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Meital Harari cleans water out of her Meyerland home, Monday, April 18, 2016, in Houston. Her family rode out the storm at a nearby house because her daughter has nightmares from the Memorial Day floods. Massive flooding has become nearly an annual rite of passage in Houston, which is grappling with destroyed homes, trapped drivers and deaths for the third straight year. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Another deadly flood inundates Houston

by Michael Graczyk Associated Press, and Nomaan Merchant Associated PressApril 20, 2016

In this Wednesday, April 14, 2016 photo, Peter Froehlich holds the landline telephone he uses at his rural home in Whitefield, Maine. Across the country, telecom companies are lobbying lawmakers to be released from their mandate of providing service to every home. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Land lines in danger of extinction

by Tom Bell Associated PressApril 19, 2016

Tents are set up at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the “sit-out” of an ongoing protest by Divest UMass in its fight to push the university foundation to give up its investments in fossil fuel industries.

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UMass fossil fuel demonstrators take new approach

by Stephanie Murray For the GazetteApril 19, 2016

The damaged Calvin Theater sign in Northampton, Monday, April 18, 2016.

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No timeline for Calvin marquee repair

by Michael Majchrowicz @mjmajchrowiczApril 19, 2016

Smith Voke criminal justice sophomores Leyla Betances and Austin Christensen, both of Amherst, are preparing for the state SkillsUSA competition in Marlborough at the end of April.

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Smith Voc students to put their skills on display in state competition

by Stephanie McFeeters @mcfeetersApril 19, 2016

Stock gavel in court

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Court flips transgender bathroom rule

by Larry ODell Associated PressApril 19, 2016

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Gun license lifted in Williamsburg dispute

by Dan Crowley Staff WriterApril 19, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, center, waves to the crowd along with former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords, right, and the first lady of New York City, Chirlane McCray, left, during a Women for Hillary event in New York, Monday.

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NY voters head to the polls

by Julie Pace Associated Press, and Jonathan Lemire Associated PressApril 19, 2016

FILE - In this April 9, 2010, file photo, Vermont ice cream entrepreneurs Ben Cohen, left, and Jerry Greenfield pose for photos in Burlington, Vt. The co-founders of Ben & Jerry's were arrested Monday, April 18, 2016, at the U.S. Capitol as part of ongoing protests in Washington about the role of money in politics. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)Toby Talbot

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Ice cream makers Ben and Jerry arrested at Capitol

by Staff Report April 19, 2016

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2016, file photo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio testifies during a joint legislative budget hearing on local government in Albany, N.Y. New York City's effort to monitor mentally ill people considered potentially violent has stirred unease among civil liberties and mental health advocates but de Blasio has said the program aims to protect public safety and provide treatment. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

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Mentally ill listing stirs qualms

by Jake Pearson Associated Press, and Jennifer Peltz Associated PressApril 19, 2016