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Michigan St Athletic Director Retires Over Nassar Sex Abuse

By DAVID EGGERT and LARRY LAGE, Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University's athletic director retired Friday, two days after the university president resigned over the school's handling of sexual abuse allegations against its disgraced former sports doctor, Larry Nassar. Mark Hollis, who had been in the job for 10 years, disclosed the…
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Charges For Kentucky Shooting Suspect, Vigil For Victims

By ROBERT RAY, BRUCE SCHREINER and CLAIRE GALOFARO, Associated Press BENTON, Ky. (AP) — The 15-year-old boy accused of gunning down classmates at a western Kentucky high school was ordered held on murder and assault charges as the shaken community where it happened strained to cope with the devastation. On Thursday, a juvenile court judge found…
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Trump ‘Looking Forward’ To Being Questioned Under Oath

By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared he's "looking forward" to being questioned — under oath — in the special counsel's probe of Russian election interference and Trump's possible obstruction in the firing of the FBI director. Trump said he would be willing to answer questions under oath…
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Trump Says He’s Open To Pathway To Citizenship For Dreamers

By JILL COLVIN and ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he's open to an immigration plan that would provide a pathway to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of young people who were brought to the country as children and are now here illegally. "We're going to morph into it," Trump told…
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Mother: School Shooting Took Life Of A ‘Perfect Sweet Soul’

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN, Associated Press BENTON, Ky. (AP) — A tight-knit rural community reflected Wednesday on the hometown horror of a school shooting that killed two teenagers, injured 18 and sent hundreds of others fleeing for their lives from a place many considered immune from violence. Police have not publicly identified the 15-year-old…
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