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St. Charles County Police Department:
#SCCPDNEWS: St. Charles County police responded to a medical emergency on Buckner Road at approximately 12:40 p.m. today (Saturday, March 18). Inside the home, first responders observed an unresponsive man and immediately administered lifesaving techniques. Unfortunately, the 90-year-old man …
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Jon Pareles / New York Times:
Chuck Berry Dies at 90; Helped Define Rock ‘n’ Roll — Chuck Berry Dies at 90; — Helped Define Rock ‘n’ Roll — Mr. Berry was rock's master theorist and conceptual genius, a songwriter who understood what the kids wanted before they did themselves. — By JON PARELES — SMARTER LIVING
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Jon Pareles / New York Times:
Chuck Berry, Musician Who Helped Define Rock ‘N’ Roll, Dies at 90
Chuck Berry, Musician Who Helped Define Rock ‘N’ Roll, Dies at 90
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The Guardian and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jennifer Frederick / Billboard:
Chuck Berry, a Founding Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Dies at 90
Chuck Berry, a Founding Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Dies at 90
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Kevin Hardy / USA Today:
People are canceling their Iowa vacations because of Steve King's words … The Iowa Tourism Office generally receives about two complaints a month from travelers who leave the state peeved about picking up a speeding ticket or dissatisfied with an unpleasant hotel stay.
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Iowa tourism complaints skyrocket after Steve King's racist tweet
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside Trump's White House, New York moderates spark infighting and suspicion — Inside the White House, they are dismissed by their rivals as “the Democrats.” — Outspoken, worldly and polished, this coterie of ascendant Manhattan business figures-turned-presidential advisers is scrambling …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
What will it take for the president to retract his tweets about Obama?
What will it take for the president to retract his tweets about Obama?
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Kellyanne Conway Is the Real First Lady of Trump's America — Not your star, perhaps. But that's the point. — On the third floor of the West Wing, one flight past the stairwell portrait of President Donald Trump talking on his Android phone, is an office once occupied by Valerie Jarrett …
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Suzette Hackney / USA Today:
Kids on winning robotics team told, ‘Go back to Mexico’ … INDIANAPOLIS — The day should have been one of glory and celebration for five fourth-graders. — The Pleasant Run Elementary students had just won a robotics challenge at Plainfield High School, and the students …
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Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Rundle Won't Charge Prison Guards Who Allegedly Boiled Schizophrenic Black Man to Death … On June 23, 2012, Darren Rainey, a schizophrenic man serving time for cocaine possession, was thrown into a prison shower at the Dade Correctional Institution. The water was turned up top 180 degrees …
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Julie K. Brown / miamiherald:
Prosecutors find no wrongdoing in shower death at Dade Correctional mental health unit
Prosecutors find no wrongdoing in shower death at Dade Correctional mental health unit
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Death and Taxes, Hit & Run and Eschaton
Erin McPike / IJR:
Transcript: Independent Journal Review's Sit-Down Interview with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson — In his first sit-down interview since becoming secretary of state, Rex Tillerson spoke with Independent Journal Review's Erin McPike about the challenges of American diplomacy with China …
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Alicia A. Caldwell / Associated Press:
TRUMP WANTS TO BUILD 30-FOOT-HIGH WALL AT MEXICAN BORDER — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration wants to build a 30-foot-high border wall that looks good from the north side and is difficult to climb or cut through, according to a pair of contract notices posted to a government website …
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Ron Nixon / New York Times:
Trump Seeks Proposals for ‘Physically Imposing’ Wall with Mexico
Trump Seeks Proposals for ‘Physically Imposing’ Wall with Mexico
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
New rifts emerge as Trump administration rejects free trade statement at G-20 meeting — BADEN-BADEN, Germany - The Trump administration on Saturday rejected a statement from other leading economies that warned against the perils of trade protectionism, the latest sign of how the administration's …
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump's ‘major meeting’ on veterans affairs doesn't happen — A “major meeting” on veterans affairs slated for Friday evening that President Donald Trump publicly announced at the White House earlier in the day did not take place, according to pool reports.
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions faces rowdy town hall — Addressing over 2,000 people, Sessions was frequently drowned out by boos and angry outbursts from the audience. Many of his answers were not entirely audible due to the crowd's reaction as he began to speak. — Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Kurt Eichenwald: ‘Spineless’ GOP so scared of Trump they won't criticize ‘Nazis in the White House’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A panel discussion on MSNBC's AmJoy, discussing Rep. Steve King's (R-IA) racist comments about America needing more white babies turned …
CNN:
Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort wanted for questioning in Ukraine corruption case — Manafort pressed on ties to Ukraine, Kremlin (2016) — Ukrainian authorities want to question former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort as part of a corruption case
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Laura M. Holson / New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr. Is His Own Kind of Trump — Donald Trump Jr. is the Trump who has not always seemed at ease with being a Trump. He grew up in the penthouse of Trump Tower but was happy to escape the gilded trappings of his Manhattan childhood to spend parts of the summers hunting and fishing …
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Associated Press:
YOUNG AMERICANS: MOST SEE TRUMP AS ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENT — WASHINGTON (AP) — Jermaine Anderson keeps going back to the same memory of Donald Trump, then a candidate for president of the United States, referring to some Mexican immigrants as rapists and murderers.
Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren finally busts out of her media bubble — Elizabeth Warren's creative media-dodging habits are a running joke among her home-state press corps. Whenever the senator makes a public appearance, Massachusetts reporters know to keep one eye fixed on the exit doors. — But that might be changing.
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Andy Bruce / Reuters:
Top NSA official ridicules allegation Britain spied on Trump — Allegations from the United States that British spy agency GCHQ snooped on Donald Trump during his election campaign are “arrant nonsense”, the deputy head of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) said in an interview on Saturday.
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New York Times:
In One Rocky Week, Trump's Self-Inflicted Chaos on Vivid Display — WASHINGTON — Minutes before President Trump was to take the stage in Nashville last week to make his case for the health care overhaul he had promised, he received some unwelcome news that shifted his script.