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By Rachel La Corte ASSOCIATED PRESS OLYMPIA, Wash.  — Washington appears set to become the first state to allow a burial alternative known as “natural organic reduction” — an accelerated decomposition process that turns bodies into soil within weeks. The bill legalizing the process, sometimes referred to as “human composting,” has passed the Legislature and…

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ABOVE PHOTO: A dove flies over Frank DeAngelis, who was principal of Columbine High School during the attack 20 years ago, as he reads the names of the students who died during a program for the victims of the massacre Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) By Kathleen Foody ASSOCIATED PRESS…

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By STEVE PEOPLES and THOMAS BEAUMONT WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden formally joined the crowded Democratic presidential contest on Thursday, declaring the “soul of this nation” at stake if President Donald Trump wins re-election. In a video posted on Twitter , Biden focused on the 2017 deadly clash between white supremacists and…

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By DAVID McFADDEN BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal agents executed search warrants Thursday morning at two homes belonging to Baltimore’s embattled mayor and at City Hall. Dave Fitz, an FBI spokesman out of the agency’s Baltimore office, says agents with the FBI and the IRS criminal division in Washington were “executing court-authorized search warrants” at “both…

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Texas town reflects on dragging death of Jamrs Byrd Jr. His killer, John William King, an avowed racist, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday. By JUAN A. LOZANO JASPER, Texas (AP) — A technology company was almost ready to bring up to 300 new jobs to Jasper, Texas, but in the final stages of recent…

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By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and KRISHAN FRANCIS COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Police in Sri Lanka said Monday the investigation into the Easter Sunday bombings will examine reports that the intelligence community failed to detect or warn of possible suicide attacks before the violence. The nine bombings of churches, luxury hotels and other sites was Sri…

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By Charlene Crowell  TriceEdneyWire.com Every budget defines priorities and values. To put it another way, what’s really important in life gets supported financially. For many families, having a home, food, and utilities usually ranks pretty high. Then there are other budgetary concerns, like saving for college or having a ‘rainy day’ fund to cover less…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee takes the microphone during the Black Women’s Roundtable’s 7th Annual BWR Women of Power National Summit.  (Photo: C it visual with CG Taylor) By Hamil R. Harris TriceEdneyWire.com Empowered with a record 55 members on Capitol Hill, the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus has teamed up with a…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the 5th Annual Concordia Summit Oct. 1 in New York. Biden decided not to campaign for the presidency in 2016, with not enough time to ‘mount a winning campaign..’  (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) By JULIE PACE, THOMAS BEAUMONT and MEG KINNARD WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe…

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Photo: Shutterstock By LISA MASCAR WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena Friday for special counsel’s Robert Mueller’s report as Congress escalates its investigation of President Donald Trump. “It now falls to Congress to determine the full scope of that alleged misconduct and to decide what steps we must…

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