Category: National
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Somali diaspora: Blast won’t stop effort to rebuild homeland
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Like many Somalis displaced by decades of civil war, Mohamoud Elmi felt he had a duty to use what he learned in America to help rebuild his homeland. After getting a business administration degree in Ohio, he fulfilled that calling and returned to Somalia in 2008 to work in government.
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Bergdahl could get life in prison for endangering comrades
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — The judge deciding Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s punishment said Monday he is concerned that President Donald Trump’s comments about the case could impact the public’s perception of the military justice system.
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States to ask judge to keep health subsidies cut by Trump
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The top lawyers for 19 states will urge a federal judge Monday to force President Donald Trump’s administration to pay health care subsidies he abruptly cut off earlier this month.
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Pennsylvania woman celebrates 94th birthday by skydiving
HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman has celebrated her 94th birthday by going skydiving along with her granddaughter and great-granddaughter.
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Fallen soldier’s widow: ‘Nothing to say’ to Trump
MIAMI (AP) — The pregnant widow of a fallen U.S. soldier on Monday contradicted President Donald Trump’s account of his phone call about her husband’s death and said what he told her “made me cry even worse.”
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As far right rises, LGBTQ gun group hits firing line in NY
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The former pacifist pumped a shotgun at the firing line.
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In Virginia’s Trump country, low enthusiasm for Republican
POUND, Va. (AP) — People in Virginia’s coal country still love President Donald Trump, but not his pick to be their next governor.
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Murder trial that sparked immigration debate gets underway
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Trial begins this week for a Mexican man who set off a national immigration debate after he fatally shot a woman on a popular San Francisco pier.
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Dramatic sentencing hearing expected in Bergdahl case
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The fate of Bowe Bergdahl — the Army sergeant who pleaded guilty to endangering his comrades by leaving his post in 2009 in Afghanistan — now rests in the hands of a judge.
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The Latest: Trump urges House GOP to pass budget fast
STERLING, Va. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump. (all times local):