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Air National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers say
The Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian search-and-rescue missions last year in the nation's largest state, often during vicious storms that prevented air ambulances from taking off
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Cloning makes three: Two more endangered ferrets are gene copies of critter frozen in 1980s
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S. These three slinky predators are genetically identical to a single animal frozen back in the 1980s
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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in US more likely to believe in climate change: AP-NORC poll
Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are slightly more likely than the overall adult population to believe in human-caused climate change
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OJ Simpson has been cremated, estate attorney in Las Vegas says. No public memorial is planned
O.J. Simpson's lawyer in Las Vegas says the former football star and celebrity criminal defendant has been cremated
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Family of Minnesota man shot to death by state trooper in traffic stop files civil rights lawsuit
The family of a Minnesota man who was killed by a state trooper during a traffic stop has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit, alleging that the fatal shooting was unjustified and unlawful
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Lab chief faces sentencing in Michigan 12 years after fatal US meningitis outbreak
The head of a specialty pharmacy will be sentenced in Michigan for 11 deaths more than a decade ago that were tied to tainted steroids
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Things to know as courts and legislatures act on transgender kids’ rights
Several U.S. courts have ruled this week on state laws restricting the rights of transgender young people
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Bob Graham, ex-US senator and Florida governor, dies at 87
Former Florida Sen. Bob Graham, who chaired the Intelligence Committee following the 2001 terrorist attacks and opposed the Iraq invasion, has died
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Figures and Dobson win nominations for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District
Alabama voters have decided primary runoffs for the state's newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District
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New leader of Jesse Jackson's civil rights organization steps down just months on the job
A Dallas pastor who took over leadership of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s longtime civil rights organization has resigned after just months on the job
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