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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins shakes hands with Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen as she holds up a copy of the first-ever SNAP waiver to allow a state to restrict certain food items from the federal food assistance program. Nebraska's pilot project will prohibit SNAP recipients from using the benefits to buy soda and energy drinks.

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Nebraska will ban soda and energy drinks from federal food aid. Cuts in other states are likely next

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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins gave a first-ever approval for a state to restrict what’s covered by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during a visit to Nebraska this week. Other states, including Kansas, Iowa and Indiana, are seeking similar waivers.

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Record floodwaters in eastern Australia leave 4 dead and 1 missing

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Some 50,000 people have been isolated by the flooding in New South Wales, after days of heavy rain. Four bodies have been retrieved from floodwaters since Wednesday.
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Music talent agent among dead after jet crashes into San Diego neighborhood

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Six people, including music talent agent Dave Shapiro, were on board a private jet that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood on Thursday.
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Trump's Harvard visa threat could wipe out several of the school's sports teams

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Some of Harvard's sports teams could be wiped out by a Trump administration decision that would make the school with the nation's largest athletic program ineligible for international student visas.

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