Super PACs dole out cash, whether candidates like it or not
WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump calls them a "crooked business" and Bernie Sanders says they're "corrupt" organizations "buying elections." But that barrage of insults hasn't stopped the political groups known as super PACs and their donors from showing the two presidential candidates some love. A super PAC allied with a union that endorsed Sanders over…
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O’Malley: I want to be your second choice – for now
O'Malley says the country is looking for a new leader and he wants to be the lawmakers' second choice if he can't be their first choice right now
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Family seeks video of another fatal shooting by Chicago police
CHICAGO (AP) - The family of another man fatally shot by Chicago police in 2014 is pressing city officials to release squad car video of the shooting. Chicago police have said 25-year-old Ronald Johnson of Chicago was fatally shot by an officer on Oct. 12, 2014. At the time, authorities said he was armed and…
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Official: California water savings take a dip in October
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Officials say Californians missed the state's monthly 25 percent water conservation target for the first time since enforcement of the cutbacks began in June. The State Water Resource Control Board reported Tuesday that cities throughout the state saved 22 percent in October. The mandate to conserve came as California experiences its…
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