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US judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) — A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them "a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service" before the November election.

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Trump and Biden hit unlikely battleground state of Minnesota

By WILL WEISSERT and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY Associated Press

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At town hall, Biden blasts Trump's 'criminal' virus response

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press
MOOSIC, Pa. (AP) — Joe Biden went after President Donald Trump again and again over his handling of COVID-19, calling Trump's downplaying of the pandemic "criminal" and his administration "totally irresponsible."

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Pope seeks to ''liberate" Virgin Mary from the Mafia

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is giving his blessing to a new Vatican think tank that is seeking to prevent the Mafia and organized crime groups from exploiting the image of the Virgin Mary for their own illicit ends.

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Firefighter dies battling wildfire sparked by gender reveal

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A firefighter died battling a wildfire in California that officials said was sparked by a device used to reveal a baby's gender.

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Biden makes push for voters on National Black Voter Day

By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press

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AP Exclusive: More migrant women say they didn't OK surgery

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — Sitting across from her lawyer at an immigration detention center in rural Georgia, Mileidy Cardentey Fernandez unbuttoned her jail jumpsuit to show the scars on her abdomen. There were three small, circular marks.