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By The Associated Press Remembrances poured in Monday in honor of Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor known for roles in “Apocalypse Now,” “Lonesome Dove,” Tender Mercies” and as the intrepid consigliere of the first two “Godfather” movies. Duvall died Sunday at age 95 at at his home in Virginia, according to an announcement from his…
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BERLIN (AP) — An injured seabird sought help by pecking at the door of an emergency room at a hospital in Germany until medical staff noticed it and called firefighters to help with its rescue. The cormorant, a shiny black waterbird, had a triple fishing hook stuck in its beak when it made its presence…
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MILAN — Team USA, with a 5-0 rout of Sweden, advanced to a Milano Cortina Olympic Games women’s hockey final that they’ve been aiming for even before they left the ice after losing the Olympic final in Beijing four years earlier. The U.S. scored on three consecutive shots in less than three minutes in the…
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Just over four months after Planned Parenthood affiliates were defunded by the Trump administration, California injected another $90 million lifeline in “reproductive healthcare” grants to the state’s seven affiliates — among the largest in the United States. The latest funding comes as a result of legislation, Senate Bill 106, passed by state lawmakers and signed…
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By JACOB ZIMBA and GERALD IMRAY LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — She says she was let down at every step. By a partner who abandoned her when she was pregnant. By a health service that denied her a legal abortion. And by a justice system that sent her to a maximum-security prison for illegally terminating her…
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In 2024, Rhett Miller was on the road with his band, Old 97’s, when his voice started to fray, showing wear and tear at both the higher and lower ends of his range. A specialist found a cyst on one vocal cord and a polyp on the other, and Miller opted for surgery that December.…
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By GERALD IMRAY and NALOVA AKUA YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — A new group of third-country nationals was deported by the United States to Cameroon on Monday, lawyers told The Associated Press, days after it came to light that the Trump administration sent nine people to the Central African nation last month as part of its…
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Each election cycle in California, Republicans bring up the same idea: Democrats will split their votes so much in the primary that two Republicans end up in the top spots, leading to a Republican-only general election for governor. Since Democrats usually win big here, this theory is tempting. It depicts a November ballot on which…
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By JULIA FRANKEL CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The curling drama at the Winter Olympics sent the sport’s governing body scrambling to address a growing controversy and curb conflicting accounts of rule-breaking. The backpedaling came less than 24 hours later. Related Articles Connor Hellebuyck shows why he’s the US starting goalie at the Olympics Olympic…
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An array of charts buried in the fine print of the state budget, unknown to all but a few fiscal nerds, details what California has collected in revenues and spent over the last half-century. The current charts in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2026-27 budget reveal how spending has exploded during his governorship, far outstripping stagnant population growth,…
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