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Buffalo Roman Catholic Diocese seeks bankruptcy protectionThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo has filed for bankruptcy protection

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo files for bankruptcy protection in effort to recover from misconduct scandalRoman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo files for bankruptcy protection in effort to recover from misconduct scandal

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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2020, file photo people leave a retail clothing store in Valley West Mall in West Des Moines, Iowa. On Friday, Feb. 28, the Commerce Department issues its January report on consumer spending, which accounts for roughly 70 percent of U.S. economic activity. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

US consumer spending slowed in January while incomes jumped Americans pulled back on their spending in January, even as their incomes surged, a sign the economy was growing modestly before the threat of coronavirus arose

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US consumer spending growth slowed in January while incomes jumpedUS consumer spending growth slowed in January while incomes jumped

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Former Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario, right, shakes hands with Jose Manuel Romualdez, ambassador of the Philippines to the U.S., during a forum in Makati, metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. Rosario warned Friday the president's move to end a key U.S. security pact will undermine the ability of American forces to help the country deal with major disasters, modernize its military and deter aggression in the disputed South China Sea. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Ex-Philippine official warns of `tragedy’ if US pact endsA former Philippine foreign secretary is warning that the president’s decision to end a key U.S. security pact will undermine the ability of American forces to help the country deal with major disasters and deter aggression in the disputed South China Sea

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In this Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, photo, Dartmouth College's Matthew Delmont views the website he created, Black Quotidian, in his office on the school's campus in Hanover, N.H. The website is an archive of digitized African-American newspaper content that highlights the lives of every day African-Americans in the 20th century. Many of the people featured were well known in their communities but often were overlooked in African-American history books. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)

Website aims to highlight hidden figures in black historyA Dartmouth College professor has created a website that aims to highlight African Americans who did great things but never won the recognition of their more famous peers

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Mother, grandmother get 20 years for chaining Alabama boyThe mother and grandmother of an Alabama boy found chained and naked inside a home received 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated child abuse

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Chicago Cubs right fielder Ian Miller misses a fly foul ball hit by Texas Rangers' Todd Frazier during the fifth inning of a spring training baseball game Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

10 Things to Know for TodayGet ready for Friday, Feb. 28 with a few things to know about the day’s news from The Associated Press

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In this Feb. 22, 2020, photo, Dayton's Trey Landers shows part of a tattoo about his father, who was shot to death in an unsolved killing, before the team's NCAA college basketball game against Duquesne in Dayton, Ohio. Nearly seven months earlier, Landers was running out of the back of a Dayton bar as a gunman approached with an an assault-type weapon. The event invoked the traumatic childhood memory of his father's death. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster)

After traumatic year, Ohio city rallies around hoops teamPeople in an Ohio city that endured a tumultuous year including a mass killing are rallying around their college basketball team

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Report: Cops Shared Graphic Photos of Kobe Crash SceneThe Los Angeles County Sheriff's department says it is investigating allegations that deputies leaked graphic photos of the helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant and eight others last month. Sources tell the Los Angeles Times that days after the crash, first responders discussed the inappropriate sharing of photos...

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Jungle Cruise Boat Sinks at Disney WorldDisney World describes the Jungle Cruise ride as a "journey you won't soon forget"—and that was especially true on Thursday, when one of the boats sank. Passengers, who stood on the seats as water slowly rose inside the boat, were safely rescued within about 20 minutes and the Orlando...

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FILE - This Aug. 20, 2011, file photo shows the 1996 Olympic Games cauldron in Atlanta. The Olympic cauldron used in the 1996 Games in Atlanta is scheduled to be publicly lit again for the first time in over two decades on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser, File)

Atlanta's Olympic cauldron to be relit for marathon trialThe Olympic cauldron used in the 1996 Games in Atlanta is scheduled to be publicly lit again for the first time in over two decades on Saturday

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