After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians
WILLIAMSTON, N.C. (AP) - Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital's emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital's sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many in ...
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Nikki Haley faces a murky path forward and a key decision on whether or not to endorse Trump
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Nikki Haley is perhaps the highest-profile Republican in the nation who has refused to fall in line and endorse Donald Trump's presidential bid. It's unclear how long that might last. Some allies belie...
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Many remember solid economy under Trump, but his record also full of tax cut hype, debt and disease
WASHINGTON (AP) - It was a time of fear and chaos four years ago. The death count was mounting as COVID-19 spread. Financial markets were panicked. Oil prices briefly went negative. The Federal Reserve slashed its benchmark interest rates...
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Michael Cohen to face more grilling as Trump's hush money trial enters its final stretch
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump's hush money trial is heading into the final stretch, with prosecutors' last and star witness back on the stand Monday for more grilling before the former president's lawyers get their chance to put on a case. ...
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Senior Republican close to Trump criticizes Biden's arms holdup in speech to Israeli parliament
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Elise Stefanik, a House Republican leader seen as a candidate to be Donald Trump's running mate, delivered a speech before Israel's parliament on Sunday in which she criticized President Joe Biden's approach to the war in Gaza. ...
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Nova Scotia byelection vote set for Tuesday in riding formerly held by popular Tory
PICTOU, N.S. - Voters in the rural Nova Scotia provincial electoral district of Pictou West are ready to go to the polls Tuesday in a riding that voted decisively Tory in the 2021 provincial election. The riding borders another held by Premier Tim Hous...
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Ex-partner charged with first-degree murder after death of 55-year-old Montreal woman
MONTREAL - A 55-year-old woman is dead and her former partner is facing a first-degree murder charge in what police say is Montreal's 13th homicide of the year. Brahim Naili appeared in court Sunday afternoon, where he was charged in connection with t...
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Federal byelection announced for June 24 in Toronto St. Paul's riding
TORONTO - The Prime Minister's Office has announced a federal byelection will be held in the Ontario riding of Toronto-St. Paul's on June 24 to fill the seat left vacant by longtime Liberal cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett. Bennett announced in Decemb...
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The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill. Democrats are campaigning on it
CHICAGO (AP) - Sen. Tammy Baldwin, facing a tough reelection fight in one of the races that will determine control of Congress, has made protecting reproductive rights a cornerstone of her campaign, and she's willing to back that up by pledging to chan...
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What we've learned so far in the Trump hush money trial and what to watch for as it wraps up
NEW YORK (AP) - Testimony in the hush money trial of Donald Trump is set to conclude in the coming days, putting the landmark case on track for jury deliberations that will determine whether it ends in a mistrial, an acquittal - or the first-ever felon...
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