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Cyclone Warning as Gale-Force Winds Batter Greece

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's civil protection services went on alert Thursday as the country braced for the threat of a cyclone, forest fires prompted evacuations on an island and an earthquake rattled the south of the country. Gale-force winds of up to 100 kilometers per hour (62 mph) slammed into Greece from the west,…
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Gender, Politics, and More: Americans Weigh in on Kavanaugh

As the Senate Judiciary Committee hears testimony from Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh about allegations of sexual assault, AP journalists around the country are talking to Americans about politics, gender, culture and the Supreme Court. Here is some of what they're hearing: AGONIZING TO WATCH: For Elizabeth Jacobson, listening to Ford's testimony was emotionally…
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The Latest: Ford Says She’s Certain About Who Attacked Her

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh (all times local): 11:17 a.m. Christine Blasey Ford says she is certain she did not mistakenly identify Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as her attacker at a party when they were both in high school more than 30 years ago. Ford was…
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The Latest: Ford ‘Agonized Daily’ Over Coming Forward

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh (all times local): 10:55 a.m. Senators sat riveted on the dais as Christine Blasey Ford gave her testimony about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who she says sexually assaulted her in the early 1980s. Most of the 21 senators on the panel…
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Trump says He Prefers to Keep Rosenstein, May Delay Meeting

By ERIC TUCKER ,  Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he would "certainly prefer not" to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and that he may delay a highly anticipated meeting with the Justice Department's No. 2 official. Trump said Rosenstein denied making remarks first attributed to him in a New York Times…
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