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Julia McCue

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Published
May 22, 2019

Trump abruptly cancels meeting after Pelosi says he is ‘engaged in a coverup’

The president and Democratic leaders were meeting on a $2 billion infrastructure plan but, alluding to Pelosi’s remarks, Trump said he couldn’t work ‘under these circumstances.’
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May 22, 2019

‘American Taliban’ John Walker Lindh to be released

The young Californian was captured by U.S. forces in the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001.
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May 22, 2019

EPA blocks a dozen products containing pesticides thought harmful to bees

Beekeepers and environmentalists fought for 5 years to get the government to follow Canada and Europe in banning products harmful to bees.
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May 19, 2019

Name of Cook’s Illustrated’s new book, ‘Revolutionary Recipes,’ is hyperbolic

The cookbook, which assembles 25 years of the magazine’s precisely engineered recipes, is thorough and useful, if not revolutionary.
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May 17, 2019

House votes to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity

Eight Republicans breaking ranks and joining all Democrats in backing the measure but it is unlikely to get a vote in the Senate.
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May 17, 2019

Federal appeals court rules against Trump on ending DACA

The federal appeals court called the Trump administration actions ‘arbitrary and capricious’ when it sought to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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May 17, 2019

Employee charged with embezzling $100,000 from nonprofit

Sheri G. Walsh was arrested Thursday and charged with theft from the Hancock County Planning Commission.
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May 17, 2019

Trump plans to release thousands of migrants in 2 Democratic strongholds, Florida officials say

Officials are questioning the apparent effort to foist the immigration and asylum burden on two local jurisdictions without equipping them with any resources.
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May 17, 2019

Body recovered from Merrymeeting Bay identified as missing Wisconsin man

David Dieterich, who would have been 36 Friday, fell off an unstable dock on the Kennebec River in Bath on April 18.
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May 17, 2019

Nearly 1 million ‘Game of Thrones’ fans demand remake of ‘abysmal’ final season

The wild success of the petition is the latest sign that disgruntled fans of the nation’s most popular show are ready to take matters into their own hands.