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SeaWorld says it will end orca shows in San Diego by 2017
SAN DIEGO — SeaWorld will end orca shows at its San Diego park after visitors at the tourist…
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3 shot, 1 dead, in Manhattan subway entrance
NEW YORK — An argument that began inside a midtown Manhattan McDonald’s early Monday erupted in gunfire at…
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Lawyer: Body cam showed no threats as police killed boy
MARKSVILLE, La. — A police body camera recorded the father of a 6-year-old autistic boy with his hands…
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Armed groups target elephants
JOHANNESBURG — The eight suspected poachers stood under a tree, apparently unaware they were being tracked by 10…
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Witnesses: 9 killed in attack on bar in Burundi’s capital
BUJUMBURA, Burundi — At least nine people were killed in an overnight attack at a bar in the…
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4 killed, 14 hurt in fiery crash near D.C.
HYATTSVILLE, Md. — Four people, including a child, died Sunday and 14 others were injured after a pickup…
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Mysterious electric car startup looking to build $1B factory
LOS ANGELES — The luxury electric car market may be small, but it’s lucrative enough to get another…
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Young farmers help keep land in production
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — Hauling feed, herding pigs, long hours. Farming is hard. And 25-year-old Leanna Mulvihill loves…
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A China-Taiwan handshake, 66 years in the making
It was just a handshake. Just two prosperous-looking men in dark suits walking across a hotel meeting room…
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Without Keystone, industry must find new paths for oil
TORONTO — Following the Obama administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, the oil industry faces the tricky…
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After vet felled by PTSD, service dog aids family
CLYDE, N.C. — Part of the Labrador retriever’s training was to sense when the demons of war had…
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Job creator or job killer? A look at Pacific trade deal
WASHINGTON — The sweeping Pacific Rim trade deal now being debated would cover everything from Vietnamese labor unions…
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Detective: ‘Hero’ cop sought hit-man to cover up thefts
FOX LAKE, Ill. — Months before an Illinois police officer staged his suicide to make it seem like…
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NASA: Sun stripping away Martian atmosphere, left dry planet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Mars-orbiting Maven spacecraft has discovered that the sun likely robbed the red…
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Woman who held disabled people captive gets life in prison
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A woman who kept mentally disabled adults captive in the basement of a Philadelphia home…
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George Barris, creator of TV’s original Batmobile, has died
LOS ANGELES (AP) — George Barris, who created television’s original Batmobile, along with scores of other beautifully customized,…
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Student who stabbed 4 at university meant to do more harm
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A freshman student who stabbed four people at a California university meant to do…
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Illinois mom who watched 3 kids drown fights for new family
CHICAGO (AP) — In horrifying detail, prosecutors described how three children, trapped in the back seat of their…
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Russia, Egypt dismiss bomb theory
LONDON — Five days after a Russian jetliner broke apart high above the Sinai, Russia and Egypt on…
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IS bomb on plane would herald new phase in conflict
BEIRUT — At this stage, there is no hard evidence. But reports from the U.S. and Britain suggesting…