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California To Join Guard Border Mission, But With Conditions

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown accepted President Donald Trump's call to send the National Guard to the Mexican border, but rejected the White House's portrait of a burgeoning border crisis and insisted that his troops will have nothing to do with immigration enforcement. The Democratic…
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Accusers Confront Bill Cosby, And They Aren’t Holding Back

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Women who say comedian Bill Cosby knocked them out with intoxicants and sexually assaulted them decades ago are finally getting a chance to confront him — and they aren't holding back. Janice Baker-Kinney will return to the witness stand on Thursday after punctuating her first two…
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Notes Show Zuckerberg Expected Resignation Query

WASHINGTON (AP) —  If his notes are any indication, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expected senators to ask whether he'd resign. His notes acknowledge he's made mistakes and say the company is facing a "big challenge" but will solve this one too. Zuckerberg's notes were briefly visible to an Associated Press photographer during a hearing Tuesday…
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Trump: Raid On His Lawyer Abuses Attorney-Client Privilege

By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents have raided the office of President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen, seizing records on topics that include a $130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels, who says she had sex with Trump. The raid prompted a new blast Tuesday from the…
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Canada Town Gets New Shock With Dead Player Misidentified

By JEREMY HAINSWORTH and ROB GILLIES, Associated Press HUMBOLDT, Saskatchewan (AP) — Families and friends already stunned by the deaths of 15 players and team personnel for Humboldt's youth hockey club got a new shock Monday when authorities announced that one of the dead had been misidentified. The Ministry of Justice for Saskatchewan province said the…
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