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Virginia rejects ‘Trumpism’ as Dems score major wins
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Seizing his party's first major Trump-era victory, Democrat Ralph Northam beat back a charge from Republican Ed Gillespie in the race for Virginia governor, a bruising election that tested the power of President Donald Trump's fiery nationalism against the energy of the Trump resistance….
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A look at the winners and losers of the top US races
Democrats swept Virginia and New Jersey's governor's races, incumbents came out on top in several big-city mayoral races and voters in Maine said they wanted to join 31 other states in expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act….
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Trump to push China on trade, North Korea during 2-day visit
BEIJING (AP) — President Donald Trump will push China on trade and North Korea during a two-day visit in which he will cajole, flatter and scold the rising Asian power….
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Soldiers, jumping children greet Trump at Beijing airport
BEIJING (AP) — China pulled out all the stops for President Donald Trump's Beijing airport arrival: honor guard, marching band, jumping children….
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One year later: For Trump, the 2016 election is ever-present
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump handily won the election a year ago Wednesday. Ask him and he'll tell you about it….
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Dozens of men describe rape, torture by Sri Lanka government
LONDON (AP) — One of the men tortured in Sri Lanka said he was held for 21 days in a small dank room where he was raped 12 times, burned with cigarettes, beaten with iron rods and hung upside-down….
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Gunman once fled mental health center, threatened superiors
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The gunman who killed more than two dozen at a small-town Texas church briefly escaped from a mental health facility in New Mexico in 2012, police reports indicated….
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Maine OKs Medicaid expansion in first-of-its-kind referendum
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Residents in this rural state grappling with a heroin epidemic and an aging population voted Tuesday to deliver a rebuke to Republican Gov. Paul LePage and join 31 other states that have expanded Medicaid under former President Barack Obama's health care law….
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Right-to-shelter policies help get homeless off the streets
NEW YORK (AP) — It's before dawn when two outreach workers find a homeless man known as Juice near a train station in Harlem. A nurse will be visiting to discuss his heart problems, they tell him….
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Roy Halladay remembered for his hard work and generosity
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fierce competitor on the mound, Roy Halladay was generous and gentle away from the field….