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Joe Biden vowed in 2020 to work “like the devil" to energize Hispanic voters, and flew to Florida seven weeks before Election Day to do just that.

By WILL WEISSERT and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, Associated Press June 5, 2023
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Another plane carrying migrants arrived in Sacramento on Monday, marking the second flight in recent days that California officials allege was coordinated by Florida.

By TRÂN NGUYỄN and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press June 5, 2023
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Journalists at two dozen local newspapers across the U.S. walked off the job Monday to demand an end to painful cost-cutting measures and a change of leadership at Gannett, the country's biggest newspaper chain.

By ALEXANDRA OLSON, AP Business Writer June 5, 2023
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A wayward and unresponsive business plane that flew over the nation's capital Sunday afternoon caused the military to scramble a fighter jet before the plane crashed in Virginia, officials said. The fighter jet caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the capital region.

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ASHLEY THOMAS, Associated Press June 4, 2023
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The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday.

By KRUTIKA PATHI, SHEIKH SAALIQ and ASHOK SHARMA, Associated Press June 4, 2023
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China's defense minister defended sailing a warship across the path of an American destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait, telling a gathering of some of the world's top defense officials in Singapore on Sunday that such so-called “freedom of navigation” patrols are a provocation to China.

By DAVID RISING, Associated Press June 4, 2023
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President Joe Biden promised voters in 2020 that he knew how to get things done in Washington and could bring stability to the capital. It seemed like a message out of step with the more combative era brought on by Donald Trump.

By ZEKE MILLER, AP White House Correspondent June 4, 2023
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Stocks rushed higher Friday after a strong report on the U.S. job market suggested a recession may not be as close as Wall Street had feared.

By STAN CHOE, AP Business Writer June 2, 2023
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A federal judge overseeing the First Amendment lawsuit that Walt Disney Parks filed against Gov. Ron DeSantis and others is disqualifying himself, but not because of bias claims made by the Florida governor.

By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press June 2, 2023
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Customers of Chase's online banking services were seeing double transactions, fees and/or payments in their accounts, with the situation not immediately being resolved as of early afternoon on Friday.

By KEN SWEET, AP Business Writer June 2, 2023
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A member of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group who was part of a security detail for former President Donald Trump's longtime adviser Roger Stone before storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Thursday to more than four years in prison.

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press June 2, 2023
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Wall Street rose Thursday with hopes that the Federal Reserve may soon take it easier on its hikes to interest rates.

By STAN CHOE Associated Press June 1, 2023
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Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping for years kids' voice and location data recorded by its popular Alexa voice assistant.

By Associated Press June 1, 2023
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The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level since November, driving up borrowing costs for would-be homebuyers at a time when the housing market is being held back by a near record-low inventory of homes on the market.

By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer June 1, 2023
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Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people are flocking to central Florida this weekend to go on theme park rides, mingle with costumed performers, dance at all-night parties and lounge poolside at hotels during Gay Days, a decades-long tradition.

By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press June 1, 2023
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A consumer class action lawsuit filed Tuesday claims Delta Air Lines inaccurately billed itself as the world's “first carbon-neutral airline” and should pay damages.

By By ED DAVEY, Associated Press May 31, 2023
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The head of the U.S. Border Patrol announced that he's retiring, after seeing through a major policy shift that seeks to clamp down on illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border following the end of Title 42 coronavirus pandemic restrictions.

By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press May 31, 2023
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The default-averting debt ceiling and budget cuts package headed toward a crucial House vote Wednesday as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assembled a coalition of centrist Democratic and Republican supporters against fierce conservative blowback and progressive dissent.

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI, Associated Press May 31, 2023
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Hundreds of goats munch on long blades of yellow grass on a hillside next to a sprawling townhouse complex. They were hired to clear vegetation that could fuel wildfires as temperatures rise this summer.

By TERRY CHEA, Associated Press May 30, 2023
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U.S. highway safety regulators have closed an investigation into Tesla allowing video games to be played on center touch screens while vehicles are moving.

By Associated Press May 30, 2023
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Under fire from conservatives, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy worked strenuously Tuesday to sell fellow Republicans on the debt ceiling and budget deal he negotiated with President Joe Biden and win approval in time to avert a potentially disastrous U.S. default.

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES, Associated Press May 30, 2023
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed legislation Friday that will ban discrimination based on body size by adding weight and height to the list of protected categories such as race, sex and religion.

By KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press May 29, 2023
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A federal judge ruled Friday that a rural Colorado school district can bar a high school student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at her graduation this weekend after the student sued the school district.

By JESSE BEDAYN, Associated Press/Report for America May 29, 2023
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With days to spare before a potential first-ever government default, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached final agreement Sunday on a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling and worked to ensure enough support in Congress to pass the measure in the coming week.

By LISA MASCARO, ZEKE MILLER, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press May 28, 2023
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Wall Street's building frenzy around artificial intelligence helped yank the stock market higher Thursday, even as worries worsen about political rancor in Washington.

By STAN CHOE Associated Press May 25, 2023

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