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Study: Plastic will pile up in wake of China recycling ban

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — China’s decision to stop accepting plastic waste from other countries is causing plastic to stockpile around the globe, and wealthy countries must find a way to

Twin brothers reunited 74 years after WWII death at Normandy

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — For decades, he was known only as Unknown X-9352 at a World War II American cemetery in Belgium where he was interred. On Tuesday, the American

Lower costs, fewer benefits in new health insurance option

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Tuesday rolled out a health insurance option for small businesses and self-employed people that could lead to lower premiums but may also cover fewer benefits

Supreme Court punts on gerrymandering

MADISON, Wis. — Democrats hoped a Wisconsin case would be the vehicle the U.S. Supreme Court would use to strike down highly partisan gerrymandering of electoral maps. When those hopes

Tit-for-tat: Trump threatens more tariffs on Chinese goods

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has directed the U.S. Trade Representative to prepare new tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports as the two nations move closer to a potential

Lawmakers kept out of migrant facility in Florida

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson accused Trump administration officials of a "cover up" after officials denied him entry Tuesday to a detention center for migrant children in South

New GOP plan calls for holding kids longer at border — but with parents

WASHINGTON — Republicans on Capitol Hill frantically searched on Tuesday for ways to end the Trump administration’s policy of separating families after illegal border crossings, with the focus shifting on

June 19 Only in America

2 inn workers eat pot-laced candy left by guests, get sick SHELBURNE, Vt. (AP) — Police say two employees of an inn at a popular Vermont tourist destination ate marijuanalaced

Tariffs: China vows to retaliate

BEIJING — China warned Tuesday it will retaliate against President Donald Trump's latest tariff threat, fueling fears their escalating dispute could harm global trade and economic growth. The Commerce Ministry

Immigrant kids seen held in fenced cages in Texas

McALLEN, Texas — Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of immigrant children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside.

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