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DC considering 16 weeks paid leave for parents, caregivers
WASHINGTON (AP) — New D.C. Council legislation introduced Tuesday would give workers 16 weeks of paid leave in…
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Top general recommends keeping more US troops in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan recommended on Tuesday that President Barack Obama revise his plan…
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EU offers Turkey incentives to better tackle refugee crisis
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is ready to offer Turkey new incentives to better tackle the Syria…
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European data sharing pact with US ruled invalid
LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Facebook and thousands of other companies could find it vastly more complicated to do business…
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Competition for Microsoft lineup, which targets high end
NEW YORK — The success of Microsoft’s fall lineup of devices will ride on the company’s ability to…
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Search for answers begins in sinking of US cargo ship
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — On board the 790-foot El Faro when it set out on its doomed voyage into…
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Pot pesticide flap brings lawsuit in Colorado
DENVER — Two marijuana users in Colorado filed a lawsuit Monday against a pot business they said used…
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NATO denounces Russia for violating Turkish airspace
ANKARA, Turkey — In a signal of new tensions raised by Moscow’s airstrikes in Syria, NATO denounced Russia…
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Questions arise about neighborhood where slide killed 144
SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala (AP) — Emergency workers spent a fourth day digging bodies out of a massive…
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3 share Nobel medicine prize for tropical disease drugs
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel prize in medicine went Monday to three scientists hailed as “heroes in the…
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United States, 11 Pacific Rim countries reach trade deal
WASHINGTON — Having hammered out an ambitious trade deal with 11 Pacific Rim countries, the Obama administration now…
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US commander says Afghans requested US airstrike in Kunduz
WASHINGTON (AP) — Afghan forces who reported being under Taliban fire requested the U.S. airstrike that killed 22…
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Coast Guard: Missing ship sank, 1 body found
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The captain of the 790-foot El Faro planned to bypass Hurricane Joaquin, but some kind…
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Boston-bound airline pilot dies; co-pilot lands safely in NY
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — An American Airlines captain became gravely ill and incapacitated while flying from Phoenix to…
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‘Fire hose’ of moisture hits S. Carolina; 12 killed
COLUMBIA, S.C. — People across South Carolina got an object lesson Monday in how you can dodge a…
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Oregon shooter rants in manifesto about no girlfriend
ROSEBURG, Ore. — The gunman who executed nine people at an Oregon community college before killing himself ranted…
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Law student sues CIA over data on Salvadoran Army officer
SEATTLE — A University of Washington law school student has filed a federal Freedom of Information lawsuit alleging…
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Zion National Park probes run-up to deaths of 7 hikers
SALT LAKE CITY — Zion National Park officials are retracing what led up to the deaths of seven…
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Student injured in Seattle bus crash sues duck boat operator
SEATTLE (AP) — A 21-year-old college student who was injured in a deadly bus crash sued the operator…
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Jordanian MP says son joined IS, carried out suicide attack
AMMAN, Jordan — A Jordanian parliament member said he learned from Islamic State-linked media that his son carried…