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North Carolina bathroom law could be decided in Virginia

Published on Wed, 03/30/2016 - 4:04pm
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RICHMOND, Va. — The fate of North Carolina's new law aimed at restricting restroom use by transgender people could be determined in Virginia, where a school board has ordered a teenager to stay out of the boys' room.

No charges for 2 Minneapolis officers in fatal shooting

Published on Wed, 03/30/2016 - 3:59pm
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MINNEAPOLIS — Two white police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a black man last fall will not face criminal charges, a prosecutor announced Wednesday in a decision that drew outrage from community members who said the move showed that the legal system is rigged against African-Americans.

Police charge Trump campaign manager with battery

Published on Tue, 03/29/2016 - 2:49pm
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Police charged Donald Trump's campaign manager with simple battery Tuesday as a videotaped altercation with a reporter transformed what was another messy campaign sideshow into a criminal court summons.

In California backcountry, skiers find satisfying snow

Published on Tue, 03/29/2016 - 2:40pm
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SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — We were gliding downhill along a river buried in snow, our skis skimming a thin layer of fresh powder toward the setting sun and a wall of darkening clouds.

Archaeologists digging at Malcolm X's boyhood home in Boston

Published on Tue, 03/29/2016 - 2:34pm
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BOSTON — Archeologists are digging at a boyhood home of Malcolm X in an effort to uncover more about the slain black rights activist's early life.

The two-week archaeological dig begins Tuesday in Boston's historically black Roxbury neighborhood.

California's $15/hour wage could help workers, cost jobs

Published on Tue, 03/29/2016 - 1:58pm
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A political deal to raise California's minimum wage to a nation-leading $15 an hour could help some workers cope with the state's crushing cost of living but also deprive other low-wage earners of jobs altogether, economists said as Gov. Jerry Brown and other leaders touted what would be a landmark agreement.

Shooter in custody at US Capitol, injuries unclear

Published on Mon, 03/28/2016 - 3:03pm
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WASHINGTON — A gunman was taken into custody after shots were fired in the U.S. Capitol complex on Monday, Capitol officials said, and visitors and staff were shut in their offices and told to "shelter in place."

Trump, Ryan increasingly at odds over future of the GOP

Published on Mon, 03/28/2016 - 2:58pm
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WASHINGTON — Donald Trump wants to win the White House in the fall. Paul Ryan wants to save his own vision of the Republican Party for the future.

State-by-state strategy wielded to defund Planned Parenthood

Published on Mon, 03/28/2016 - 2:49pm
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NEW YORK — Though congressional Republicans' bid to defund Planned Parenthood was vetoed by President Barack Obama, anti-abortion activists and politicians are achieving a growing portion of their goal with an aggressive state-by-state strategy.

Saudi land purchases fuel debate over US water rights

Published on Mon, 03/28/2016 - 2:45pm
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SAN DIEGO — Saudi Arabia's largest dairy company will soon be unable to farm alfalfa in its own parched country to feed its 170,000 cows. So it's turning to an unlikely place to grow the water-chugging crop — the drought-stricken American Southwest.