A group that successfully defeated an anti-abortion ballot measure in Kansas has filed a federal lawsuit against a new state law aimed at curbing foreign influence in elections, …
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By JOHN HANNA
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5/19/25
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President Donald Trump is hoping that separate phone calls Monday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make progress toward a ceasefire in the war in …
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The Mexican navy tall ship that struck the Brooklyn Bridge had departed less than 5 minutes before its masts crashed into the historic span. That's according to a timeline laid out by investigators …
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By SUSAN HAIGH
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5/19/25
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Singer Dawn Richard has resumed her testimony in the sex trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, saying he threatened her with death if she told anyone that she saw the …
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER
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5/19/25
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Nebraska is the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the benefit program for low-income Americans long known as food stamps.
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By JONEL ALECCIA
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5/19/25
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NEW YORK (AP) — Less than three weeks after his release from an immigration jail, the Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi strode across the graduation stage at Columbia University on Monday …
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By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
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5/19/25
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Former President Joe Biden’s office says that he has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer and is reviewing treatment options with his doctors. Biden was having increasing urinary symptoms …
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON
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5/19/25
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Asian shares are lower after Moody's Ratings downgraded the sovereign credit rating for the United States. U.S. futures and the dollar also slipped. China's markets declined after the retail sales …
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By JIANG JUNZHE
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5/19/25
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Millions of Americans have embraced pickleball – touting its health and social benefits as a way to have fun while getting exercise. Now some churches are giving it a go, hoping to attract …
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By BOB SMIETANA
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5/19/25
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This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors
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SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this birthing season, raising alarms among scientists and conservationists who fear the animal could go extinct.
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By PATRICK WHITTLE
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5/19/25
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CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — The company that operated a Georgia chlorine plant with a history of explosions, chemical fires and toxic clouds that have drifted over neighborhoods outside Atlanta has decided …
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Israel says it will allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza even as its "extensive” new ground operations are underway. The announcement came after a nearly three-month blockade and …
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The Russian authorities on Monday outlawed Amnesty International as an “undesirable organization,” a label that under a 2015 law makes involvement with such organizations a criminal offense. The …
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More severe storms are expected to roll across the central U.S. this week following the weather-related deaths of more than two dozen people. The National Weather Service says the hazardous weather …
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By MATTHEW BROWN and CAROLYN KASTER
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5/19/25
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Some 350,000 commuters could soon be scrambling for other ways to reach their destinations if New Jersey Transit engineers walk off the job early Friday. The nation’s third largest transit system …
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By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI
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5/19/25
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New Jersey Transit train engineers have gone on strike in a dispute over wages, leaving an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to reach their destinations …
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By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI
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5/19/25
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ATLANTA (AP) — With new innovations and technology, scientists have learned from major tornado outbreaks over the years how to improve safety guidance. During tornado season, forecasters try to get …
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By JEFF MARTIN
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