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Tribe takes to the road to fight plans
Nation begins ‘totem journey’ across North America
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Man arrested in murder of 2 nuns
Residents in Mississippi town struggle with killings
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Kurdish-led Syria forces face off with Turkish-backed rebels
A Syrian man carries a girl away from the rubble of a destroyed building after barrel bombs were dropped on the Bab al-Nairab neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, on Saturday.Aleppo Media…
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Grief erupts in Italy as nation honors, buries quake dead
Aftershocks continue to rattle residents
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Pokemon doughnuts, exercise classes tap into game’s popularity
businesses embrace craze
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Ore. fair creates buzz with 1st legal pot display in U.S.
Billy Jean Clay, left, and Roxanne Hunt of Silverton, Ore., look at marijuana plants at the Oregon State Fair during the first day of an exhibit of living pot plants…
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Clinton, Trump trade new barbs
Democratic candidate says no new accusations are coming
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Obama expands safe zone off Hawaii
Protected marine area will be twice as big as Texas
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PARIS – France’s top administrative court overturned a ban on burkinis in a Mediterranean town, in a decision Friday that should set legal precedent regarding a swimsuit crackdown that has…
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FDA advises Zika screening for all U.S. blood centers
The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that all U.S. blood banks start screening for the Zika virus, a major expansion intended to protect the nation’s blood supply from the…
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Yellen suggests rate hike is coming but offers no timetable
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told a conference of monetary experts Friday that she believes the economy is strengthening enough that the Federal Reserve could begin increasing rates again.Manuel Balce…
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U.S. economy grew at tepid 1.1 percent pace in spring
Joe Russo, of Medway, Mass., puts a bag of potting soil into a cart while shopping at a Home Depot store location, in Bellingham, Mass. The U.S. economy expanded at…
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LAS VEGAS – Two defendants became the first to plead guilty Thursday to federal charges in an armed confrontation with U.S. officials over grazing rights near cattleman and open-range advocate…
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EpiPen maneuvered to create a virtual monopoly
Company criticized by those in Congress who helped it succeed
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SAN FRANCISCO – An underwater expedition along the California coast has revealed for the first time a sunken World War II-era aircraft carrier once used in atomic tests in the…
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Biden calls on Turkey to be patient in Gulen case
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, asked Turkish authorities on Wednesday to be patient with the U.S. legal system as Turkey seeks the return of a cleric accused of masterminding…
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Turkey in cross-border operation to free ISIS-held Syrian town
A Turkish army tank and an armored vehicle are stationed near the border with Syria in Karkamis, Turkey Turkish forces moved into Syria Wednesday to retake the Islamic State-held town…
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How EpiPen’s maker raised prices, and hackles
Price hikes for EpiPens, an epinephrine auto-injector for the treatment of severe allergic reactions, have made its maker, Mylan, the latest target for patients and politicians infuriated by soaring drug…
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Study raises ethics question for Clinton
of her meetings while at State were with donors to her family foundation
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HONOLULU – Federal regulators are proposing to ban swimming with dolphins in Hawaii, a move that could imperil one of the Aloha State’s most popular tourist activities and the industry…
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Biden: U.S. committed to protecting Baltic states from Russia
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, from left, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis and Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves pose for a photo during a news conference after…
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States file another lawsuit over Obama transgender rules
A new sticker designates a gender neutral bathroom at Nathan Hale high school in Seattle.Elaine Thompson/Associated Press file The lawsuit is the second this summer in which conservative states have…
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Russia stops using base for air strikes TEHRAN, Iran – Russia has stopped using an Iranian air base for launching airstrikes on Syria for the time being, Iran’s Foreign Ministry…
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California high court upholds ban on dredges to extract gold
In this Aug. 5, 2009, photo, Matt Lauer of Portage, Wis., works a suction dredge to hunt for gold in the Klamath River near Happy Camp, Calif. California’s Supreme Court…
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California firefighters stretched thin
climate change, fighting fires is a year-round job