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BOSTON (AP) — With the start of the new year, Democratic political rivals Edward Markey and Joe Kennedy III are ramping up their campaigns with Markey's Senate seat hanging in the balance.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected claims that conditions in a Mississippi prison are unconstitutionally harsh. His ruling comes amid violence at three other corrections facilities that resulted in the deaths of three inmates this week.

1. “Dog Man: Fetch-22” by Dav Pilkey (Graphix)

2. “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens

3. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball" by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books)

4. "The Guardians" by John Grisham (Doubleday)

5. “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" by Charlie Mackesy (HarperOne)

6. “The Last Wish” by Andrzej Sapkowski (Orbit)

7. “The Blue Zones Kitchen” by Dan Buettner (National Geographic)

8. “The Night Fire" by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)

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MONROE, La. (AP) — Grambling State University has reached an early admissions agreement with an osteopathic medical school that is to start up classes in July at a private campus on the grounds of another public university in Louisiana.

NEW YORK (AP) — Two years after a lack of funds halted construction of a marble-clad Greek Orthodox church at New York's World Trade Center site, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Greek Orthodox officials announced plans Thursday to resume construction with the goal of finishing the rebuilding by the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Bestselling author and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson has laid off her entire 2020 campaign staff but is pushing ahead with her Democratic presidential bid, two former staffers said Thursday.

Though Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer and Cal’s Charmin Smith are proud of what their teams have accomplished in the past two months, each head coach knows the truly challenging portion of the schedule begins with the onset of Pac-12 play. As Smith recently told her players: “Things are about to get real.”

Center Willie Cauley-Stein (flu-like symptoms), point guard D’Angelo Russell (right shoulder contusion) and forward Kevon Looney (left abdominal soreness) have been ruled out of the Warriors’ game against the Timberwolves on Thursday night at Target Center.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A fellow Republican will run for the seat held by Rep. David Byrd, a Tennessee lawmaker accused of sexual misconduct who has been mum about whether he will seek reelection this year.

Monthly apartment rental prices rose the most in these unexpected cities and states, and dropped where you'd least expect.