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By JACK GILLUM and DESMOND BUTLER Associated Press WASHINGTON — When the U.S. government’s global-aid agency launched secret plans to undermine Cuba’s communist government, it …

Washington, D.C. (AP) — Top community colleges in the nation committed to collectively graduating an additional 6,500 students by 2020, including many from disadvantaged backgrounds. …

By MARY CLARE JALONICK   WASHINGTON (AP) — More than $380 million in government dollars left over from a federal discrimination settlement with American Indians …

By STACEY PLAISANCE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Google is one of the major U.S. corporations researching the power of color in the working world, …

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Heading home for the holidays can come with a hefty price tag. Although gas prices are the lowest they’ve …

VALPARAISO, Ind. — Porter County officials are scrambling to find $3 million to pay health insurance bills after the county council failed to set aside enough …

By BRANDON BAILEY SAN FRANCISCO — Criminals stole personal information from tens of millions of Americans in data breaches this past year. Of those affected, one …

By MERRIT KENNEDY CAIRO — Egypt’s stock market plunged by 22 billion Egyptian pounds (just over $3 billion) in a single day of trading Sunday as …

NEW YORK — The annual costumed pub crawl featuring a horde of inebriated Santas on the streets of Manhattan got underway Saturday with a lesson on …

CHARLESTON, Ill. — An effort to repair two war monuments at the Coles County Courthouse has been aided by a large anonymous donation. The (Mattoon) Journal-Gazette …