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Becky Sauerbrunn, captain of the U.S. Women's National Team, announced Friday that she will miss the

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The Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General will investigate how the agency es

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will allow a monu

A new Arkansas law allows an anti-abortion monument at the state Capitol