Flint residents await interviews with federal investigators
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal investigators are heading to Flint, Michigan, this weekend to interview residents who complained early on to the federal government about problems with the city's water supply. The inspector general's office at the Environmental Protection Agency says more than 100 people submitted complaints to the agency or the White House between April…
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Clinton, Sanders clash over qualifications, background
NEW YORK (AP) - The race for the Democratic nomination is intensifying as candidates cast doubt over each other's qualifications to be president at overlapping press conferences. Sanders told journalists in Philadelphia Thursday that he raised questions about Clinton's qualifications to be president because "that was what was thrown at me." "If Secretary Clinton thinks...…
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Syria says IS abducted 300 workers near Damascus
GENEVA (AP) - Syrian state TV says Islamic State militants have kidnapped 300 cement workers and contractors in an area northeast of the capital, Damascus. The TV says the workers from the al-Badia Cement Company were abducted on Thursday from Dumeir, an area where militants launched a surprise attack against government forces earlier this week.…
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