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PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Trump administration hinted at military action against Syria Thursday as the president and top officials considered how to retaliate against President Bashar Assad for this week's chemical weapons attack that killed more than 80 people. Military leaders discussed options with the White House, likely including a missile strike.
April 06, 2017
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By JULIE PACE and VIVIAN SALAMA
Associated Press
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Associated Press
SAN DIEGO - One bidder wants to cover President Donald Trump's border wall with solar panels. Another suggests building a wall large enough for a deck that would offer tourists scenic views of the desert.
April 04, 2017
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By ELLIOT SPAGAT
Associated Press
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Most young Americans want any health care overhaul under President Donald Trump to look a lot like the Affordable Care Act signed into law by his predecessor, President Barack Obama.
April 04, 2017
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By LAURIE KELLMAN and EMILY SWANSON
Associated Press
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Associated Press
ATLANTA - As preservationists restore Atlanta's colossal Cyclorama - a landmark that's a sort of 19th-century high-tech Civil War history lesson - they also plan to showcase an all-but-forgotten drawing that reveals a little-known fact: There once were plans for another Atlanta Cyclorama.
April 03, 2017
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By JEFF MARTIN
Associated Press
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Associated Press
WEBSTER, Texas - President Donald Trump promised to revive manufacturing in the United States, but there's one once-burgeoning sector poised to shrink under his watch: the gun industry.
April 01, 2017
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By LISA MARIE PANE
Associated Press
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Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina rolled back its "bathroom bill" Thursday in a bid to end the yearlong backlash over transgender rights that has cost the state dearly in business projects, conventions and basketball tournaments.
March 30, 2017
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By GARY D. ROBERTSON and EMERY P. DALESIO
Associated Press
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Pedestrian deaths are climbing faster than motorist fatalities, reaching nearly 6,000 deaths last year - the highest total in more than two decades, according to an analysis of preliminary state data released Thursday.
March 30, 2017
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By JOAN LOWY
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
CINCINNATI - As Cincinnati police delved further into their investigation of a nightclub shooting melee that left one person dead and 16 injured, city officials Monday urged more witnesses to come forward and offered reassurances amid questions about safety in public gathering spots.
March 27, 2017
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By DAN SEWELL and JOHN SEEWER
Associated Press
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Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. - Despite Republican assurances that North Carolina's "bathroom bill" isn't hurting the economy, the law limiting LGBT protections will cost the state more than $3.76 billion in lost business over a dozen years, according to an Associated Press analysis.
March 27, 2017
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By EMERY P. DALESIO and JONATHAN DREW
Associated Press
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Associated Press
As the political drama over health care legislation in Washington fades, the rest of the country faces a more immediate concern: Getting insurance for next year.
March 25, 2017
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By TOM MURPHY
AP Health Writer
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Associated Press
BRENTWOOD, N.Y. - The wounded warrior is now a cop - and he'll be walking the beat on titanium legs.
March 24, 2017
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By FRANK ELTMAN
Associated Press
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON - In a humiliating failure, President Donald Trump and GOP leaders yanked their bill to repeal "Obamacare" off the House floor Friday when it became clear it would fail badly - after seven years of nonstop railing against the health care law.
March 24, 2017
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By ERICA WERNER and ALAN FRAM
Associated Press
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON - In a humiliating failure, President Donald Trump and GOP leaders yanked their bill to repeal "Obamacare" off the House floor Friday when it became clear it would fail badly - after seven years of nonstop railing against the health care law.
March 24, 2017
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By ERICA WERNER and ALAN FRAM
Associated Press
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Cancer patients often wonder "why me?" Does their tumor run in the family? Did they try hard enough to avoid risks like smoking, too much sun or a bad diet?
March 23, 2017
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD
AP Medical Writer
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Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - After nearly a dozen years without an execution, Arkansas is racing to put eight men to death next month over a 10-day period - an unprecedented timetable the state says is necessary because one of the three ingredients in the lethal injection will soon expire.
March 21, 2017
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By ANDREW DeMILLO
Associated Press
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Associated Press
