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PHOTO COLLECTION: The U.S. Postal Service at 250

Jul 25, 2025, 10:00 AM

This circa 1901 photo provided by the U.S. Postal Service shows a mail carrier on Rural Route No. 2...

This circa 1901 photo provided by the U.S. Postal Service shows a mail carrier on Rural Route No. 2, in Rochester, Ind. (U.S. Postal Service via AP)
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Rocky Nichols, left, executive director of the Disability Rights Center of Kansas, and Matthew Hull...

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As the ADA turns 35, groups fighting for disability rights could see their federal dollars slashed

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Nancy Jensen believes she’d still be living in an abusive group home if it wasn’t shut down in 2004 with the help of the Disability Rights Center of Kansas, which for decades has received federal money to look out for Americans with disabilities. But the flow of funding under the Trump […]

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Jake Stowe, program support specialist for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, walks a trail damaged...

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Parts of the Appalachian Trail are still damaged after Helene. Volunteers are fixing it by hand

UNICOI COUNTY, Tenn. (AP) — In a rugged patch of the Appalachian Trail in eastern Tennessee, volunteers size up a massive, gnarled tree lying on its side. Its tangled web of roots and dark brown soil, known as a root ball, is roughly the size of a large kiddie pool. The collection of volunteers and […]

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The entrance to a women's restroom is seen underneath a staircase at the state Capitol, Wednesday, ...

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Statehouses are the public’s houses, but the fight for potty parity continues

For female state lawmakers in Kentucky, choosing when to go to the bathroom has long required careful calculation. There are only two bathroom stalls for women on the third floor of the Kentucky Statehouse, where the House and Senate chambers are located. Female legislators — 41 of the 138 member Legislature — needing a reprieve […]

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FILE - Members of the Lumbee Tribe participate during the BraveNation Powwow and Gather at UNC Pemb...

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Lumbee tribe of North Carolina sees politics snarl recognition by Washington

Since the 1980s, the Lumbee Tribe has lobbied Congress to acknowledge it as a sovereign nation. There was renewed hope last year when both major party candidates in the presidential election promised to intervene on behalf of the Lumbee. In his first week in office, President Donald Trump appeared to be making good on his […]

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Police and emergency vehicles are in place at the scene of a blast at the Biscailuz Center Training...

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A grenade is missing from the scene of an explosion that killed 3 LA deputies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A grenade is missing from the scene of an explosion that killed three Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, Sheriff Robert Luna said Friday. The July 18 blast at a sheriff’s department training facility killed three experienced deputies on the arson and explosives team. The deputies were working on two grenades that […]

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New York City police charge mother in the deaths of newborn twins found behind a building in 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — A 36-year-old woman was charged Friday in the deaths of newborn twins who were found behind a New York City apartment building nearly five years ago, police said. Stephanie Castillo, identified as the boys’ mother, was arrested at a homeless shelter in the Bronx, police said. She is charged with murder […]

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PHOTO COLLECTION: The U.S. Postal Service at 250