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April 14, 2025
By PAUL WISEMAN AND ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Woldenberg thought he had come up with a surefire plan to protect his Chicago-area educational toy company from Preside...
For many Jews, Passover celebrations will occur amid anxieties and divisions
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By By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer 
April 12, 2025
Passover is a major Jewish holiday, celebrated over seven or eight days each year, commemorating the exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the Bible. It is considered the...
Israelis mark yet another Passover hoping for Gaza captives to be freed
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By By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press 
April 12, 2025
NAHAL OZ, Israel (AP) — Relatives of hostages in Gaza say they feel the absence of their loved ones acutely during Passover, which commemorates the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and their libera...
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By By JOSH BOAK Associated Press 
April 11, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the aftermath of this week’s tariff whiplash, President Donald Trump is deciding exactly what he wants out of trade talks with as many as 75 nations in the coming weeks. Trump is ...
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April 9, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants communities to stop fluoridating water, and he is setting the gears of government in motion to help make that happen. Kenn...
Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles
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By By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer 
April 5, 2025
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Pacific to end their privately funded polar tour. Bitcoin inves...
After layoffs and funding problems, Head Start leaders fear what comes next
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By By MORIAH BALINGIT AP Education Writer 
April 3, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The problems for Head Start began days after President Donald Trump took office. Trump’s administration announced it would freeze federal grants — the primary funding for the early e...
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By ByELAINEKURTENBACH AP Business Writer 
April 3, 2025
BANGKOK (AP) — The trade war that U.S. President Donald Trump has escalated in his second term is a challenge for all Asian economies, large and small, in an era when the most populous region of the w...