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Justice Department curtails prosecutions for blocking reproductive health care facilities

Justice Department curtails prosecutions for blocking reproductive health care facilities

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's new Justice Department leadership issued an order Friday to curtail prosecutions against people accused of blocking reproductive rights facilities, calling the cases an example of the “weaponization” of law
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Justice Department curtails prosecutions for blocking reproductive health care facilities

Justice Department curtails prosecutions for blocking reproductive health care facilities

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's new Justice Department leadership issued an order Friday to curtail prosecutions against people accused of blocking reproductive rights facilities, calling the cases an example of the “weaponization” of law
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State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide

State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department on Friday froze new funding for almost all U.S. foreign assistance, making exceptions to allow humanitarian food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt to continue.
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Trump proposes 'getting rid of FEMA' while visiting North Carolina

Trump proposes 'getting rid of FEMA' while visiting North Carolina

SWANNANOA, N.C.
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Colombia president decrees emergency powers to restore order in coca region wracked by rebel combat

Colombia president decrees emergency powers to restore order in coca region wracked by rebel combat

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s president issued a decree Friday giving him emergency powers to restore order in a coca-growing region bordering Venezuela wracked in recent days by a deadly turf war among dissident rebel groups .
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Djokovic quits mid-match and walks off to boos, putting Zverev in Australian Open final vs. Sinner

Djokovic quits mid-match and walks off to boos, putting Zverev in Australian Open final vs. Sinner

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Spectators booed an injured Novak Djokovic as he left the court in Rod Laver Arena after quitting one set into his Australian Open semifinal against Alexander Zverev on Friday.
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FBI arrests a Washington state woman in the fatal shooting of Vermont Border Patrol agent

FBI arrests a Washington state woman in the fatal shooting of Vermont Border Patrol agent

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The FBI said Friday that it arrested a Washington state woman in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont.
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Judge bars Oath Keepers founder Rhodes from entering Washington without court's permission

Judge bars Oath Keepers founder Rhodes from entering Washington without court's permission

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from entering Washington, D.C.
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Governor of Congo's North Kivu province dies of his wounds in fighting with rebels, authorities say

Governor of Congo's North Kivu province dies of his wounds in fighting with rebels, authorities say

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, authorities said Friday, as M23 rebels closed in on the provincial capital.
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London court clears way to extradite US mother accused of killing 2 of her children in Colorado

London court clears way to extradite US mother accused of killing 2 of her children in Colorado

LONDON (AP) — A London judge on Friday rejected a U.S. mother's challenge to her extradition to face murder charges in Colorado in the deaths of two of her young children.
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