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Obama threatens to veto House GOP bill on refugees
WASHINGTON — The White House on Wednesday threatened a presidential veto of House Republican legislation aimed at increasing…
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Officers identified in killing of unarmed Minneapolis man
MINNEAPOLIS — Authorities on Wednesday released the names of two Minneapolis police officers involved in the fatal shooting…
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College closes through holiday due to missing student
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The disappearance of a troubled student who might be armed with a gun has…
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Census changes could make whites less than 50 pct. sooner
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Census Bureau is considering changes to its race and ethnicity questions that would reclassify…
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3 killed, thousands without power in NW windstorm
SPOKANE, Wash. — Cleanup crews took to the streets Wednesday in Washington state after a powerful storm killed…
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3 killed, thousands without power in Northwest wind storm
SEATTLE — At least three people have died and hundreds of thousands were without power on Tuesday as…
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Putin vows to hunt down, punish those who bombed Russian jet
MOSCOW — A somber President Vladimir Putin vowed to hunt down and punish those responsible for a bomb…
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French hunt 2nd fugitive
PARIS — French police hunted Tuesday for a second terrorist believed to have escaped after the bomb and…
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Afghanistan finds only 36 percent view country positively
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans are increasingly concerned about the lack of security and the country’s economy amid an…
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Salt Lake City elects first openly gay mayor amid setbacks
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Utah lawmaker Jackie Biskupski on Tuesday became the first openly gay mayor…
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Snow hits Colorado, could bring tornadoes to south
DENVER — A powerful wintery storm dumped heavy snow on parts of Colorado on Tuesday while bringing the…
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More Thanksgiving travelers; don’t get stuck at airport
NEW YORK — A stronger economy and lower gas prices mean Thanksgiving travelers can expect more congested highways…
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Charlie Sheen says he is HIV-positive, bad boy days are over
NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Sheen said his bad-boy days are over and, with Tuesday’s declaration that he’s…
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Adviser: Carson struggling with foreign policy
Some advisers to Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson say he is struggling to grasp the complexities of foreign…
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Republicans rush to shut borders to Syrian refugees
WASHINGTON — Republicans urged an immediate closure of America’s borders to Syrian refugees Tuesday, drawing angry denunciations from…
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Clinton, Sanders spar over taxes, health care
DALLAS — Intensifying their rivalry, Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday accused Bernie Sanders of charting a tax increase…
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When refugees arrive in US, here’s what they can expect
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has announced plans to steadily increase the number of refugees accepted in the…
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France IDs top Paris attacks figure
PARIS — France identified a 27-year-old Belgian who once boasted about killing “infidels” and fought for the Islamic…
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Diverse Paris mourns together after indiscriminate violence
PARIS — Halima Saadi Ndiaye was celebrating her 36th birthday in a cafe where her brother worked when…
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As world mourns Paris, many in Mideast see double-standard
BAGHDAD — Within hours of last week’s Paris attacks, as outrage and sympathy flooded his social media feeds…