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Police: weights in water park death within limits

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Police say combined weights for a 10-year-old boy and two other people riding a raft with him at a water park when he was killed were within the ride's limits. Caleb Schwab died August 7 while riding the 168-foot "Verruckt" at Schlitterbahn WaterPark in Kansas City, Kansas. Riders are weighed…
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No decision yet in Illinois’ transgender bathroom case

CHICAGO (AP) - A federal magistrate judge will not make an immediate decision on whether to stop transgender students at a suburban Chicago school from using girls' locker rooms and restrooms. U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Gilbert said during Monday's hearing that he plans to issue a report with his recommendation to U.S. District Judge Jorge…
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Republican Party launches pro-Trump campaign in Israel

Trump remains a controversial candidate in Israel despite an overall pro-Israel stance
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Martin Luther King’s Bible, Nobel to go to his estate

In a board meeting in January 2014, the brothers voted 2-1 against Bernice King to sell the two artifacts to an unnamed private buyer
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