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The Associated Press-GfK poll on tap water safety was conducted by GfK Public Affairs and Corporate Communications on Feb. 11-15. No more than 1 time in 20 should chance variations in the sample cause the results to vary by more than plus or minus 3.4 percentage points from the answers that would be obtained if all adults in the U.S. were polled.

DETROIT (AP) — When it comes to water, only about half of Americans are very confident in the safety of what's flowing from their tap, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll, which found that trust is even weaker among minorities and people with lower incomes. The lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan, has been in the headlines for months, and more than half of Americans believe it's a sign of widespread problems in the U.S. About seven in 10 drink tap water, but about half of them first run it through a filter. Читать дальше...

Conservatives' gut-level resistance to all things Obama — the man, his authority, his policies — gave birth to the tea party movement that powered the GOP to political success in multiple states and historic congressional majorities. Obama's policies, from the ambitious 2010 law overhauling the health care system to moving unilaterally on immigration, roiled conservatives who decried his activist agenda and argued about constitutional overreach. For all the numbers, though, Republicans were unable... Читать дальше...

The bloc of voters powering the real estate mogul through the Republican primaries is significantly weighted with white born-again Christians. In eight of the presidential primaries, he won more evangelicals than Ted Cruz, a Southern Baptist who has made appeals to conservative Christians the core of his campaign, according to polling. "There's a form of cultural Christianity that causes people to respond with 'evangelical' and 'born-again' as long as they're not Catholic, even though they haven't... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton's work-related emails from her private account are now public, more than 52,000 pages detailing her tenure as secretary of state but failing to resolve questions about how she and her closest aides handled classified information. Several investigations continue into her exclusive use of a nongovernment email account and homebrew server while she was in government, an issue that has dogged her presidential campaign, even though she seems well-positioned to capture the Democratic nomination. Читать дальше...

Within weeks, President Barack Obama granted Trudeau one of the highest honors the U.S. reserves for close allies: a pomp-filled visit with plenty of time in private talks and in front of cameras with Obama, who remains popular in Canada. Trudeau, accompanied by his wife, Sophie Gregoire, will be feted Thursday at a sparkly state dinner, the first of Obama's final year in office and the first for Canada since April 1997. "Obama was delighted that Trudeau got elected," said Nelson Wiseman, a University of Toronto political science professor... Читать дальше...

PROFESSIONAL — Before becoming a federal judge in 2010, Wilkins worked at a law firm and served as a public defender in Washington. EDUCATION — A degree in chemical engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana, Harvard Law School.

WASHINGTON (AP) — To remind him of some of the work done by potential Supreme Court nominee Robert L. Wilkins, all President Barack Obama has to do is look down the street from the White House to the nearly completed National Museum of African American History and Culture. A native of Muncie, Indiana, who was raised by a single mother, he graduated from Harvard Law School and spent a decade as a public defender in Washington. The class-action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union... Читать дальше...

SYDNEY (AP) — A man who police say fatally shot one person and wounded two others inside a western Sydney business was found dead inside the building after a six-hour standoff Monday that brought the area to a standstill. Heavily armed police moved into the sign-making business after spending hours positioned around the factory in an industrial area of Ingleburn, a suburb 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of Sydney. Once inside, they found a 33-year-old man dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound... Читать дальше...

Clinton accused him of turning his back on the auto industry and Sanders countered in the Sunday night debate that Clinton's friends on Wall Street had "destroyed this economy." Sanders chimed in, "We are, if elected president, going to invest a lot of money into mental health and when you watch these Republican debates you know why." Sanders countered that the money for the auto industry was part of a larger bailout package for Wall Street, adding, "I will be damned if it was the working people... Читать дальше...

A draft statement prepared for their talks says they will ensure "comprehensive, large scale and fast-track returns to Turkey of all irregular migrants not in need of international protection."

Navy SEAL teams don't have enough combat rifles to go around, even as these highly trained forces are relied on more than ever to carry out counterterrorism operations and other secretive missions, according to SEALs who have confided in Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif. After SEALs return from a deployment, their rifles are given to other commandos who are shipping out, said Hunter, a former Marine who served three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. The weapons, which are outfitted with telescopic targeting sights and laser pointers... Читать дальше...

If he hangs on to his leadership post, that could make him the longest-serving speaker since the era without term limits, which voters first approved in 1990. Before running for office, he led a child development program in Southern California and directed the California League of Conservation Voters. Rendon also expressed concerns about the Brown administration's revised plan for a $64 billion high-speed rail system, which is now planned to head to the San Francisco Bay Area before heading to Southern California.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is in the capital of the United Arab Emirates at the start of a Mideast tour.

First announced last week, the 1,800-kilometer (1,120-mile) line would link Lhasa with the western metropolis of Chengdu with an estimated 13-hour travel time.

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's Interior Ministry says several people have been killed in clashes between Tunisian police and unidentified gunmen near the Libyan border. Ministry spokesman Yasser Mosbah says gunmen attacked a police station and military facilities at dawn Monday.

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Surkaw Omar and Rebien Abdullah quit their jobs and spent their life savings to migrate to Europe, only to find crowded asylum camps, hunger and freezing weather. Many of the hundreds of thousands of refugees heading to Europe have no choice but to brave such hardships because they hail from places gripped by war, where their lives are in danger. [...] Omar and Abdullah come from Iraq's northern Kurdish region, which has been largely spared from fighting with the Islamic State group. Читать дальше...

Here's how U.S. and world political leaders are reacting to the death of former U.S. first lady Nancy Reagan: [...] we had a head start, because we were fortunate to benefit from her proud example, and her warm and generous advice. Later, in her long goodbye with President Reagan, she became a voice on behalf of millions of families going through the depleting, aching reality of Alzheimer's, and took on a new role, as advocate, on behalf of treatments that hold the potential and the promise to improve and save lives.... Читать дальше...

BERLIN (AP) — A nationalist party that is challenging the German government's welcoming stance toward migrants has come third in municipal elections a week before three state-wide votes. Preliminary results released early Monday by officials in the central state of Hesse show the Alternative for Germany receiving 13.2 percent of the votes in Sunday's election.

How can I experience my dreams when they are not my husband’s dreams? Try doing that by remembering what you had in common with your husband 13 years ago. [...] if the answer is that you have grown increasingly apart in the last 12 years, the only way you can each experience your dreams may be to do it alone or with other like-minded people. If you were planning to stay at your daughter’s, scale back your plans and reserve a room at a nearby hotel or motel. If your daughter is unaware of your phobia... Читать дальше...

The idea has plenty of critics, who worry it will lead to more errors in voter registration databases, and could be especially problematic in the 12 states — including California — that grant driving privileges to people who can't prove they're legally in the United States. Recent election changes in GOP-dominated states have often gone in the other direction, requiring voters to take more steps to cast ballots such as showing photo identification or showing proof of citizenship at the time of registration. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Unlike other presidential wives, Nancy Reagan didn't testify before Congress about health care, celebrate controversial Supreme Court decisions or sit in on Cabinet meetings. Ronald Reagan had promised to champion conservative values when elected in 1980, and Nancy Reagan was in some ways a throwback to a more old-fashioned approach. Betty Ford had spoken candidly about gun control, premarital sex and her surgery for breast cancer and praised the ruling of Roe v. Wade, when the... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders on Sunday grappled with the prospect that the best hope for stopping Donald Trump's march to the nomination may be Ted Cruz — the only candidate who causes as much heartburn among party elites as the billionaire businessman, if not sometimes more. The Texas senator split contests with Trump in Saturday's voting, bolstering his argument that only he can defeat the real estate mogul. If Rubio's slide continues, he would be the latest establishment candidate to fall victim to an angry... Читать дальше...

ARIES. (March 19 - April 18): Someone's using you to fight his battles. It's probably unintentional, but it's still not good. You have enough scores of your own to settle.

Sports calendar, March 7-8 College basketball Conference tournaments Metro Atlantic championship: Monmouth vs. Iona ESPN Horizon League: Valparaiso vs. Green Bay ESPNU Colonial championship: Pepperdine vs. St. Mary’s ESPN Southern championship: Horizon League: Wright State ESPNU BYU vs. Women Conference tournaments MAAC championship: BYU BYUTV Seton Hall FS1 USF vs. DePaul vs. American Athletic championship: Big 12 championship: Baylor vs. NBA Orlando at Warriors CSNBA... Читать дальше...