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WASHINGTON Under a fresh cloud of overseas violence, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton added to their delegate troves on Tuesday with victories in Arizona as the 2016 presidential contest turned into a clash of would-be commanders in chief.Long lines and high interest marked primary elections across Arizona, Utah and Idaho that were largely an afterthought for much of the day as the world grappled with a new wave of bloody attacks in Europe. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a series of blasts in Brussels tha
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PARIS 鈥?Thousands of protesters opposed to the French governments plan to revamp the retirement system marched through Paris on Saturday, the 24th day of crippling strikes.In an unusual gesture, unions organizing the march asked yellow vest protesters to join them. The march coincided with the 59th consecutive Saturday of marches by the yellow vest movement that seeks social and economic justice.Brief scuffles marred the union march as individuals, some wearing masks, burned construction materials along the route. The march went from
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THE FUTURE OF THE COURT WITH KAGAN | The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court Wednesday. Kagan will be the third female judge on the Supreme Court joining justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor. Ray Suarez looks into the future of the court with law professors Paul Butler of George Washington University and Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz of Georgetown University.AFTER RULING, WHAT ;S NEXT FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE | Celebrations broke out Tuesday in California when a judge overturned a ban on same-sex marriage, but there are still no wedding bells for gay couples
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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?The White House on Monday sent lawmakers an urgent budget request for $2.5 billion to address the deadly coronavirus outbreak, whose rapid spread and threat to the global economy rocked financial markets.The White House budget office said the funds are for vaccines, treatment, and protective equipment. The request could advance quickly through Con
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Photo of Greek Parliament in Athens by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images.Greece cabinet threw its support behind embattled Prime Minister George Papandreou call for a referendum on a massive European bailout plan. Papandreou referendum shocked European leaders, coming on the heels of an emergency summit in Brussels last week in which a plan to avert a default in part by pressuring banks to wr
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LONDON AP 鈥?British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly faced criticism Wednesday after telling gay soccer fans heading to the World Cup in Qatar that t
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. AP 鈥?Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will pay off all the past-due rent that accumulated in the nation most popula
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DECATUR, Ala. AP 鈥?Family members of a Black man fatally shot outside his home by Alabama police are seeking more information about
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