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NASA finds its target: Missing orbiter
Agency uses radio telescopes to locate India’s long-lost lunar probe after eight years
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Judge allows Barrow’s name-change to advance
A judge in Alaska has dealt a legal blow to opponents of the new Inupiat Eskimo name of an Alaskan town. Superior Court Judge Paul Roetman on Friday denied a…
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Northeast gets clobbered by a sloppy late-season storm
People struggle to walk in the blowing snow during a winter storm Tuesday in Boston.Michael Dwyer/Associated Press The powerful nor’easter grounded nearly 6,000 flights, knocked out power to almost a…
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Congress’ analyst: Millions to lose coverage under GOP bill
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price talks with a guest as they wait for the arrival of Vice President Mike Pence to begin a meeting with conservative groups to…
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Democrats warn against funding border wall in spending bill
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other top Democrats warned Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in a letter against including “poison pill” provisions such as funding for a border wall…
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Trump’s budget to push conservative ideals
President Donald Trump, center, meets White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, from left clockwise, Shulkin’s wife , Merle Bari, Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, Trump, Secretary of Commerce…
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As incivility hits new depths, many are working to combat it
Students take part in a role-playing game about the 1676 Bacon’s Rebellion, in a class in Murfreesboro, Tenn. The university has staged re-enactments of historical events to help shed light…
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Fearful immigrants are offered anti-deportation training
That is some of the advice being given in New York City and around the country at training sessions, put on by advocacy organizations, aimed at helping immigrants living in…
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Trump praises arrest of ‘troubled person’ at White House
No hazardous materials found in backpack
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Pence appeals for complete GOP support for health overhaul
Trump contends that Obamacare is imploding
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Federal judges find Texas gerrymandered maps on racial lines
The ruling late Friday by a three-judge panel in San Antonio gave Democrats hope of new, more favorably drawn maps that could turn over more seats in Congress in 2018.…
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U.N. says world faces largest humanitarian crisis since 1945
20 million people on brink of starvation
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Analysis: The GOP conspiracy theory that explains away Trump’s Russia problem
Such is the case with a new conspiracy theory making the rounds among conservative talkers. It’s the idea that the CIA has made it appear as though the 2016 election…
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GOP health bill clears its first hurdles
Leaders hope for House vote in next few weeks
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IRS strikes back as agents make big dent in identity theft
The Internal Revenue Service says that the number of identity theft victims plummeted in 2016 after agents struggled for years to combat what has become a multibillion-dollar industry.Susan Walsh/Associated Press…
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China moves to approve several Trump trademarks
China has granted preliminary approval for 38 new Trump trademarks, fueling conflict of interest concerns and questions about whether President Donald Trump is receiving special treatment from the Chinese government.Ng…
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Pew: US labor force would shrink without new immigrants
In a report out Wednesday, Pew projects that the U.S. working-age (25-64) population will grow from 173 million in 2015 to 183 million in 2035. But new immigrants will account…
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‘Day Without a Woman’ celebrates female power
Young people hold posters in support of gay rights during a rally to mark International Women’s Day in Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday. Women around the globe are taking to the streets…
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Bacon, soda too few nuts may kill you
Overeating or not eating enough of the 10 foods and nutrients contributes to nearly half of U.S. deaths from these causes, the study suggests. “Good” foods that were under-eaten include:…
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CIA cyber efforts threatened by leak
WikiLeaks reports program can hack electronic devices to snoop on people
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Hatcher the triceratops gets new look
Revised exhibit will offer updated view of dinosaur
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Scalia’s family donates documents to Harvard
The family of the late Justice Antonin Scalia said they will donate his personal papers to Harvard Law School’s library although it could be decades before some of the documents…
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Conservatives lining up against GOP health plan
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep, Kevin Brady, R-Texas, left, with House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore. said Republicans need to “act now” to replace…