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Protest outside Kennedy Center grows with concern over possible demolition

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people joined outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Friday evening to protest President Donald Trump’s plans for the facility, lending their voices to a chorus of organizations and individuals who have been horrified that he might make good on his threat to close and tear down the storied institution. The crowd streamed in from the nearest subway stop, crowding streets in the Foggy Bottom area of Washington and locking down traffic as they walked, many carrying signs, as they joined in “Hands Around the Kennedy Center.” At one ...

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WARREN — Ashley Reilly sat on the front porch of her newly built home last week on Drexel Avenue NW with her husband, Nolan, and laughed while recalling the number of times people have driven past the home, seemingly in amazement to see her and brand new home in the neighborhood. In fact, ...

US estimates Iran war’s cost grows to $43.6B

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military’s price tag for the Iran war has grown to $43.6 billion as of Sept. 3, according to a new estimate provided this week to lawmakers. The figure from U.S. Central Command, which oversees operations in the Middle East, offers the most up-to-date cost for the conflict since it was launched by the United States and Israel on Feb. 28. A Congressional Budget Office report released Tuesday said the war had cost $38 billion through Aug. 1 and will continue to rack up expenses of around $3 billion a month depending on the conflict’s intensity. The new ...

Bombing at mosque in Pakistan kills at least 21

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A vehicle bomb exploded Friday at a mosque near police offices in northwestern Pakistan as gunmen tried to storm the compound in an attack that killed at least 21 people and wounded 80 others, police and rescue officials said. Among those killed and wounded were police officers attending prayers at the mosque. The coordinated assault was the latest in a surge of militant violence near the border with Afghanistan where Pakistani Taliban militants have increasingly targeted police and other security forces as the government intensifies operations against ...

Trump: All 50 states joining Medicaid drug pricing model

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that all 50 states will join in on a program set to provide Most Favored Nation pricing to some drugs within the Medicaid program, bringing the net price of selected drugs down to prices paid in certain other countries. The Trump administration claims that Medicaid will save billions on prescription drug costs as a result of the plan, dubbed the Medicaid “GENEROUS” model. Experts say the savings are unclear since the content of the deals isn’t public. “This one thing alone should win us the midterms,” Trump told ...

Blast destroyed grocery store after owner received threatening letter

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100 Years Ago, 1926 transcribed as originally published in the Youngstown Vindicator: “Blast rocks city. Blame black hand for $500,000 loss.” “A blast of terrific force, suspected to have been caused by blackhanders or business rivals, shattered the three-story brick wholesale grocery establishment of the Youngstown Grocery Co., 340 E. Front St., destroyed the ruins by fire which followed the explosion, will probably cause the death of at least one man, injured five others seriously and scores slightly, blew out thousands of windows in downtown buildings and East Side ...