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Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and emaciated survivors to the surface Tuesday with hundreds […]

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Trump says he will create an ‘External Revenue Service’ agency to collect tariff income

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced plans to create a new agency called the External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and other revenues from foreign nations. “We will begin charging those that make money […]

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France’s new prime minister says he’ll renegotiate a contested plan to raise the retirement age

PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister François Bayrou announced Tuesday the renegotiation of a contested plan raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, in a crucial move to seek more stability for his minority government. […]

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Washington

Braun bills aim to reform Washington’s broken juvenile-justice system

OLYMPIA… Senate Republican Leader John Braun, R-Centralia, today introduced a package of reform legislation intended to address safety and operational concerns he and others have raised about state-run juvenile-rehabilitation facilities. The four bills stem from continuing problems with overcrowding, […]