By Deepa Bharath and Luis Andres HenaoAsscociated Press America’s faithful are bracing — some with cautionary joy and others with looming dread — for the Supreme Court to potentially overturn […]
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US Quietly Expands Asylum Limits While Preparing to End Them
By Elliot Spagat and Christopher ShermanAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has begun expelling Cubans and Nicaraguans to Mexico under pandemic-related powers to deny migrants a chance […]
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Dem lawmaker: Biden Suggests He’ll Ease Student Loan Burden
By ALAN FRAMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signaled he might forgive some student loan debt and further extend the federal moratorium on repayments, a lawmaker who discussed […]
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Reparations Advocates Toast Historic Moment in San Francisco
By Janie HarAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Members of California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force convened in a historic African American church in San Francisco on Wednesday, making their own […]
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Police: Sacramento Shooting was Gunfight Among Gang Rivals
By Adam Beam and Brian MelleyAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The mass killing that left six people dead and 12 wounded outside bars just blocks from California’s Capitol last […]
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Biden Planning to Tap Oil Reserve to Control Gas Prices
By Zeke Miller and Josh BoakAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is preparing to order the release of up to 1 million barrels of oil per day from […]
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Americans Ease Up on Masks, Virus Safeguards: AP-NORC Poll
By Russ Bynum And Emily SwansonAssociated Press Many Americans have taken significant steps back from once-routine coronavirus precautions, with less than half now saying they regularly wear face masks, avoid crowds and skip […]
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Takeaways: Joy, Tears, Culture Wars Dominate Jackson Hearing
By Lisa MascaroAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not just Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson who is being scrutinized. Senators are also being watched at this milestone moment […]
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Americans React to Zelenskyy Plea with Pain, Empathy, Hope
By Joseph Frederick, Mike Householder and Amy Beth HansonAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Americans reacted with empathy, pain, frustration and in some cases anger Wednesday to Ukrainian President Volodymyr […]
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Calls to Suspend Gas Taxes Across U.S. Grow as Prices Surge
By David A. LiebAssociated Press With gas prices at record highs across the U.S., an increasing number of governors and state lawmakers are calling for the suspension of gas taxes […]