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$160B deal to combine Pfizer and Allergan raises outcry
A $160 billion deal announced Monday to merge Pfizer and Allergan and create the world’s biggest drug company…
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Adele has already sold 2.3 million copies of disc
NEW YORK (AP) — Adele’s new album “25” has sold more than 2.3 million copies in the United…
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2 charged with murder in killing of pastor’s wife
INDIANAPOLIS — Authorities charged two young men with murder on Monday in the fatal shooting of a pastor’s…
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Police hunt suspects in mass shooting in New Orleans park
NEW ORLEANS — Police on Monday sought to determine what touched off a wild shootout in a crowd…
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W.H. asks allies to step up in IS fight
WASHINGTON — The White House urged allies on Monday to do more in the campaign against the Islamic…
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Most GOP candidates flunk climate science
WASHINGTON — When it comes to climate science, two of the three Democratic presidential candidates are A students,…
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Afghans seeking asylum buy fake Taliban threat letters
KABUL, Afghanistan — Threatening letters from the Taliban, once tantamount to a death sentence, are now being forged…
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Belgium police arrest 16, Paris fugitive still at large
BRUSSELS — Belgian prosecutors announced early Monday that police had detained 16 people in 22 raids but that…
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UMaine debuting ocean simulator
ORONO, Maine — Builders of everything from cruise ships and ports to oil rigs offshore wind turbines are…
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Brussels hunkers down amid threat
BRUSSELS — Belgian authorities closed down Brussels’ subway system and flooded the streets with armed police and soldiers…
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Mali attack took advantage of security lapses
BAMAKO, Mali — The heavily armed Islamic extremists who shot up a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital, killing…
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Homicides of transgender women reach alarming high
For a few transgender Americans, this has been a year of glamour and fame. For many others, 2015…
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US religious leaders make forceful appeal to admit refugees
In rare agreement across faith and ideological lines, leaders of major American religious groups have condemned proposed bans…
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Carson supports monitoring of ‘anti-American’ groups
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson said Saturday that he wants to expand the government’s surveillance operations…
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Officials: IS determined to produce chemical weapons
BAGHDAD — The Islamic State group is aggressively pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated…
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Syrian refugees put through years of screenings
DETROIT — Over and over, Nedal Al-Hayk and his wife traveled up to three hours by bus from…
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House members snub veto threat, vote to curb Syrian refugees
WASHINGTON — Responding swiftly to the terror in Paris, the U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to erect high…
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IS releases photo of bomb it says downed jetliner
CAIRO — The Islamic State group on Wednesday released a photo of a bomb hidden in a soft…
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Fate of mastermind unclear after bloody raid
SAINT-DENIS, France — The hunt for the mastermind of last week’s attacks took a bloody turn Wednesday to…
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Bush calls for US ground forces to fight Islamic State in Mideast
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Wednesday called for the U.S. to send more troops…