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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A woman sentenced to life in prison in the murders of her two youngest children

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion nationwide Wednesday, two years af

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona visited Springfield Wednesday to to

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Thousands of Little Rock residents were without power Wednesday after a sev

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man with ties to a far-right extremist group advocating the overthrow of the U.S.

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