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Gadget show: Connected from the crib to old age
LAS VEGAS — Umbilical cord? These days, it’s more like a USB cord. Whether in the womb or…
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Another El Nino storm lashes California coast, streets flood
LOS ANGELES — Another powerful El Nino-driven storm lashed coastal areas of California on Thursday, stirring waves that…
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Analysis: Calculated risk behind N. Korean H-bomb test claim
TOKYO — When North Korea hinted it had a hydrogen bomb last month — twice — it was…
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North Korea says it tested H-bomb to widespread skepticism
SEOUL, South Korea — Soon after the ground shook around its nuclear testing facility, North Korea trumpeted its…
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Oregon tribe: Armed group ‘desecrating’ their land
BURNS, Ore. — A leader of the Oregon Indian tribe whose ancestral property is being occupied by an…
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Trying to right itself, a criminal investigation at Chipotle
NEW YORK (AP) — Chipotle reported a sales plunge of 30 percent for December after a series of…
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Gun buyer in San Bernardino attack pleads not guilty
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The man who bought the rifles used in the San Bernardino attack pleaded not…
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‘We need to feel the fierce urgency of now’
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, at one point wiping tears from his cheek, unveiled his plan Tuesday to…
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US service member killed, 2 injured in Afghanistan attack
WASHINGTON — One U.S. service member was killed and two were wounded in fighting Tuesday in southern Afghanistan,…
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Saudi Arabia-Iran dispute: Where the countries stand
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which began with the kingdom’s execution of…
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Obama moves to require background checks for more gun sales
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama moved Monday to expand background checks to cover more firearms sold at gun…
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Stocks sink on first day of 2016 on China, Mideast worries
NEW YORK (AP) — The new year got off to an inauspicious start on Wall Street as stocks…
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Workers return to San Bernardino offices following massacre
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Behind a chain-link fence and under heavy security, workers on Monday returned to…
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UK’s Cameron dismisses latest Islamic State extremist video
LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday dismissed a new video in which five purported British…
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Allies follow Saudis in cutting ties with Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Allies of Saudi Arabia followed the kingdom’s lead Monday and scaled back diplomatic…
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Two Clintons, plenty of Republicans in motion
BOONE, Iowa — The sprint to the Iowa caucuses opened Monday with nearly a dozen presidential candidates in…
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Hundreds of military kids sexually abused annually, says Pentagon
WASHINGTON — Cpl. Aaron C. Masa befriended a fellow Marine during field training in North Carolina. But behind…
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After 1M migrants, borders are back
STOCKHOLM — Since it opened in 2000, the Oresund bridge between Sweden and Denmark has been a towering…
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A year of political pregame gives way to a sprint into Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa — It’s been a year of town halls and weekend forums and lunchtime meet-and-greets for…
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Shiite cleric’s execution in Saudi Arabia exposes divisions
TEHRAN, Iran — The execution of a Shiite cleric in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia laid bare the divisions now…