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How to make the most of the child tax credit this year

The wallet-emptying experience of raising kids understandably fuels a lot of interest in the child tax credit, but…

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‘Tis the season for more TV Christmas movies than ever

NEW YORK (AP) Have you heard the one about the girl who didn’t care about Christmas but found…

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Groups demand end to info-sharing on asylum-seeking children

Earlier this year, the federal agency tasked with caring for asylum-seeking children separated from their parents at the…

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World faces ‘impossible’ task at post-Paris climate talks

KATOWICE, Poland (AP) Three years after sealing a landmark global climate deal in Paris, world leaders are gathering…

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Mom: Slain son would be alive had he been white

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) The mother of a young black man killed by a police officer in an Alabama…

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Back-to-back crises boost California sheriff’s profile

CHICO, Calif. (AP) Those who had fled a deadly Northern California wildfire were looking for answers at an…

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The Latest: Alderman rejects plea deal; heads to trial

CHICAGO (AP) The Latest on hearing for a prominent Chicago alderman accused of corruption (all times local): 11:30…

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Olympic ‘kingmaker’ Sheikh Ahmad leaves to handle court case

TOKYO (AP) The corruption case involving a powerful IOC member promised to sow confusion as 206 national Olympic…

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Families of Lebanon’s war missing choose to forgive past

BEIRUT (AP) Families of people who went missing during Lebanon’s civil war called on the government Wednesday to…

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US airstrike reportedly kills dozens of Afghan civilians

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Taliban insurgents staged a coordinated attack targeting a security firm in the Afghan capital on…

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