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SAN FRANCISCO – Google will back Apple in its court battle with the FBI over the security of its iPhone. Last week, a court ordered Apple to help the FBI…
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GOP governor drops name from court s
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has notified the White House that he is not interested in being nominated to replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.Cliff Owen/Associated Press file photo The Republican…
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SeaWorld acknowledges planting worker in animal rights group
The documentary “Blackfish” suggested that SeaWorld’s treatment of its killer whales at its theme parks spurs violent behavior in the animals.Chris Park/Associated Press file photo The development comes months after…
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NEW YORK – The flu vaccine is doing a better job this year. Preliminary data suggest it is 59 percent effective. That’s a big improvement from last winter’s nasty flu…
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Analysis Obama’s sacrificial lamb High-court pick to face long odds
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval sits in his office at the Capitol in Carson City, Nev., on April 17, 2015. Sandoval, a Republican, has been mentioned as a possible nominee for…
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NEW YORK – Bill Gates is supportive of investigators’ efforts to force Apple to help them crack into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, saying a…
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U.S. voters want next president to protect Social Security
finds economic concerns bind Americans of all parties
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American drivers rack up record miles in cars
Drivers traveled record 3 trillion miles last year
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DA notes Scalia’s health issues
Presidio County District Attorney Rod Ponton cited the letter Tuesday when he told The Associated Press there was nothing suspicious about the Feb. 13 death of the 79-year-old jurist. He…
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Colorado woman guilty of cutting baby from stranger’s womb
From left, defense attorneys Kathryn Herold and Jen Beck stand with Dynel Lane as the jury leaves a Boulder District courtroom after announcing a guilty verdict in Lane’s trial Tuesday…
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Obama: Guantanamo Bay undermines security, must be closed
President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Defense Secretary Ash Carter, discusses his administration’s new proposals for shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Guantanamo Bay,…
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GOP Senators: No hearing, no vote for Obama court pick
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Republican committee members have decided they will not hold hearings on any Supreme Court nominee announced by President…
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KATY, Texas – When a boy’s mother found out he had allegedly shot someone, she argued that he needed to surrender to the police, according to The Houston Chronicle. She…
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U.S. officials say Russia agrees to Syria truce
Secretary of State John Kerry announced a tentative agreement for a cease-fire in Syria during a visit with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in Amman, Jordan, on Sunday.Raad Adayleh/Associated Press…
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Chief justice remembers Scalia’s ‘irrepressible spirit’
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, right, and Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, left, greet Washington Archbishop Cardinal Donald Wuerl Saturday as they leave the Basilica of the National Shrine…
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Some victims in mass shooting support efforts to hack iPhone
FILE – In a Monday, Dec. 21, 2015 file photo, FBI Director James Comey attends the 27th Annual Remembrance Ceremony for the victims of Pan Am Flight 103, at Arlington…
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Health care issue, longtime uniter of Democrats, now divides
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a rally Sunday in Greenville, S.C.John Bazemore/Associated Press Now Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are clashing over this core question for…
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Obama sends Congress $1.9B request to combat Zika virus
He is also requesting flexibility to use a limited portion of leftover funds provided in 2014 to fight Ebola to take on Zika, which has been linked to severe birth…
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Man recounts harrowing Uber ride with Kalamazoo suspect
Jason Dalton is arraigned via video before Judge Christopher T. Haenicke, on Monday in Kalamazoo, Mich. Dalton is charged with multiple counts of murder in a series of random shootings.Carlos…
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Islamic State bombings rock Syria as world powers seek truce
The blasts came as Secretary of State John Kerry said that a “provisional agreement” has been reached on a cessation of hostilities that could begin in the next few days.…
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What to do if U.S. begins capturing more suspected terrorists?
In this Feb. 2, 2016 photo, a sign for Camp 6 is posted outside the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. President Barack Obama has refused to send any…
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LONDON – A new battle for Britain erupted Sunday, with London Mayor Boris Johnson saying he would join the campaign to encourage Britain to leave the European Union. The move…
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Free to good home: Horses who have served country
Meanwhile, his buddy started out with similarly good reviews – “a big morale booster” – but found his military service cut short by a painful foot condition. Now, the two…
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Rubio, Cruz jostle to claim ‘alternative-to-Trump’ vote
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla, autographs a bumper sticker after speaking at a rally on Sunday in Franklin, Tenn.Mark Humphrey/Associated Press Fresh off a commanding victory in South…
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Gunman kills 6 at apartment complex, dealership, restaurant
Authorities identified the shooter as Jason Dalton, a 45-year-old Uber driver who police said had no criminal record. They could not say what motivated him in the Saturday night shootings…
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Massachusetts plans rattlesnake colony on uninhabited island
FILE– In this Sept. 2008 handout file photograph from the Mass. Div. of Wildlife and Fisheries, a timber rattlesnake slithers across a flat rock in Western Massachusetts. A plan by…