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Musk unveils SpaceX rocket designed to get to Mars and back

BOCA CHICA VILLAGE, Texas (AP) — Elon Musk has unveiled a SpaceX spacecraft designed to carry a crew and cargo to the moon, Mars or anywhere else in the solar system and land back on…
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Whistleblower probe tests Republicans’ alliance with Trump

By LISA MASCARO and LAURIE KELLMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — One Republican hadn’t read the whistleblower’s complaint. Another called President Donald Trump’s conversation with the Ukraine leader “thin gruel” for any impeachment effort. A third said…
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Census: US inequality grew, including in heartland states

By MIKE SCHNEIDER ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The gap between the haves and have-nots in the United States grew last year to its highest level in more than 50 years of tracking income inequality, according…
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Juul to end product advertising and replace CEO

By MATTHEW PERRONE and MICHELLE CHAPMAN Juul Labs will no longer promote its e-cigarettes in print, digital and TV advertisements and is replacing its CEO amid an escalating backlash against vaping nationwide. The nation’s largest…
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‘You are failing us’: Plans, frustration at UN climate talks

By SETH BORENSTEIN UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Scolded for doing little, leader after leader promised the United Nations on Monday to do more to prevent a warming world from reaching even more dangerous levels. As…
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Pacific heat wave threatens Hawaii’s iconic coral reefs

By CALEB JONES CAPTAIN COOK, Hawaii (AP) — At the edge of an ancient lava flow where jagged black rocks meet the Pacific, small off-the-grid homes overlook the calm blue waters of Papa Bay on…
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Young people lead global climate change protests

By ROD McGUIRK and FRANK JORDANS BERLIN (AP) — In Canberra and Kabul, Cape Town and Berlin, and across the globe, hundreds of thousands of people took the streets Friday to demand that leaders tackle…
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Nevada desert towns prep for possible ‘Storm Area 51’ influx

By KEN RITTER LAS VEGAS (AP) — Visitors descending on the remote Nevada desert for “Storm Area 51” are from Earth, not outer space. No one knows what to expect, but the two tiny towns…
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Dillinger family members apply again to exhume his grave

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Family members of 1930s gangster John Dillinger have submitted a new application to exhume his Indianapolis gravesite. The Indiana State Department of Health said it received the latest application Tuesday. Dillinger’s family…
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Purdue Pharma begins Chapter 11 bankruptcy journey

By TOM MURPHY and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO NEW YORK (AP) — Purdue Pharma gets its day in court Tuesday after the OxyContin maker filed for bankruptcy and negotiated a potential multi-billion dollar settlement to resolve thousands…
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