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Teen tells Senate why he defied his mom to get vaccinated
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Ohio teen defied his mother’s anti-vaccine beliefs and started getting his shots when he turned 18 — and told Congress...
IS fighters put up fierce resistance to defend last pocket
BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — Islamic State militants are desperately fighting to hang on to the last tiny piece of territory they hold on the...
Lawyer says R. Kelly to stay jailed until Monday or Tuesday
CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly, one of the best-selling music artists of all time, won’t get out of jail until Monday or Tuesday as...
Growing Up Digital-Smartphone Psychiatry story
In a story Jan. 3 about using smartphones to detect depression, The Associated Press misstated the title of Menachem Fromer. He is a mental...
Republican takes House race by 1 vote after recount
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican Bart LeBon has won an Alaska state House race by one vote after a ballot recount, officials said.Before Friday’s...
Wall Street Journal fires correspondent over ethics conflict
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday fired its highly regarded chief foreign affairs correspondent after evidence emerged of his involvement in...
Trump tells young immigrants in US illegally to ‘rest easy’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and now here illegally can “rest easy,” President Donald Trump said Friday, telling...
Trump declares US-Russia relations may be at ‘all-time low’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Laying bare deep and dangerous divisions on Syria and other issues, President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that U.S. relations with Russia...
Civil Rights law prohibits discrimination of LGBT
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Tuesday that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace...
Former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal gets new African name
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Former Spokane, Washington, NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal, who resigned amid criticism that she was passing herself off as black, has...