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WILBRAHAM, Mass. (AP) — The Friendly’s restaurant chain has sold its ice cream manufacturing and retail business to Dean Foods Co. for $155 million. Dallas-basedRead More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Zero-tolerance policies are ineffective in combating bullying, an independent government advisory group says in urging schools to take a more preventative approachRead More

WASHINGTON (AP) — A toxic duo of plaques and tangles interact to drive Alzheimer’s disease, and now researchers say it’s the tangles that may betterRead More

Voters in House Speaker Paul Ryan’s southern Wisconsin district see him as the last and best hope for bridging the Republican Party’s divide. But aheadRead More

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Donald Trump is fighting to convince a skeptical Republican Party he can improve his standing among women, even as he takesRead More

There was a showdown in Houston last fall. This spring, North Carolina became the battleground. By now, confrontations have flared across the country over whetherRead More

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Burlington police officer’s fatal shooting of a knife-wielding mentally ill man in a downtown apartment was justified, the county prosecutorRead More

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on severe weather in the Plains (all times local): 8:40 p.m. The National Weather Service says a tornadoRead More

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A boat repairman well known in his small Connecticut town was exposed this week as a robbery convict who escaped 48Read More

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — It looks like a $200 price tag couldn’t keep Tom Brady’s fans from gobbling up the Patriots quarterback’s new cookbook. TheRead More