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Essential News from The Associated Press
Latest Headlines  GOP senators blink on a big chance to repeal 'Obamacare'July 26, 20174:47 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — After seven years of emphatic campaign promises, Senate Republicans demonstrated Wednesday they don't have the stomach to repeal "Obamacare" when it really counts, as the Senate voted 55-45 to reject legislation undoing major portions of Barack Obama's law without replacing it.  Law drawing focus in Russia probe rarely ends in prosecutionJuly 26, 20173:11 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — Criminal prosecutions are rare for people who fail to register as foreign agents, according to a top Justice Department official who testified Wednesday about an obscure law receiving new attention amid investigations into contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia.  LGBT outrage over Trump ban on transgender military serviceJuly 26, 20174:48 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) — Most LGBT-rights activists never believed Donald Trump's campaign promises to be their friend. But with his move Wednesday to ban transgender people from military service, on top of other actions and appointments, they now see him as openly hostile.  US, Brazil investigate sect accused of abuse, traffickingJuly 26, 20174:04 PM ET Ten former members of the Word of Faith Fellowship church say they have been contacted by U.S. federal and state authorities investigating allegations of abuse, forced labor and visa fraud after a series of Associated Press stories about the North Carolina-based evangelical sect, which has branches in Brazil and Ghana and affiliations in other countries.
Latest Headlines  Panthers LB Davis: CTE study 'alarming,' will keep playingJuly 26, 20173:29 PM ET SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis called the latest medical report on brain injuries involving former football players "alarming," and said it's something NFL players are talking about.  Pac-12 will test shorter halftime, reduced TV timeoutsJuly 26, 20173:18 PM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pac-12 will shorten halftime and reduce the number of commercial breaks during its non-conference schedule this season as part of a trial program to reduce the length of its football games.
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