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Ex-speaker Hastert gets 15 months in prison
CHICAGO — Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years presided over the House and was second in…
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Trump, Clinton sweep Tuesday’s primaries
PHILADELPHIA — Donald Trump swept all five Republican primaries Tuesday, a commanding showing across the Northeast that kept…
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Murder charge in baby’s death on reservation
BILLINGS, Mont. — A woman on a Montana American Indian Reservation will be charged with murder in the…
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911 call: ‘I just shot and killed my wife’
CINCINNATI — A suburban Cincinnati man called 911 and gave his address, and when the dispatcher asked what…
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NC Dems pan ‘keep our state straight’ comment
RALEIGH, N.C. — Rhetorical skirmishes continued Tuesday in North Carolina over a law limiting protections for LGBT people,…
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South Sudan rebel leader returns to the capital
JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar returned to the capital Juba on Tuesday afternoon,…
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Cambodian elephants’ workload eased
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The owner of a company that provides elephant rides to tourists at Cambodia’s fabled…
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Al-Qaida says it killed Bangladesh gay activist
NEW DELHI — The Bangladeshi branch of al-Qaida claimed responsibility Tuesday for the killing of a gay rights…
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Obama boosts Islamic State fight, asks Europe to do same
HANNOVER, Germany — Evoking history and appealing for solidarity, President Barack Obama on Monday cast his decision to…
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2 men including USAID employee killed in Bangladesh
NEW DELHI (AP) — Unidentified assailants fatally stabbed two men in Bangladesh’s capital Monday night, including a gay…
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Body of missing hiker found on Deer Mountain
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Rescue crews have found the body of a missing Ketchikan man who disappeared during…
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At crossroads, Cruz, Kasich defend anti-Trump pact
BORDEN, Ind. — Declaring the Republican presidential contest at “a fork in the road,” Ted Cruz and John…
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Cleveland settles lawsuit over Rice shooting
CLEVELAND — The city on Monday reached a $6 million settlement in a lawsuit over the death of…
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USA Today owner Gannett bids for LA Times publisher
NEW YORK — Newspaper publisher Gannett wants to buy Tribune Publishing for more than $388 million, in a…
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Pentagon, Congress at odds over military bases
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon thinks it has a winning argument for why Congress should allow a new round…
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‘Individual A’ sues Hastert for money over unpaid hush money
CHICAGO (AP) — A man who alleges he was sexually abused by former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert…
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VA study on whether dogs can heal vets with PTSD has critics
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Army veteran Joe Aguirre opens a restaurant door, then steps aside to let his golden…
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S. Korea covered up abuse, killing of ‘vagrants’
BUSAN, South Korea — Three decades ago, a policeman tortured Choi Seung-woo over a piece of bread he…
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US rig count drops 9 this week to 431, another all-time low
HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped by…
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Monroe the Bear gets a ‘spa day’
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Monroe the Bear just got treated to a makeover. The Kodiak bear, often considered the…