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Stacks of donated goods line the shelves at the Good News Outreach food bank in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida is one of 13 states that is not participating in a federal hunger relief program this summer that helps families in need buy groceries. (By The Associated Press)

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Families face food insecurity in states that turned down federal aid
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thu,08/01/24-2:30AM , 486 Reads
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— Crystal Ripolio had tears in her eyes as she walked the produce line at the Good News Outreach food bank in Tallahassee. It was the bags of ripe peaches that did her in.
“We don’t have anything in our fridge,” Ripolio said.
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U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe, left, and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate are sworn in Tuesday in Washington before they testify before a Joint Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee. (By The Associated Press)

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Acting Secret Service director ‘ashamed’ after Trump shooting
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Wed,07/31/24-2:00AM , 602 Reads
WASHINGTON — The Secret Service’s acting director told lawmakers Tuesday that he considered it indefensible that the roof used by the gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump was unsecured and said it was regrettable that local law enforcement had not alerted his agency before the shooting that an armed subject had
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Income gap between Blacks, whites less for millennials than Gen X
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Wed,07/31/24-2:00AM , 391 Reads
The income gap between white and Black young adults was narrower for millennials than for Generation X, according to a new study that also found the chasm between white people born to wealthy and poor parents widened between the generations.
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Thousands of people gathered Wednesday in Virginia for the 99th year of Chincoteague’s annual Pony Swim.

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Thousands watch Chincoteague wild ponies complete 99th annual swim in Virginia
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Thu,07/25/24-3:11PM , 324 Reads
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) — Thousands of people gathered in Virginia to watch the Chincoteague wild ponies make their annual swim across the Assateague Channel, the 99th year of the popular tradition.
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