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AP Exclusive: Calif. 9/11 fund raided for deficits

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 16:29
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- After the 2001 terrorist attacks, California lawmakers sought a way to channel the patriotic fervor and use it to help victims' families and law enforcement. Their answer: Specialty memorial license plates emblazoned with the words, "We Will Never Forget."...
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AP Exclusive: Calif. 9/11 fund raided for deficits

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 16:29
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- After the 2001 terrorist attacks, California lawmakers sought a way to channel the patriotic fervor and use it to help victims' families and law enforcement. Their answer: Specialty memorial license plates emblazoned with the words, "We Will Never Forget."...
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Folk musician Doc Watson dies in NC hospital at 89

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 16:29
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Doc Watson, the Grammy-award winning folk musician whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world for more than a half-century, died Tuesday at a hospital in Winston-Salem, according to a hospital spokeswoman and his manager. He was 89....
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Folk musician Doc Watson dies in NC hospital at 89

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 16:29
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Doc Watson, the Grammy-award winning folk musician whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world for more than a half-century, died Tuesday at a hospital in Winston-Salem, according to a hospital spokeswoman and his manager. He was 89....
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Parents: Sharing of Yale grad's essay is a comfort

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 16:29
WAYLAND, Mass. (AP) -- "What we have to remember is that we can still do anything," Marina Keegan wrote to fellow Yale University graduates. "... We can't, we must not lose this sense of possibility because in the end, it's all we have."...
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Parents: Sharing of Yale grad's essay is a comfort

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 16:29
WAYLAND, Mass. (AP) -- "What we have to remember is that we can still do anything," Marina Keegan wrote to fellow Yale University graduates. "... We can't, we must not lose this sense of possibility because in the end, it's all we have."...
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Bill would outlaw abortion for sex selection

Congress is set to wade into one of the most sensitive topics in the abortion debate, with a House vote Wednesday on a bill that would ban abortions that are performed solely because of an unborn child's sex.

Pro-life advocates say sex-selection abortion amounts to a "war on baby girls," ...

Bill would outlaw abortion for sex selection

Congress is set to wade into one of the most sensitive topics in the abortion debate, with a House vote Wednesday on a bill that would ban abortions that are performed solely because of an unborn child's sex.

Pro-life advocates say sex-selection abortion amounts to a "war on baby girls," ...

Suspended GSA executive back on the job

More than a month after he was put on leave when a video surfaced showing him joking about the lavish spending — $823,000 — at a taxpayer-funded General Services Administration conference in Las Vegas, a top official at the agency has quietly returned to his job.

David Foley, deputy commissioner ...

Suspended GSA executive back on the job

More than a month after he was put on leave when a video surfaced showing him joking about the lavish spending — $823,000 — at a taxpayer-funded General Services Administration conference in Las Vegas, a top official at the agency has quietly returned to his job.

David Foley, deputy commissioner ...

Author's son seeks Malcolm X letter at Syracuse

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 16:29
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The son of Malcolm X's biographer is asking Syracuse University to hand over a letter in which the slain activist writes about his shifting views on race relations, claiming his family is the rightful owner....
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Author's son seeks Malcolm X letter at Syracuse

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 16:29
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The son of Malcolm X's biographer is asking Syracuse University to hand over a letter in which the slain activist writes about his shifting views on race relations, claiming his family is the rightful owner....
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Author's son seeks Malcolm X letter at Syracuse

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 16:29
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The son of Malcolm X's biographer is asking Syracuse University to hand over a letter in which the slain activist writes about his shifting views on race relations, claiming his family is the rightful owner....
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Author's son seeks Malcolm X letter at Syracuse

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 16:29
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The son of Malcolm X's biographer is asking Syracuse University to hand over a letter in which the slain activist writes about his shifting views on race relations, claiming his family is the rightful owner....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Author's son seeks Malcolm X letter at Syracuse

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 16:29
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The son of Malcolm X's biographer is asking Syracuse University to hand over a letter in which the slain activist writes about his shifting views on race relations, claiming his family is the rightful owner....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Author's son seeks Malcolm X letter at Syracuse

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 16:29
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The son of Malcolm X's biographer is asking Syracuse University to hand over a letter in which the slain activist writes about his shifting views on race relations, claiming his family is the rightful owner....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Author's son seeks Malcolm X letter at Syracuse

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 16:29
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The son of Malcolm X's biographer is asking Syracuse University to hand over a letter in which the slain activist writes about his shifting views on race relations, claiming his family is the rightful owner....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Author's son seeks Malcolm X letter at Syracuse

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 16:29
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The son of Malcolm X's biographer is asking Syracuse University to hand over a letter in which the slain activist writes about his shifting views on race relations, claiming his family is the rightful owner....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Author's son seeks Malcolm X letter at Syracuse

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 16:29
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The son of Malcolm X's biographer is asking Syracuse University to hand over a letter in which the slain activist writes about his shifting views on race relations, claiming his family is the rightful owner....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Author's son seeks Malcolm X letter at Syracuse

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2024-11-29 16:29
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The son of Malcolm X's biographer is asking Syracuse University to hand over a letter in which the slain activist writes about his shifting views on race relations, claiming his family is the rightful owner....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US
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