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Bernie Sanders wants the US to adopt a 32-hour workweek. Could workers and companies...

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The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off.

From 4-leaf clovers to some unexpected history, all you need to know about St....

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NEW YORK (AP) — If it’s March, and it’s green, it must be St. Patrick’s Day.

Ohio governor declares emergency after severe storms that killed 3

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s governor has declared a state of emergency in 11 counties across central Ohio struck by severe weather last week.

As threats to Black cemeteries persist, a movement to preserve their sacred heritage gains...

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MIAMI (AP) — Neglect, abandonment and destruction have been the fate of thousands of segregated cemeteries across the country where African Americans – from former slaves to prominent politicians and business owners — were buried over many decades.

March 17, Golda Meir becomes prime minister of Israel

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Today is Sunday, March 17, the 77th day of 2024. There are 289 days left in the year. This is St. Patrick’s Day.

With green and glee, major US parades mark St. Patrick’s Day — a little...

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NEW YORK (AP) — People across the United States celebrated Irish heritage at several major St. Patrick’s Day parades Saturday, marking the holiday a day early at events that included a big anniversary in Savannah, Georgia, and honored a pioneering female business leader as grand marshal in New York.

Supreme Court rules public officials can sometimes be sued for blocking critics on social...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Friday that public officials can sometimes be sued for blocking their critics on social media, an issue that first arose for the high court in a case involving then-President Donald Trump.

Meteorologists say this year’s warm winter provided key ingredient for Midwest killer tornadoes

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This winter’s record warmth provided the key ingredient for a Midwest outbreak of deadly tornadoes and damaging gorilla hail that hit parts of the Midwest Wednesday and Thursday, tornado experts said.

Schumer’s rebuke of Netanyahu exemplifies US leaders skirting an unwritten rule on allies’ elections

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Israeli officials were quick to express outrage after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza and called for Israel to hold new elections. They accused the Democratic leader of breaking the unwritten rule against interfering in a close ally’s electoral politics.

March 16, US soldiers kill hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese in My Lai massacre

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Today is Saturday, March 16, the 76th day of 2024. There are 290 days left in the year.