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Cubans fleeing in high numbers despite new diplomatic ties

WASHINGTON – While more than 50 years of enmity between the United States and Cuba is slowly vanishing, the renewed relationship is raising concerns among some on the communist island nation...

Obama seeks to ease Saudi officials’ concerns

President attending meeting on regional stability

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U.S., Volkswagen reportedly reach deal DETROIT – Volkswagen, the U.S. government and private lawyers have reached a deal for the automaker to spend just over $1 billion to compensate owners...

Treasury official says Harriet Tubman will go on $20 bill

WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has decided to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, making her the first woman on U.S. paper currency in 100 years, a Treasury official said Wednesda...

3 charged with several crimes in Flint water crisis

LANSING, Mich. – Two state regulators and a Flint employee were charged Wednesday with evidence tampering and several other felony and misdemeanor counts related to the Michigan city’s lead-...

Life expectancy dipped a bit for white women in U.S.

NEW YORK – Life expectancy for white women has fallen a little, according to a new government report. White women lost about five weeks from their predicted lifespan in 2014, comp...

How politics, hip-hop put Tubman on the $20

Alexander Hamilton seemed destined to share his starring role on paper currency with an American woman, thanks to the immutable forces of bureaucracy. His bill was up next for a redesign rig...

Trump rebounds with New York win

Clinton stops challenge from Sanders

Deadly attacks in Afghan capital show Taliban’s strength

KABUL, Afghanistan – A week after proclaiming their spring offensive, Taliban militants stormed an Afghan government security agency with a suicide car bomb and gunfire Tuesday, killing 28 p...

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U.S. judge approves Ferguson agreement ST. LOUIS – A federal judge approved an agreement Tuesday between Ferguson and the U.S. Justice Department that calls for sweeping changes in the Misso...

Houston flood control efforts fall behind urban sprawl

HOUSTON – Flood control has long been a challenging issue in Houston, dating back to the city’s infancy on the banks of the Buffalo Bayou when its first flood was recorded more than 170 year...

After 100 years, a lost flower is found

Maryland botanist rediscoversrare treasure
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