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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...

DATE: Apr 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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-...

DATE: Apr 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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...

DATE: Apr 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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...

DATE: Apr 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump rebounds with New York win

Clinton stops challenge from Sanders

DATE: Apr 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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...

DATE: Apr 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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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...

DATE: Apr 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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...

DATE: Apr 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

After 100 years, a lost flower is found

Maryland botanist rediscoversrare treasure

DATE: Apr 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Stolen ‘inverted Jenny’ stamp resurfaces

NEW YORK – One of the longest mysteries in the stamp-collecting world is getting a new chapter. Six decades after four of the U.S. Postal Service’s most celebrated misprints were...

DATE: Apr 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fidel Castro gives rare speech saying he will soon die

HAVANA – Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro delivered a valedictory speech on Tuesday to the Communist Party he put in power a half-century ago, telling party members he would soon die ...

DATE: Apr 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Earth’s hot streak continues for a record 11 months

WASHINGTON – Earth’s record monthly heat streak has hit 11 months in a row – a record in itself. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesday that March’s...

DATE: Apr 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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