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California, New York enact US-highest $15 minimum wages

LOS ANGELES – California and New York acted Monday to gradually push their statewide minimum wages to $15 an hour – the highest in the nation – as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders again se...

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Two Guantanamo Bay detainees sent to Senegal WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has transferred two Libyan detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Senegal, Defense Department officials said on Mon...

Trump and Cruz making final pitches to Wisconsin voters

MILWAUKEE – After Donald Trump’s toughest stretch of the campaign, he and Ted Cruz made spirited final pitches Monday to Wisconsin voters, who will cast ballots Tuesday in a Republican prima...

Princeton to keep Woodrow Wilson’s name despite his racist views

PRINCETON, N.J. – Woodrow Wilson’s name will remain on Princeton University’s public policy school, despite calls to remove it because the former U.S. president was a segregationist, the Ivy...

Court upholds total population count in electoral districts

WASHINGTON – A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can count everyone, not just eligible voters, in deciding how to draw electoral districts. The justices turned back...

Deportation of migrants from Greece to Turkey starts Monday

ATHENS, Greece – An agreement between the European Union and Turkey to deport migrants currently on Greek islands back to the Turkish mainland is to take effect Monday morning, but the opera...

Sen. Graham to Arab world: U.S. hasn’t changed despite Trump

CAIRO – Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham sought to reassure the Arab world Sunday over the prospect of Donald Trump becoming president, saying in Cairo that Congress would continue to play a p...

Trump calls on Kasich to quit race: ‘He’s taking my votes’

MILWAUKEE – Donald Trump on Sunday called for John Kasich to drop out of the Republican presidential race, arguing that the Ohio governor shouldn’t be allowed to continue accumulating delega...

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Amtrak train derails; 2 people reported dead Two people were killed and 35 were taken to hospitals Sunday morning when an Amtrak passenger train struck a railroad backhoe that was doing main...

Small plane crashes on California freeway, hits car, kills 1

FALLBROOK, Calif. – A small plane crashed on a Southern California freeway Saturday, slamming into a car stopped on the side of the road, killing a woman in the vehicle and injuring five oth...

Mormon leader urges tolerance no matter political views

SALT LAKE CITY – Mormon leaders called on members to practice tolerance despite political differences, providing the faith’s U.S. members guidance at a church conference Saturday amid a pres...

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Father allegedly shot son for being gay LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles prosecutor has accused a 69-year-old man of killing his son for being gay. Shehada Issa was arrested Tuesday af...
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