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AP News - Top Stories

Live updates: A deal to end the war in Gaza and release hostages is in flux, Israel says

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Gunnar Gundy to join his father's staff as assistant coach at Oklahoma State

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Officials tout a Gaza ceasefire deal and plan to free hostages. Israel says details still in flux

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Gaza is in ruins after Israel's yearlong offensive. Rebuilding may take decades

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She fought for her life as a hostage in Gaza. A year later, she's fighting for her husband's freedom

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Live updates: Rubio, Ratcliffe, Bondi and Duffy appear for Senate confirmation hearings

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WATCH LIVE: Marco Rubio warns China is America's 'biggest threat' as he seeks confirmation

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What to know about Trump's attorney general pick Pam Bondi as she faces questioning on Capitol Hill

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John Ratcliffe, Trump's CIA pick, tells senators the agency is 'not where we're supposed to be'

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Key takeaways from Pete Hegseth's fiery confirmation hearing

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Question on ASEAN stumped Hegseth at Senate hearing. What is it and why is it important?

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Few US adults confident Justice Department and FBI will act fairly under Trump, AP-NORC poll finds

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Firefighters need better weather to fight California's flames. When will they get relief?

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Live updates on the LA wildfires: Another round of dangerous winds and dry conditions are in the forecast

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Fire tornadoes are a risk under California's extreme wildfire conditions

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NBA reschedules games postponed by California wildfires, Atlanta winter storm

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What to know about the devastation

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South African police announce sudden end of mine rescue operation, say all bodies and survivors out

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British author Neil Gaiman denies ever engaging in non-consensual sex as more accusers come forward

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Vulnerable Americans live in the shadow of COVID-19 as most move on

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FDA bans red dye No. 3 from foods

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Supreme Court will hear Texas anti-pornography law that challengers say violates free-speech rights

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2 PRIVATE LUNAR LANDERS HEAD TOWARD THE MOON IN A ROUNDABOUT JOURNEY

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'Conclave' leads race for British BAFTA awards with 12, one more than 'Emilia Perez'

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Man pleads guilty in string of MS-13 killings that stunned New York suburbs

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Yoon becomes South Korea's first sitting president to be detained after martial law chaos

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The 2025 Grammys will proceed with wildfire relief changes. Here's what to expect

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Trump says he will create an 'External Revenue Service' agency to collect tariff income

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Russian missile attack forces Ukraine to shut down power grid

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Capital One sued by US watchdog alleging bank cheated customers out of $2 billion

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Bloomberg reports that Meta will lay off 5% of staff

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Australian Open: Naomi Osaka is back in a Slam's 3rd round for the 1st time in 3 years

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Belgium's pastoral pastime of pigeon racing faces high anxiety over crime wave

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Architects are bringing nature home by making trees part of the plan

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A retro blue VW van miraculously survives deadly Los Angeles fire

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Can AI help humans understand animals and reconnect with nature? A nonprofit research lab thinks so

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Spain sets a new record with 94 million international tourists last year

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2009: US Airways jet makes emergency landing in Hudson River

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Question on ASEAN stumps Trump's choice for defense Hegseth at confirmation hearing

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SpaceX launches two private lunar landers to the moon

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Fiery moments from Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing

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Couple captures dramatic start of Eaton Fire in Altadena, California

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Michelle Obama will skip Trump inauguration

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Italian soccer club Lazio fires falconer for posting photos of his penis implant

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Haiti has 1 million displaced people, mostly from gang violence. It's tripled over the past year

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Britain's Princess of Wales says her cancer is in remission

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Chili paste heats up dishes and warms hearts at northeastern Tunisia's harissa festival

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How to protect yourself from norovirus, COVID-19, flu and RSV during the winter surge

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How setting boundaries can improve your health at work

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Doctors worry that iodine deficiency — a dietary problem from the past — is coming back

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How drinking alcohol can affect your health

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FDA says decongestant in many cold medicines doesn't work. So what does?

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Making any New Year's resolutions? Here are some tips to help make them stick

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Physical therapy is 'the best-kept secret in health care'

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Working Well: Returning to the office can disrupt life. Here are some tips to navigate the changes

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In their own words: AP photographers explain how selected images capture warming world

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States are preparing to help or thwart Trump's second-term plans

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Trump wants to change colleges nationwide. GOP-led states offer a preview

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The eye behind the lens: AP photographers on pictures capturing horror and emotions of LA fires

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Ukraine holds first soccer tournament for war-wounded amputees — and plans to go international

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Amid charred neighborhoods, a handful of L.A. homes remain untouched

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Hamas OKs draft agreement of a Gaza ceasefire and the release of some hostages, officials say

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Middle East latest: Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 17, medics say, as Hamas accepts a ceasefire draft

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ICC chief prosecutor wants Israeli objections over Netanyahu warrant to be rejected

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Blinken makes the case for post-war reconstruction, security and governance of Gaza

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After economic meltdown and war with Israel, Lebanon's new prime minister vows to rebuild

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Some Israeli soldiers refuse to keep fighting in Gaza

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Head of the International Court of Justice is named Lebanon's new prime minister

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Zelenskyy, Macron discuss Western troop deployment in Ukraine before German defense chief visits

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Russian foreign minister praises Trump's views on Ukraine conflict

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Australia's prime minister demands Russia explain what happened to Australian POW

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NATO announces a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region

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Russian forces bypass a key stronghold in a bid to cut off its supplies, a Ukrainian officer says

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Seoul's spy agency says North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine haven't shown desire to defect

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European defense heavyweights say meeting Trump's military spending target won't be easy

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Shadow fleet of tankers keeps Russia's oil money flowing despite Western sanctions

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US recovers $31 million in Social Security payments to dead people

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Firefighters report progress against LA blazes as winds pick up again

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Relief, 21st-century style: As wildfires burn, GoFundMe becomes a repository of harrowing stories

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Bondi in her confirmation hearing says Trump was 'targeted' by Justice Department investigations

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US appeals court hears oral arguments on Florida ban on transgender care for minors

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Drake sues Universal Music for defamation related to Kendrick Lamar diss track 'Not Like Us'

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North Carolina man tried to board a flight to join the Islamic State group, authorities say

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New Jersey school custodian pleads guilty to contaminating food with bodily fluids and cleaner

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Hope and dread as Israelis and Palestinians await a Gaza truce that may not end their suffering

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Israel supplied Iran with centrifuge platforms containing explosives, top official acknowledges

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UK says a deal on the Chagos Islands won't be finalized until Trump is consulted

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What to know about the detention of impeached South Korean President Yoon

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Islamic State-linked rebels kill at least 10 people in eastern Congo

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Kosovo's authorities close parallel institutions run by the country's ethnic Serb minority

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US steps up Russia sanctions, placing threat of more sanctions on businesses partnering with Russia

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'It was either me or him and I won,' British retiree says after beating back mugger

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As Los Angeles burns, Hollywood's Oscar season turns into a pledge drive

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Music streams hit nearly 5 trillion in 2024. Women pop performers lead the charge in the US

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Movie Review: 'Wolf Man' is a toothless reboot that'll make you bark at the moon

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Octavia Butler imagined LA ravaged by fires. Her Altadena cemetery survived

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Texas Rangers will stream broadcasts after seasons of difficult access to games

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Ohtani and Dodgers featured on four of ESPN's first 10 Sunday night baseball broadcast

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Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez dies at 76

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Melissa Rivers recounts grabbing valued possessions before Pacific Palisades fire burned home down

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Contaminated drinking water is a growing concern for cities facing wildfires

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Pink flame retardants are being used to slow California fires. What do we know about them?

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High winds have worsened California wildfires. What makes them?

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Los Angeles tree advocates hope their vital work recovers from devastating fires

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Earth breaks yearly heat record and lurches past dangerous warming threshold

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Texas QB Quinn Ewers declares for NFL draft as program ushers in Arch Manning era

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Coco Gauff is into the Australian Open's 3rd round and still unbeaten in 2025

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Jayden Daniels accomplishes a feat last done by Slinging Sammy Baugh in 1937

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Lady Vols coach Kim Caldwell about to experience another 1st with her baby due any day

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US inflation picked up in December but underlying price pressures eased

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JPMorgan posts record annual profits as major US banks thrive in the final quarter of 2024

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Germany's economy shrank for the second consecutive year in 2024

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Stock market today: Wall Street rips higher after inflation data and strong bank profits

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Ancient DNA suggests women were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain

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Elon Musk says a third patient got a Neuralink brain implant. The work is part of a booming field

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Lasers illuminate the intricate patterns on ancient tattoos of Peru's mummies

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5 things we know and still don't know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared

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US population projections shrink from last year because of declining birth rates, less immigration

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Edmunds highlights the top car-tech trends from CES 2025

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Too early to prep the garden for spring? Nope

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Moving away from BMI, experts propose a new definition for obesity

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Biden's big semiconductor law will ramp up US chip production -- but at a high cost, report finds

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How mega-polluters take advantage of billions in green loans

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Mark Zuckerberg will cohost reception with Republican billionaires for Trump inauguration

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How Biden's domestic policy record stacks up against public perception

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FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive, but its fate rests with Trump

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USDA documented insects and slime at Boar's Head plants, records show

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Biden health officials say they built up US pandemic defenses. Trump promises changes

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Up to 4 in 10 people could develop dementia after 55. What you can do to lower your risk

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Tens of millions of Hindu devotees make do with little at Maha Kumbh festival

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4 men charged in a Brooklyn synagogue tunnel scuffle are awaiting trial in April

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Benin's mecca of spirits and gods draws tourists and followers with famed Voodoo festival

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Pope Francis is introspective and self-critical in his autobiography, at least about his youth

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Police took over a week to name the NYC subway burning victim. A fake name spread in the meantime

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Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation

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Browns sued by city over possible move from Cleveland to proposed domed stadium in suburbs

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Bill to award 1980 'Miracle On Ice' US hockey team with Congressional Gold Medals is reintroduced

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Struggling Penguins to place 2-time All-Star goaltender Tristan Jarry on waivers

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Son of a man who was beaten and died in a New York prison sues guards, officials

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The air in 12 Texas counties exceeded federal soot standards. Only four may face consequences.

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Browns name Tommy Rees offensive coordinator. Former Notre Dame QB worked as ball boy in Cleveland

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Biden administration withdraws rules to save endangered whales from collisions

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NYPD changes its policy on high-speed police chases, cracking down after injuries, damage and death

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US in plea talks with Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada

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Minnesota Democrats ask state Supreme Court to resolve state House power struggle

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Mississippi House set to vote this week on income tax elimination-gas tax increase plan

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Democratic attorneys general ask to defend health access for 'Dreamers' since Trump probably won't

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Pro-Stacey Abrams groups fined $300,000 after admitting they broke Georgia campaign finance law

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2-time IndyCar champion Will Power hires agent as he begins a contract season with Team Penske

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Iowa State's 30-year streak of hitting a 3-pointer ends in win over Texas Tech

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SafeSport CEO says in email: Knowing arrested investigator fooled them is 'just sickening'

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The pomp, pageantry and circumstance of presidential inaugurations in the words of AP reporters

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NHTSA closes preliminary investigation into General Motors' Cruise robotaxis

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Boxing grudge match between Benn and Eubank back on after first fight was canceled

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Today in Sports - Stephen Curry is first in NBA history to hit 8+ 3-pointers in 3 straight games

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UN human rights chief calls for lifting Western sanctions on Syria as country rebuilds after Assad

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Austin failed to tell Congress or the White House about his health problems as required, report says

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Italy rail asks authorities to investigate outages behind train delays

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Hundreds protest as Mozambique inaugurates a new president

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Pakistan's premier welcomes World Bank's 10-year funding plan of $20 billion

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Scotland secures another 'Kilted Kiwi' as Fergus Burke picked for Six Nations rugby tournament

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Colts will play in the NFL's first regular-season game in Berlin

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Poland's leader accuses Russia of planning acts of sabotage against 'airlines around the world'

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Rugby pair Auradou, Jegou back with France to prepare for Six Nations after rape case dropped

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