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Protesters block train tracks to 2 Washington refineries
Activists seek an end to dependence on oil
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Photo: Locking lips
Dominykas Ceckauskas, left, owner of the Keule Ruke restaurant, and artist Mindaugas Bonanu pose in front of a poster showing Donald Trump locking lips with Vladimir Putin at a barbecue…
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Peace deal expected with armed Afghan group
Agreement could revive peace talks with Taliban
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YAOUNDE, Cameroon – The multinational forces fighting the Islamic extremists of Boko Haram have arrested five of the group’s leaders and freed dozens of captive women and children, Cameroon’s government…
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Democrats, Republicans prepare for registration wars
ahead in most battleground states
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A mother’s quest to find her daughter’s killers
This undated booking photo provided by the Riverside Police Department shows William Sotelo, who is in custody in Riverside, Calif., after being arrested May 6 in Mexico. Sotelo is accused…
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116-year-old woman oldest person in world
Emma Morano, 116, with a picture depicting her when she was young, is now the officially the oldest person in the world. The resident of Verbania, Italy, is the last…
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Endangered rhino gives birth
Ratu, a 14-year-old Sumatran rhinoceros, gave birth to a female calf at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park in Indonesia, the International Rhino Foundation said.Stephen Belcher via…
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Guns banned, but are Okla. lawmakers packing?
Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Phillip Ellyson, left, waits for Philip Ward of Okmulgee, Okla., to empty his pockets at a security checkpoint at the Oklahoma Capitol in Oklahoma City.Sean Murphy/Associated…
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Heroic Titanic seaman to finally get gravestone
Hopkins credited with saving passengers
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San Francisco hotels all abuzz
Businesses promote sustainability with rooftop beehives
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Trump campaign gears up to seek donations
candidate to ask for funds for general election
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U.S. ups stakes in LGBT bathroom fight
object to directive on transgender use of restrooms
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FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta – Canada’s Prime Minister landed in Fort McMurray on Friday and boarded a military helicopter to assess the damage caused by a raging wildfire that forced the…
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NEWARK, N.J. – A federal judge in New Jersey has delayed the release of names of unindicted co-conspirators in the criminal case stemming from the 2013 lane closures at the…
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Women-in-draft bill marches on
proposal would require women to register just like men
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U.S. retail sales show solid gain despite woes at store chains
The Commerce Department reported on Friday that consumers boosted their spending about 1.2 percent in April, but much of the increase came from people shopping online more than at offline…
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Judge sides with House GOP against health care law
House confident it will win appeal
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U.S. proposes to cut methane from oil, gas by nearly half
The Obama administration on Thursday proposed a new rule to cut methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas production by nearly half over the next decade.Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press file…
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SpaceX rocket returns to Earth
Less than six hours after leaving the International Space Station, the Dragon cargo carrier plopped into the Pacific, a few hundred miles off the Southern California coast. SpaceX reported a…
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Queen’s unguarded remarks at party cause royal ruckus
Elizabeth caught calling Chinese officials ‘rude’
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Trump and restive GOP leaders to seek more of a partnership
Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Wednesday he will continue to “trudge forward” and continue “to win” if his meetings with House Speaker Paul Ryan and other party members…