CNN's
"The Wonder List with Bill Weir" explores Cuba on Sunday, March 20 at
10 p.m. ET/PT. Havana (CNN) President Barack Obama touches down in Cuba
on Sunday, definitively ending a half-century of estrangement in a
dramatic personal demonstration ...
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We've
said it before, and we'll say it again: President Obama's pick for the
Supreme Court is very unlikely to get a hearing, much less to be
confirmed, by the Republican-controlled Senate this year.
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| New York Times | - 23 minutes ago |
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Protesters
blocked a street leading to a rally for Donald J. Trump in Fountain
Hills, Ariz., on Saturday.Credit Patrick Breen/The Arizona Republic, via
Associated Press.
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| New York Times | - 51 minutes ago |
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ISTANBUL
- A Turkish member of the Islamic State was the perpetrator of a
suicide bombing that killed four foreigners in Istanbul over the
weekend, the Turkish interior minister said on Sunday.
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MADRID
- A bus carrying university exchange students back from Spain's largest
fireworks festival crashed Sunday on a main highway in the
northeastern, killing at least 13 passengers and injuring 34 others,
officials said.
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| ABC News | - 21 minutes ago |
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A
sheriff's deputy and a suspect have died following a gunfight early
Sunday inside a mobile home that also left a second deputy injured,
authorities said.
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Putin
Turkey PKK Russia's President Vladimir Putin takes part in talks with
members of the Turkish delegation during his visit to Ankara.
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| Daily Mail | - 19 hours ago |
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Furious
David Cameron unleashed a four-letter rant at Iain Duncan Smith over
his 'dishonorable' resignation, The Mail on Sunday has been told.
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| Bloomberg | - 2 hours ago |
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Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ruled out confirming Supreme Court
nominee Merrick Garland in a lame duck session after the November
presidential elections if Democrat Hillary Clinton is elected. Most
Republicans oppose President Barack ...
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Bernie
Sanders on Sunday admitted he had been “creamed” in many southern
states by his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary
Clinton, but said Democrats were “not going to win those states in the
general election”.
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Aviation
experts are examining two black boxes from the FlyDubai flight that
crashed in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, killing all 55
passengers and seven crew on board.
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Right
now, from Saudi Arabia and Qatar to the United Arab Emirates, billions
are being spent in the Gulf to lure international businessmen there.
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Paris
attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam's lawyer says he plans to take legal
action against a French prosecutor for breach of confidentiality.
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The
naming of a bishop as an alleged paedophile has been criticised by a
group of lawyers, academics, politicians and senior Church figures.
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The
"best places to live in Britain" have been announced in a new guide.
Winchester, in Hampshire, has been named the best city to live in thanks
to its outdoor spaces, community spirit and quality of living.
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Firefighters
are tackling a major blaze at an aircraft hangar at Norwich
International Airport. Eight crews are at the scene of the fire on
Liberator Road but there are no reports of casualties.
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Pop
star Prince has said he is writing a memoir, to be published next year.
The 57-year-old told an audience in New York on Friday it would start
"from [his] first memory" and "hopefully... go all the way up to the
Super Bowl" half-time performance he ...
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A
group of students with learning difficulties are among the winners of a
contest to re-imagine that most British of seaside traditions - the
beach hut.
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| Voice of America | - 2 hours ago |
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March
20, 2016 11:10 AM. JERUSALEM—. Pope Francis kicked off the Christian
Holy Week leading up to Easter by celebrating Palm Sunday Mass with
pilgrims in Saint Peter's Square Sunday, while observances in Jerusalem
have been overshadowed by a ...
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Rift
in Britain's ruling Conservative Party deepens Iain Duncan Smith
arrives at BBC Broadcasting House for his first interview since
resigning from his role in government, in London, Sunday March 20, 2016.
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| Wall Street Journal | - 1 hour ago |
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RIO
DE JANEIRO—Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's attempt to bring her
predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, into her cabinet last week as he
faces corruption charges has backfired on the government and ratcheted
up calls for her impeachment.
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| New York Times | - 49 minutes ago |
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ZANZIBAR,
Tanzania - A low turn-out characterized a re-run of an election for the
president of Zanzibar, the semi-autonomous archipelago off the coast of
Tanzania, as opposition parties boycott the poll.
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| New York Post | - 31 minutes ago |
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China's
propaganda chief Liu Yunshan (right) shakes hands with Mark Zuckerberg
at a meeting on March 19. Photo: AP. More On: facebook · Facebook and
Twitter in race to acquire rights to stream live TV · Instagram is about
to look a lot more like ...
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| New York Times | - 30 minutes ago |
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CAIRO
- Egypt's Interior Ministry says the death toll from a mortar attack on
a checkpoint near northern Sinai's provincial capital of el-Arish has
risen to 15 policemen killed.
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MOGADISHU
Kenyan troops killed 34 al Shabaab militants in two separate incidents
on Saturday and Sunday in Somalia and two of its own soldiers were
killed in an ambush, a military spokesman said.
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| Fox News | - 20 minutes ago |
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An
11-year-old child's discovery of his parents' dead bodies in their New
Jersey home on Saturday is being investigated as a “domestic
violence-based murder-suicide,” prosecutors told NJ.
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LAWRENCE,
Kan. - A four-month investigation into a University of Kansas professor
who used a racial slur in class has concluded the word was used in an
educational context and not intended to be racist.
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| Christian Science Monitor | - 30 minutes ago |
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The
number of abortions in Texas dropped by almost a third in the past six
years, falling most sharply after new regulations took effect.
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| KING5.com | - 40 minutes ago |
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A
fire at the Port Orchard Yacht Club destroyed six boats and boathouses
early Sunday morning. Loading… Post to Facebook. Fire destroys six boats
in Port Orchard A fire at the Port Orchard Yacht Club destroyed six
boats and boathouses early Sunday ...
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| People Magazine | - 1 hour ago |
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A
35-year-old Texas woman remains in jail Sunday after she was accused
last week of placing her 2-year-old in an oven, causing it serious
bodily injury, PEOPLE has confirmed.
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| NBCSports.com | - 2 hours ago |
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Akron
wide receiver Andrew Pratt was hospitalized Saturday after being shot
in the stomach by teammate Scott Boyett. Boyett shot Pratt as the
receiver entered the offensive tackle's apartment without knocking,
leading Boyett to think there was an ...
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| TAPinto.net | - 27 minutes ago |
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Hundreds
come to scoop up eggs at the 47th Annual New Providence Lions Club
Easter Egg Hunt. Credits: Bobbie Peer. Previous image Next image.
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| Chicago Tribune | - Mar 18, 2016 |
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Michael
Englehart, CEO of Presence Health, told bondholders March 16, 2016,
that the Catholic hospital network plans to cut about 700 positions by
the end of 2016, through a combination of 250 layoffs and some
attrition.
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| New York Times | - 16 hours ago |
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SANTA
ANA, Calif. - The bankrupt owner of the Orange County Register said on
Saturday that it had decided to sell to Digital First Media after a
judge blocked a larger auction bid by the owner of the Los Angeles
Times.
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| Winona Daily News | - 3 hours ago |
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In
this March 6, 2015 photo, Heilongjiang Gov. Lu Hao speaks at a group
discussion during the annual session of National People's Congress in
Beijing.
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| USA TODAY | - 2 hours ago |
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DENVER
- Marijuana is rapidly becoming a big, semi-legal business across the
country, with $5.7 billion in sales last year and tens of thousands of
people working and paying taxes as they cultivate, package and sell
cannabis.
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| World Tech Today | - 1 hour ago |
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A
consumer alert posted on the IRS website warns taxpayers that
fraudulent emails are being sent out that are designed to look like
official communication that try to trick the taxpayer into releasing
personal information.
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We
translate Social Security Administration pronouncements into English.
Are you about to start collecting Social Security? Or trying to figure
out the optimum time to start?
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| Bustle | - 50 minutes ago |
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Domino's
has already proved itself to be a pretty tech-savvy company (remember
Twitter emoji ordering?), but now it's stepping up its game.
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| MNR Daily | - 58 minutes ago |
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Apple
fans have so much to expect in the upcoming event of the tech giant on
March 21. Besides the highly anticipated 4-inch iPhone SE, and some
updates to the MacBook line, iOS 9.3, and watch OS 2.2, iPad Air 3 is
also expected to be unveiled.
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| The Verge | - 4 hours ago |
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Microsoft
has screwed up its Windows Phone upgrades once again. While the
software maker promised that all Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices would be
upgraded to Windows 10, it's breaking that promise.
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| Hot Hardware | - 2 hours ago |
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Middle
Tennessee State's upset win over Michigan State combined with Yale's
surprise victory over Baylor pretty much decimated everyone's March
Madness bracket this year.
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| Engadget | - 12 hours ago |
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Bungie
hasn't been shy about teasing Destiny updates in between The Taken King
and its sequel, but what are those going to look like, exactly, and
when is it arriving?
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| People Magazine | - 1 hour ago |
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Ben
Affleck and Henry Cavill wore matching cream suits to the Mexico City
premiere of their new movie, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, on
Saturday, proving that while on-screen foes, the costars have similar
fashion sense.
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| People Magazine | - Mar 18, 2016 |
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Caitlyn
opened up about her relationship with ex-wife Kris and what she
revealed to her over the years during an interview at E!'s international
press junket.
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| Hollywood Life | - 1 hour ago |
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Rob
Kardashian's family, including Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, helped
him celebrate his 29th birthday with a fun party on March 19.
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| Los Angeles Times | - Mar 18, 2016 |
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Iggy
Azalea is back. Depending on the position you took regarding the
polarizing Australian pop-rapper, those four words are either the best
news you've heard all week or another sign that the endtimes are near.
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| SB Nation | - 2 hours ago |
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Following up one of the most exciting, insane and entertaining days in the history of the NCAA Tournament put Saturday in an unenviable position right out of the gate.
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| USA TODAY | - 11 hours ago |
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They haven't been past the NCAA tournament's
first weekend since they reached the Final Four in 2009; this is the
remaining obstacle for getting this monkey off their backs.
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The PairWise Rankings mimic the selection process used by the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey committee in picking the 10 at-large teams.
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| New York Times | - 7 hours ago |
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After tearing up millions of brackets on Thursday and Friday, underdogs in this year's N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament flooded the weekend. They settled into hotel rooms in regional sites where earlier checkouts had been expected. They slept off ...
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| SB Nation | - 3 hours ago |
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The
only thing that's been as dominant as the Warriors' face-melting
offense this NBA season has been the Spurs' impenetrable defense.
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| FOXSports.com | - 10 hours ago |
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RALEIGH,
N.C. (AP) Here's how topsy-turvy the Midwest Region bracket became this
weekend: All those upsets left the overlooked No.
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| cleveland.com | - 6 hours ago |
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LeBron
James, James Jones and Kevin Love watch in the second half of the
Cleveland Cavaliers' loss to the Miami Heat on Saturday night.
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| FOXSports.com | - 1 hour ago |
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Substitute
Sadio Mane scored twice as Southampton came from two goals behind to
beat Liverpool at St Mary's and increase their chances of qualifying for
Europe.
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President
Obama's historic trip to Cuba on Sunday was accompanied by a warning
from U.S. health officials that the mosquito-borne Zika virus linked to
birth defects has spread to the island nation.
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In
2011, raw milk supporters attended a rally protesting the Food and Drug
Administration's actions against traditional dairy farmers in
Washington state.
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| kfor.com | - 38 minutes ago |
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(CNN)
The rarely seen bloodstream infection Elizabethkingiam, which has
sickened dozens in Wisconsin since November, has been identified in a
Michigan resident, the Michigan health department said.
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NEW
YORK - The scribbled, cryptic doctor's prescription is headed toward
eradication in New York, where the nation's toughest
paperless-prescribing requirement takes effect this month.
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"Once
we sequence the genome, we'll be able to say whether any special traits
helped the butterfly survive in harsh environments," said biologist
Andrew Warren.
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| Morning Ticker | - 31 minutes ago |
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China
has dramatically reversed a loss of forests ever since implementing a
forest conservation program, wowing scientists. Beijing implemented the
conservation program in 1998, and there appears to be evidence that it
has been a success, with logging ...
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| WKBW-TV | - 46 minutes ago |
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Two
comets will pass by Earth this week and one will come close enough to
break a 250-year record. Comet P/2016 BA14 will still be a safe 2.2
million miles away when it flies by on Tuesday, but it will take the
record for the third-closest comet to ...
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| Christian Science Monitor | - 22 hours ago |
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An
Egyptian watch tower is seen from the Israeli side of the border fence
with Egypt's Sinai peninsula, in Israel's Negev Desert in February.
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By
the time Ted Cruz arrived Friday at the tiny border town of Douglas for
his first Arizona event of 2016, he was already too late for the
hundreds of thousands of Republicans who had already voted.
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| Huffington Post | - Mar 19, 2016 |
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Despite
his strong fundraising, Jeb Bush had to contribute to his own campaign
in its final days. WASHINGTON - In the final days of his doomed
presidential bid, former Florida Gov.
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| Roll Call | - Mar 19, 2016 |
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UNITED
STATES - JANUARY 28: Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Rob Portman,
R-Ohio, conduct a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing in Dirksen about
"deficiencies in the procedures ...
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| The Seattle Times | - 15 hours ago |
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States
such as Idaho, Virginia and Missouri have seen increases of more than
200 percent in Republican turnout compared to 2012. Share story.
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| WBAL Radio | - 17 hours ago |
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ANNAPOLIS,
Md. (AP) -- Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is
endorsing Rep. Chris Van Hollen in the Maryland Democratic primary for
Senate, and she is criticizing his opponent, Rep. Donna Edwards.
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| Philly.com | - 7 hours ago |
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WASHINGTON
- Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. on Friday endorsed fellow Democrat Katie
McGinty in Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate primary, calling her the party's
best chance to unseat Republican Sen. Pat Toomey this fall.
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| McClatchy Washington Bureau | - Mar 18, 2016 |
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Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has been steadfast in his
refusal to hold a confirmation vote for any Supreme Court nominee during
the waning months of Obama's presidency.
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