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Former Md. Gov. O’Malley jumps into 2016 Democratic race

BALTIMORE (AP) _ Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley entered the Democratic presidential race on Saturday in a longshot challenge to Hillary Rodham Clinton for the…

Clinton kicks off 2016 campaign online, heads next to Iowa

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton jumped back into presidential politics on Sunday, making a much-awaited announcement she will again seek the White House with…

Justices sharply divided over health care law subsidies

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharply divided along familiar lines, the Supreme Court took up a politically charged new challenge to President Barack Obama’s health overhaul Wednesday…

New year brings an increase in homicides to San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It was, the mayor of San Francisco said, a “shocking start” to the year for a city amid a technology boom…

Top five ‘food stamp’ states per capita

  Food stamps, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, are offered to Americans who earn a gross income amount that’s less than 130 percent…

Carl Heastie elected first Black speaker of New York Assembly

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Carl Heastie was elected speaker of the New York state Assembly on Tuesday, making him the first African-American to hold the…

Labor group withdraws UNCF support over Koch gift

WASHINGTON – Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, has discontinued supplying scholarships to the United Negro College Fund…

Obama seeks to draw attention to manufacturing at Bakery Square

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Surrounded by an array of gadgets and high tech equipment, President Barack Obama pledged to boost American manufacturing and to give entrepreneurs…

Koch Brothers donate $25 million to United Negro College Fund

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United Negro College Fund announced a $25 million grant Friday from Koch Industries Inc. and the Charles Koch Foundation — a…

Temporary Jobs On Rise In Today’s Shifting Economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — While the U.S. economy has improved since the Great Recession ended five years ago, part-time and “contract” workers are filling many of…

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