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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announces run for third term, touts record but says there’s more to do

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont formally launched his bid for a third term Friday, highlighting his record but saying more work is needed to improve health care access, housing availability and energy affordability. “We’ve come a long way but the job’s not done,” the wealthy 71-year-old Democrat

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White House Historical Association reclaims Rockwell sketches for $7.25 million at auction

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Historical Association has reclaimed a series of sketches by American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell, spending a whopping $7.25 million at auction on Friday. The four 1940s-era sketches titled “So You Want to See the President!” were displayed in the

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How chummy is too chummy? Epstein emails shine light on relationships between journalists, sources

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer The emails to and from Jeffrey Epstein released this week shine a light on the delicate relationship between reporters and their sources. And, as can be the case, bright light isn’t always flattering. Messages between Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died by suicide in 2019, and journalists Michael

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How chummy is too chummy? Epstein emails shine light on relationships between journalists, sources

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer The emails to and from Jeffrey Epstein released this week shine a light on the delicate relationship between reporters and their sources. And, as can be the case, bright light isn’t always flattering. Messages between Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died by suicide in 2019, and journalists Michael

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LOCALIZE IT: Everyday volunteers provide stopgap services as shutdown effects linger

EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: Everyday people are improvising stopgap efforts to support their communities as effects linger from the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Whether feeding hungry families or maintaining local museum tours, volunteers nationwide are strengthening social ties that they hope will continue making their neighbors whole in the face of persistent precarity. The six-week

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LOCALIZE IT: Everyday volunteers provide stopgap services as shutdown effects linger

EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: Everyday people are improvising stopgap efforts to support their communities as effects linger from the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Whether feeding hungry families or maintaining local museum tours, volunteers nationwide are strengthening social ties that they hope will continue making their neighbors whole in the face of persistent precarity. The six-week

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LOCALIZE IT: Everyday volunteers provide stopgap services as shutdown effects linger

EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: Everyday people are improvising stopgap efforts to support their communities as effects linger from the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Whether feeding hungry families or maintaining local museum tours, volunteers nationwide are strengthening social ties that they hope will continue making their neighbors whole in the face of persistent precarity. The six-week

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Officials in North Carolina city vow to resist looming federal immigration crackdown

By ERIK VERDUZCO Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Officials and community leaders opposing a pending federal immigration crackdown in North Carolina’s largest city characterized it Friday as an invasion and urged Charlotte residents to protest peacefully and record agents’ actions from a distance. “We are living in the strangest of times,” said Mecklenburg County

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