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Trump border emergency survives as House veto override fails

Staff Writer Posted on March 27, 2019March 27, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-led House failed Tuesday to override President Donald Trump’s first veto, salvaging his effort to steer billions of extra dollars to erecting border barriers and delivering a victory to the White House in a constitutional and political clash that’s raged for months. Lawmakers voted 248-181 to overturn Trump’s veto, but […]

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Judge dismisses some of Levine’s claims against Met Opera

Staff Writer Posted on March 27, 2019March 27, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge on Tuesday dismissed portions of a lawsuit filed by former Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine against the company last year. Levine was the Met’s music or artistic director from 1976-2016, then became its music director emeritus. He was fired in March 2018 after the Met said […]

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Calm appears to hold in Gaza despite exchange of fire

Staff Writer Posted on March 27, 2019

JERUSALEM (AP) — An unofficial cease-fire appeared to be holding Wednesday between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers despite limited exchanges of fire. Schools reopened in southern Israel and residents resumed their daily routines after a few overnight rocket attacks from Gaza that set off air-raid sirens, breaking a daylong lull. The Israeli military struck back […]

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Maker of OxyContin agrees to $270M settlement in Oklahoma

Staff Writer Posted on March 27, 2019

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The maker of OxyContin and the company’s controlling family agreed Tuesday to pay a groundbreaking $270 million to Oklahoma to settle allegations they helped create the nation’s deadly opioid crisis with their aggressive marketing of the powerful painkiller. March 26, 2019 It is the first settlement to come out of the […]