Nation and World
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New California law raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour, among nation's highest
Sep 28, 2023 1:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A new law in California will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour next year, an acknowledgment from the state's Democra...
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United Airlines will make changes for people with wheelchairs after a government investigation
Sep 28, 2023 1:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - United Airlines has agreed to improve air travel for passengers in wheelchairs after the federal government investigated a complaint by a disability-right...
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NY Attorney General Letitia James has a long history of fighting Trump and other powerful targets
Sep 28, 2023 1:00 am - ALBANY, N.Y. - Letitia James fixated on Donald Trump as she campaigned for New York attorney general, branding the then-president a "con man" and ″carnival barker" and p...
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4 in 5 Black adults see racist depictions in the news either often or sometimes, says new study
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - In a new study, Black Americans expressed broad concerns about how they are depicted in the news media, with majorities saying they see racist or negative dep...
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Fire rips through Iraqi wedding hall, killing around 100 in shock to Christian community
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - As they watched the bride and groom start their slow dance, Faten Youssef imagined the future wedding of her son, seated next to her at a reception ta...
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Republicans face growing urgency to stop Trump as they enter the second presidential debate
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Republicans are meeting for their second presidential debate on Wednesday as Donald Trump's top rivals seek to blunt the momentum of the former pre...
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Congress says it wants to avoid a shutdown. But the House and Senate are moving even further apart.
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Congress is starkly divided over very different paths to preventing a federal shutdown - the Senate charging ahead with a bipartisan package to temporar...
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Trump heads to Michigan to compete with Biden for union votes while his GOP challengers debate
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - DETROIT - As his Republican rivals gather onstage in California for their second primary debate, former President Donald Trump will be in battleground Michigan on Wednes...
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US Sen. Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to pocketing bribes in a wide-ranging corruption case
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of pocketing bribes of cash and gold bars in exchange for...
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Three astronauts return to Earth after a year in space. NASA's Frank Rubio sets U.S. space record
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts returned to Earth on Wednesday after being stuck in space for just over a year. American Frank Rubio set a record for the lon...