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Biden jokes about age amid reelection bid

As Biden, the oldest president in U.S. history, embarks on his reelection campaign, he is increasingly musing aloud about his advanced age, cracking self-deprecating jokes and framing his decades in public life as a plus, hoping to persuade voters his …

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Serbia in shock after second mass shooting

A gunman killed eight people and wounded 14 in two villages in Serbia, authorities said, shaking a nation still in the throes of grief over a mass shooting at a school a day earlier. Police arrested a suspect Friday after an all-night search. (May 5)

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AP Top Stories May 5 A

Here’s the latest for Friday May 5th: 4 Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy; Two mass shootings in two days in Serbia; Teachers’ strike in Oakland; Tornadoes near Los Angeles.

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Winter storms lead to epic California whitewater rafting season

California’s historic winter storms dumped a record amount of snowfall in the Sierra Nevada mountains. As that snowpack melts, it’s resulting in cascading volumes of water flowing into various rivers at rates not seen in years. (May 5) (AP video: Haven…

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Blind walkers winning safer road crossings

A federal ruling blasting Chicago planners for not equipping more of their intersections with audible signals that help blind pedestrians cross busy streets has given advocates a victory they call long overdue. (May 5)(AP Video: Teresa Crawford)
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Report: Justice Thomas let GOP donor pay tuition

A Republican megadonor paid two years of private school tuition for a child raised by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who did not disclose the payments, a lawyer who has represented Thomas and his wife acknowledged Thursday.
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New Orleans music’s old guard still star at Jazz Fest

John Mayer and Mumford and Sons are among upcoming acts. But old-guard, New Orleans-based musical artists like George Porter Jr. and Deacon John remain festival stalwarts to say hundreds of Louisiana acts are what the festival is built on. (mAY 4)
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