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Tours resume at nation’s oldest lighthouse
The 18th-century Boston Light in Boston Harbor was renovated in 2014. Scaffolding surrounds Boston Light, an historic 18th century lighthouse in Boston Harbor, as crews renovate the structure. The National…
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1 in 5 may die unnecessarily during trauma treatment in U.S.
1 in 5 major injury deaths are preventable
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ABOARD THE HDMS THETIS, Greenland – Sailing through fields of large icebergs aboard a Danish naval vessel, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry brought his tour of the Arctic to…
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. – As early as third grade, the Florida nightclub shooter talked frequently about sex and violence, and before finishing high school was suspended for a total of…
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Woman says nightclub shooter stalked her
A note is taped to the front door of Seddique Mir Mateen’s home in Port St. Lucie, Fla., saying the family has no comment about his son, Omar Mateen. Omar…
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Unemployment rates are far below U.S. level in 16 states
Job recruiters work their booths at a job fair in Pittsburgh. The Labor Department reported Friday that unemployment rates are at very low levels in one-third of the states.Keith Srakocic/Associated…
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British Labour lawmaker dies after shooting attack
may have been connected to upcoming EU vote
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In Orlando, Obama calls for healing
President meets with families of shooting victims
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Sheriff: Charges unlikely after 2-year-old killed by gator
Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings says the parents of a toddler who was killed by an alligator while the child was wading at a man-made lake at the Grand Floridian…
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CIA chief: ISIS working to send operatives to the West
CIA Director John Brennan told members of Congress on Thursday that Islamic State is working on building an apparatus to direct and inspire attacks against Western targets such as the…
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Dem demands action on gun laws
Senator vows to filibuster until sides ‘come together’
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U.S. to rethink troop levels in Afghanistan
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told NATO allies attending a meeting at NATO headquarters in Belgium that President Barack Obama will be re-examining U.S. plans to reduce the number…
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Marco Rubio confirmed Wednesday that he may reconsider his plans to leave the Senate at the end of this year and run for re-election instead. Rubio told…
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Kerry: U.S. open to further clarifying Iran sanctions relief
U.S, Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States has lived up to its agreement to ease sanctions against Iran although it is willing to look at ways it…
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Young alligator victim’s body recovered
2-year-old was apparently drowned, sheriff says
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Wife of Orlando gunman under investigation
patrons say shooter was gay and had visited club
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Stabbing suspect in France confesses to killings in video
French jihadi recruiter Larossi Abballa confessed to killing two French police officers in this video the suspect released on Facebook.Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency via Associated Press On Tuesday, French…
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WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton brought a close to the presidential primary season with a win Tuesday in the nation’s capital and a meeting with dispatched rival Bernie Sanders, hoping to…
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Democratic Party’s computers breached by Russian hackers
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said the committee has kicked out two groups that hacked into the party’s computer networks.Richard Drew/Associated Press file The firm, CrowdStrike Inc.,…
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Obama issues scathing rebuke of Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Donald Trump’s call for a strict ban on Muslims entering the United States would only help foreign terrorist groups in their efforts to radicalize…
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Microsoft to buy networking site LinkedIn for $26.2 billion
LinkedIn will remain an independent unit of Microsoft. It will keep its name, and current CEO Jeff Weiner will stay on and report directly to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. LinkedIn…
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Fiery Trump, sober Clinton at odds over Orlando attack
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton stands with Michael Pissos of Fairview Park, Ohio, who wears a shirt with many portraits of Clinton following a rally on Monday at a warehouse…
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“Michael Bryant Jr.,” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said from the Supreme Court bench Monday, “is a man given to abusing women.” A member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in Montana,…
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High-level meeting urges nuke test ban treaty ratification
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization inspectors collect data during an inspection exercise at the former Semipalatinsk nuclear testing range in northeast Kazakhstan.Andreas Persbo/Associated Press file Undersecretary of State Rose Gottemoeller’s…