Articles filed under Associated Press
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Equal education, unequal pay: Why is there still a gender pay gap in 2024?Mar 17, 2024 5:15 am - Not even education can close the pay gap that persists between women and men, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau report. Whether women earn a post-secondary certif...
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Schumer's rebuke of Netanyahu exemplifies US leaders skirting an unwritten rule on allies' electionsMar 16, 2024 8:20 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Israeli officials were quick to express outrage after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Ne...
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Interest in TikTok, distressed NY bank has echoes of Mnuchin’s pre-Trump investment playbookMar 16, 2024 8:19 am - NEW YORK (AP) — It seems like a bizarre mishmash: A former Trump cabinet official is saying he wants to buy TikTok just days after leading a group that pumped $1 billion ...
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Cease-fire talks with Israel and Hamas expected to restartMar 16, 2024 8:18 am - CAIRO (AP) — Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas are expected to restart in earnest in Qatar as soon as Sunday, according to ...
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Fasting at school? More Muslim students in the US are getting support during RamadanMar 16, 2024 8:15 am - DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — While Muslim students remain a rarity in many U.S. school districts, they are a major presence in some communities, prompting public schools to be ...
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Prosecutors in Chicago charge man with stabbing ex-girlfriend's 11-year-old son to deathMar 16, 2024 8:15 am - CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors in Chicago have accused a man of stabbing his ex-girlfriend’s 11-year-old son to death. Prosecutors announced on Friday that the 37-year-old m...
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McDonald's system outages have been reported worldwide. The chain says they're getting fixedMar 15, 2024 10:00 am - LONDON — System failures at McDonald's were reported worldwide Friday, shuttering some restaurants for hours and leading to social media complaints from customers, in wha...
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Russian missiles kill at least 14 people in the latest strike on southern Ukraine's OdesaMar 15, 2024 9:50 am - KYIV, Ukraine — First responders who arrived at the scene of a Russian missile attack on homes in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa on Friday were themselves struck by...
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Prosecutor leaves Georgia election case against Trump after relationship with district attorneyMar 15, 2024 8:27 am - A special prosecutor who had a romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis formally withdrew Friday from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump after a judge ruled one of them had to leave the case for it to move forward.
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Severe storms with tornadoes kill at least 3 in the central USMar 15, 2024 8:09 am - Severe storms with probable tornadoes tore through several central U.S. states, damaging homes and businesses and killing at least three people, with more bodies likely t...