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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 screenings for Syrian and Iraqi refugees before… Continue reading

CORRECTS LAST NAME TO ROBINSON FROM CLARK - Jamine Robinson points to the name of his brother, Jamar Clark, on an upside-down flag bearing names of people killed at the hands of police outside the Minneapolis Police Department's Fourth Precinct, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, in Minneapolis. Black Lives Matter demonstrators have set up an encampment at the precinct which is near the site of the Sunday shooting of Jamar Clark by a Minneapolis police officer. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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 of an unarmed black man over the… Continue reading

CORRECTS LAST NAME TO ROBINSON FROM CLARK - Jamine Robinson points to the name of his brother, Jamar Clark, on an upside-down flag bearing names of people killed at the hands of police outside the Minneapolis Police Department's Fourth Precinct, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, in Minneapolis. Black Lives Matter demonstrators have set up an encampment at the precinct which is near the site of the Sunday shooting of Jamar Clark by a Minneapolis police officer. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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 prompted a Maryland college to close its… Continue reading

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 some minorities who were considered “white” in… Continue reading

Eastbound traffic lanes, right, on Interstate 90 are dampened by wind-driven waves from the south as the floating bridge calms Lake Washington to the north, left, on Tuesday in Seattle. Rain and high winds snarled the morning commute in the Puget Sound area and the Inland Northwest braced for severe weather that could include wind gusts to 70 mph. The National Weather Service says a Pacific storm system, which arrived Tuesday may include sustained winds of 45 mph that could topple trees and cause power outages.

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 three people, cut power to more than… Continue reading

Eastbound traffic lanes, right, on Interstate 90 are dampened by wind-driven waves from the south as the floating bridge calms Lake Washington to the north, left, on Tuesday in Seattle. Rain and high winds snarled the morning commute in the Puget Sound area and the Inland Northwest braced for severe weather that could include wind gusts to 70 mph. The National Weather Service says a Pacific storm system, which arrived Tuesday may include sustained winds of 45 mph that could topple trees and cause power outages.
Wind-blown waves batter houses Tuesday in Seattle. Rain and high winds snarled the morning commute in the Puget Sound area and the Inland Northwest braced for severe weather that could include wind gusts to 70 mph. The National Weather Service says a Pacific storm system, which arrived Tuesday may include sustained winds of 45 mph that could topple trees and cause power outages.

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 a severe storm packing high winds unleashed… Continue reading

Wind-blown waves batter houses Tuesday in Seattle. Rain and high winds snarled the morning commute in the Puget Sound area and the Inland Northwest braced for severe weather that could include wind gusts to 70 mph. The National Weather Service says a Pacific storm system, which arrived Tuesday may include sustained winds of 45 mph that could topple trees and cause power outages.
In this photo made from the footage taken from Russian Defense Ministry official web site on Tuesday, Russian Tu-22 bombers escorted by the Su-27s fighter jets drop bombs on a target in Syria.

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 that brought down a Russian passenger jet… Continue reading

In this photo made from the footage taken from Russian Defense Ministry official web site on Tuesday, Russian Tu-22 bombers escorted by the Su-27s fighter jets drop bombs on a target in Syria.
Jean-Marie de Peretti mourns the loss of his 33-year-old daughter Aurelie, one of the victims of the attack on the Bataclan concert hall, rear, Tuesday in Paris.

French hunt 2nd fugitive

PARIS — French police hunted Tuesday for a second terrorist believed to have escaped after the bomb and gun massacres in Paris, while a U.S.… Continue reading

Jean-Marie de Peretti mourns the loss of his 33-year-old daughter Aurelie, one of the victims of the attack on the Bataclan concert hall, rear, Tuesday in Paris.
An Afghan refugee girl peers through the curtain of her temporary home on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.

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 escalating war with the Taliban and rising… Continue reading

An Afghan refugee girl peers through the curtain of her temporary home on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.

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 of Salt Lake City, the capital of… Continue reading

Rime ice extends several feet horizontally from a sign marking the summit of 5,774-foot Mount Adams, the second highest mountain in New England, on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, in northern New Hampshire. Monday's freezing fog and strong winds formed the rime ice, creating a winter wonderland above treeline in New Hampshire's aptly named White Mountains. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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 threat of tornadoes to millions in central… Continue reading

Rime ice extends several feet horizontally from a sign marking the summit of 5,774-foot Mount Adams, the second highest mountain in New England, on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, in northern New Hampshire. Monday's freezing fog and strong winds formed the rime ice, creating a winter wonderland above treeline in New Hampshire's aptly named White Mountains. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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 this year.During the long holiday weekend, 46.9… Continue reading

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 HIV-positive, he aims to become an inspiration… Continue reading

Adviser: Carson struggling with foreign policy

Some advisers to Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson say he is struggling to grasp the complexities of foreign policy, his closest confidant said Monday, acknowledging… Continue reading

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 some Democrats and igniting an emotional debate… Continue reading

Clinton, Sanders spar over taxes, health care

DALLAS — Intensifying their rivalry, Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday accused Bernie Sanders of charting a tax increase on middle-class families and undercutting President Barack… Continue reading

A sign welcoming Syrian refugees is placed at the entrance to the office of the Arizona governor during a rally at the Arizona Capitol Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, in Phoenix. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has joined a growing number of governors calling for an immediate halt to the placement of any new refugees in the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris. The U.S. State Department says Arizona has received 153 Syrian refugees so far this year. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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 United States for the next two years.Those… Continue reading

A sign welcoming Syrian refugees is placed at the entrance to the office of the Arizona governor during a rally at the Arizona Capitol Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, in Phoenix. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has joined a growing number of governors calling for an immediate halt to the placement of any new refugees in the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris. The U.S. State Department says Arizona has received 153 Syrian refugees so far this year. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Special intervention forces climb on top of a roof as they prepare to enter a house in Brussels on Monday amid a manhunt for a suspect of the Paris terror attacks.

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 State group in Syria as the mastermind… Continue reading

Special intervention forces climb on top of a roof as they prepare to enter a house in Brussels on Monday amid a manhunt for a suspect of the Paris terror attacks.
In this photo taken on Sunday, Khaled Saadi, 27, left and Abdullah Saadi, 38, listen during an interview with the Associated Press.

Diverse Paris mourns together after indiscriminate violence

PARIS — Halima Saadi Ndiaye was celebrating her 36th birthday in a cafe where her brother worked when terror took over. Within a minute, she… Continue reading

In this photo taken on Sunday, Khaled Saadi, 27, left and Abdullah Saadi, 38, listen during an interview with the Associated Press.
In this Nov. 13 photo, Adraa Taleb holds the hand of her maternal cousin Haidar Mustafa, three, who was wounded in Thursday's twin suicide bombings, as he sleeps on a bed at the Rasoul Aazam Hospital in Burj al-Barajneh, southern Beirut, Lebanon. Haidar's parents Hussein and Leila were killed in the blast as they were parking their car when one of two suicide attackers blew himself up in a southern Beirut suburb near their vehicle. Within hours of the Paris attacks last week that left 129 dead, outrage and sympathy flooded social media feeds and filled the airwaves.

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 and filled the airwaves, Baghdad resident Ali… Continue reading

In this Nov. 13 photo, Adraa Taleb holds the hand of her maternal cousin Haidar Mustafa, three, who was wounded in Thursday's twin suicide bombings, as he sleeps on a bed at the Rasoul Aazam Hospital in Burj al-Barajneh, southern Beirut, Lebanon. Haidar's parents Hussein and Leila were killed in the blast as they were parking their car when one of two suicide attackers blew himself up in a southern Beirut suburb near their vehicle. Within hours of the Paris attacks last week that left 129 dead, outrage and sympathy flooded social media feeds and filled the airwaves.