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Obama says Cuba visit will boost efforts to restore US ties

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says his upcoming visit to Cuba will advance U.S. efforts to restore ties with the communist nation and improve the lives of Cubans. Obama will be making the first trip to Cuba by a sitting president in more than half a century. He says on Twitter there's already been…
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Pope: Trump wants to build wall? ‘Not Christian’

WASHINGTON (AP) - Asked about Donald Trump's views on immigration, Pope Francis says anyone who wants to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border isn't Christian. Trump has promised to build a wall along the Mexican border from Texas to California and expel 11 million people who are in the country illegally if elected president.…
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South Dakota may regulate transgender students’ bathroom use

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota's governor could make the state the first in the U.S. to approve a law that would require transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their sex at birth. The state Senate approved the bill Tuesday. It now goes to Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard, who has…
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Feds find explosives, trenches, guns at Oregon preserve

Investigators also found significant amounts of human feces and spoiled food
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