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Virginia gov challenges Trump voter allegations

WASHINGTON (AP) - Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe says Donald Trump should provide proof to back up his claim that there was widespread voter fraud in Virginia on Election Day. The president-elect is claiming, without evidence, that millions of people voted illegally in the election he won. Trump alleged that three states, including Virginia, saw "serious…
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Attacker purposely drove on curb, stabbed people

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio State police say the attacker on campus purposely drove over a curb and into pedestrians and then got out of the vehicle and began stabbing people with a butcher knife. Police Chief Craig Stone spoke early Monday afternoon at a news conference. Authorities also said police believe that there was…
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Corps won’t forcibly remove protesters from federal land

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it has "no plans for forcible removal" of protesters who have been camping in North Dakota to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline. The Corps says in a statement Sunday that it "is seeking a peaceful and orderly transition to a safer location." The…
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Fidel Castro has died at age 90, brother says

HAVANA (AP) — Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has died at age 90, his brother, President Raul Castro announced late Friday on state television.
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Another failure in search for treatment to slow Alzheimer’s

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An experimental treatment for Alzheimer's failed again in a widely anticipated study, disappointing many who had hoped Eli Lilly had finally found a way to slow the progression of the mind-robbing disease. The drug did not work better than a placebo treatment in a study of 2,100 people with mild Alzheimer's, the…
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