Nation and World
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Most Americans feel they pay too much in taxes, AP-NORC poll finds
Feb 04, 2024 6:00 am - A majority of taxpayers feel they pay too much in taxes, with many saying that they receive a poor value in return, according to a new poll from the University of Chicago...
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Small Texas border city lands unsolicited spotlight in state-federal showdown over border security
Feb 03, 2024 7:05 am - EAGLE PASS, Texas — As a ceremony with the blaring horns of mariachi musicians and rhythmic click-clack of horse hooves was about to begin, Mayor Rolando Salinas took a m...
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Hamas deploys police, distributes funds in sign of resurgence in Gaza areas Israeli troops have left
Feb 03, 2024 6:57 am - RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Hamas has begun deploying police forces and making partial salary payments to some of its civil servants in Gaza City in recent days, resurfacing in a...
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U.S. begins strikes on militias in Iraq, Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack, officials tell APFeb 02, 2024 3:55 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation fo...
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Federal judge in DC postpones Trump's March trial on charges of plotting to overturn 2020 election
Feb 02, 2024 3:03 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Washington formally postponed Donald Trump's March trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election as a key legal appeal f...
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Footballer-turned-actor Carl Weathers, who starred in 'Rocky' movies and 'The Mandalorian,' dies
Feb 02, 2024 1:53 pm - NEW YORK — Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies, fac...
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'Pineapple Expresses' and rising seas are battering California's piers, threatening iconic landmarks
Feb 02, 2024 1:14 pm - SAN DIEGO (AP) — More storms, rising seas and huge waves are taking their toll on California’s iconic piers that have dotted the Pacific coast since the Gold Rush, posing...
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Think the news industry was struggling already? The dawn of 2024 is offering few good tidings
Feb 02, 2024 12:41 pm - NEW YORK — On Friday, the National Press Club is offering solace — and a free meal — by giving recently laid-off journalists tacos in recognition of a brutal stretch that...
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Biden meets grieving families of 3 US troops killed in Jordan, who he says 'risked it all'Feb 02, 2024 11:06 am - WILMINGTON, Del. — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base on Friday to honor the three American service members ki...
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Haley insists she's staying in the GOP race. Here's how that could cause problems for Trump
Feb 02, 2024 11:04 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. — For months, the underdog in the presidential primary refused to concede defeat. He fought hard in state after state, even as the front-runner amassed a d...