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Passcode lock is seen at a restroom door in a Starbucks in Glenview, Ill., Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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Starbucks' policy change flushes out a debate over public restroom access

By DEE-ANN DURBIN DEE-ANN DURBIN - AP Business Writer
Wed,01/22/25-12:42PM, 134 Reads
Starbucks’ decision to restrict its restrooms to paying customers has flushed out a wider problem: a patchwork of restroom policies that has left Americans confused and divided over
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A man waves a Palestinian flag as he returns home to Rafah, after a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga, File)

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To secure Gaza ceasefire, dealmakers overcame enemies' deep distrust

By SAM MAGDY, ADAM GELLER AND AAMER MADHANI SAM MAGDY, ADAM GELLER AND AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press
Wed,01/22/25-12:37PM, 47 Reads
Inside a lavish clubhouse on Doha’s waterfront, tensions strained by months of fruitless back-and-forth weighed on negotiators as the hour neared 3 a.m.
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National security adviser John Bolton, left, listens to President Donald Trump, far right, speak during a working lunch with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Trump' s private Mar-a-Lago club, April 18, 2018 in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Trump's perceived enemies worry about losing pensions, getting audited and paying steep legal bills

By BYRON TAU BYRON TAU - Associated Press
Wed,01/22/25-12:10PM, 89 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not just criminal prosecutions that worry those who have crossed President Donald Trump. There are more prosaic kinds of retaliation: having difficulty renewing passports, getting audited by the IRS and losing federal pensions.
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Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., speaks during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Capitol Hill, Feb. 29, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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160 national security staffers are sent home as the White House aligns its team to Trump’s agenda

By ZEKE MILLER AND AAMER MADHANI ZEKE MILLER AND AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press
Wed,01/22/25-10:53AM, 66 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s national security adviser on Wednesday sidelined about 160 National Security Council aides, sending them home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Trump’s agenda.
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