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FILE - A UPS driver puts his seat belt on before driving off as UPS workers hold a rally in downtown Los Angeles as a national strike deadline nears on Wednesday, July 19, 2023.
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UPS reaches contract with 340,000 unionized workers, averting potentially calamitous strike

Associated Press July 25, 2023

UPS has reached a contract agreement with its 340,000-person strong union Tuesday, averting a strike that had the potential to...

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FILE - Tony Bennett reacts after performing the song "I left My Heart in San Francisco" during his 80th birthday celebration at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, on Nov. 9, 2006.
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Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96

Associated Press July 21, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for...

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announces details about a pilot job courts program on June 28, 2023 in Detroit, Mich.
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Michigan charges 16 fake electors for Donald Trump with election law and forgery felonies

Associated Press July 19, 2023

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general filed felony charges Tuesday against 16 Republicans who acted as fake electors for...

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Traffic flows over the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit, Feb. 14, 2022.
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Man working on US-Canada bridge survives plunge into Detroit River

Associated Press July 14, 2023

DETROIT (AP) — A man survived after plunging 150 feet (45.7 meters) into the Detroit River from a bridge connecting...

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Aretha Franklin's granddaughter Grace Franklin, 17, smiles while embracing her family members after the jury decided in favor of a 2014 document during a trial over her grandmother's wills at Oakland County Probate Court in Pontiac, Mich., on Tuesday, July 11, 2023.
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Jury decides 2014 document found in Aretha Franklin’s couch is a valid will

Associated Press July 11, 2023

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A document handwritten by singer Aretha Franklin and found in her couch after her 2018 death...

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Microsoft can move ahead with record $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, judge rules

Associated Press July 11, 2023

A federal judge has handed Microsoft a major victory by declining to block its looming $69 billion takeover of video...

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FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2017 file photo, Dr. Larry Nassar appears in court for a plea hearing in Lansing, Mich.
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Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times at Florida federal prison: AP sources

Associated Press July 10, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times during...

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Aretha Franklin
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Aretha Franklin’s sons battle over handwritten wills 5 years after her death

Associated Press July 6, 2023

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Five years after her death, the final wishes of music superstar Aretha Franklin are still unsettled....

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A sign reading “cancel student debt” is seen outside the Supreme Court, Friday, June 30, 2023, as decisions are expected in Washington.
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Supreme Court rejects Biden’s plan to wipe away $400B in student loans

Associated Press June 30, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loans for...

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Activists demonstrate as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on a pair of cases that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions, in Washington, Oct. 31, 2022.
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Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions and says race cannot be a factor

Associated Press June 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, forcing institutions of higher education to look for new...

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A photo of the Detroit skyline's reduced visibility due to poor air quality in Detroit, Mich. on June 28, 2023.
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Haze over Metro Detroit reminds US residents that Canadian wildfires persist

Associated Press June 28, 2023

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit area woke up Wednesday to some of the worst air quality in the United States...

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This photo provided by OceanGate Expeditions shows a submersible vessel named Titan used to visit the wreckage site of the Titanic.
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Questions emerge about Titanic-bound sub’s regulation, as investigators hunt for reason it imploded

Associated Press June 23, 2023

Authorities hunted Friday for the reason a submersible carrying people to the wreck of the Titanic imploded deep in the North...

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