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No victims found in huge debris pile after corner of Bronx apartment building collapses

By JOSEPH B. FREDERICK, JENNIFER PELTZ and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters said they didn’t find anybody trapped in an enormous mound of rubble Monday after a corner of a seven-story Bronx apartment building collapsed, leaving apartments exposed like a stack of shelves and a convenience store partly buried under bricks

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After losing Houston mayor’s race, US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee to seek reelection to Congress

HOUSTON (AP) — Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has announced she’ll seek reelection to Congress in 2024. The Democrat announced Monday she will seek her 16th term in Congress. She first took office in 1995. Her district includes downtown Houston and some of the city’s historically Black neighborhoods. Jackson Lee’s announcement comes after she

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Governor wants New Mexico legislators to debate new approach to regulating assault-style weapons

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico could become an early political testing ground for a proposal to make assault-style weapons less deadly. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday said she’ll encourage the state’s Democratic-led Legislature to consider statewide restrictions that mirror an unconventional proposal from U.S. senators aimed at

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Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general vows to defend potential 2024 Trump victory in court

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general promises to defend a potential Donald Trump victory next year in the swing state. Josh Kaul defended election results in lawsuits challenging Democrat Joe Biden’s victory over Trump in Wisconsin in 2020. Biden’s victory in the state was ultimately confirmed. Kaul told The Associated Press on Monday

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Third Mississippi man is buried in a pauper’s grave without family’s knowledge

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A third man in Mississippi has been discovered buried in a pauper’s cemetery without his relatives’ knowledge — and despite authorities knowing the identities of the deceased. It is the latest case in which families learned of their deceased love one’s death from news

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The US is restricting visas for nearly 300 Guatemalan lawmakers, others for ‘undermining democracy’

By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration says it will impose visa restrictions on nearly 300 Guatemalan lawmakers, private sector leaders and their families it accuses of “undermining democracy and the rule of law.” Guatemala faces mounting criticism by world leaders and watchdogs accusing it of attempts to block progressive President-elect

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Mexico’s president vows to eliminate regulatory, oversight agencies, claiming they are ‘useless’

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president wants to eliminate almost all remaining government oversight and regulatory agencies before he leaves office on Sept. 30, claiming they are “useless” and cost too much. He vowed to send a bill to Congress to eliminate the federal anti-monopoly commission and agencies regulating telecommunications, the energy market and access

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