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A family in New Jersey, trapped over the weekend in the massive East Coast snowstorm, was trying to dig its way out when the chill became too much to handle.…
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Bomb in San Bernardino attack was poorly built
The failure compelled Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 29, to drive around the area of San Bernardino, California, after the shootings that killed 14 people. They were apparently…
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Slippery start to the work week for East Coast commuters
In Brooklyn, only one teacher at the Bedford-Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School called to take the day off, despite more than 2 feet of snow across New York City. “A…
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U.S. Supreme Court Justices extend bar on automatic life terms for teenagers
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that people serving life terms for murders they committed as teenagers must have a chance to seek their freedom.Jacquelyn Martin, File/Associated Press file photo The…
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Feds’ failures imperil migrant children in U.S.
Marvin Velasco, 15, poses for a photo at his new home in Los Angeles on Jan. 11. Velasco’s perilous journey from Guatemala included crossing a river, even though he doesn’t…
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Egypt says King Tut mask was scratched, sends 8 to trial
The 3,300-year old mask, whose beard was accidentally knocked off and hastily glued on with epoxy in 2014, was scratched and damaged during the amateurish repair work, prosecutors said in…
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3 inmates who escaped from California jail considered armed
“I want to tell the public: Presume that they are armed and do not approach them,” Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens said of the accused felons who escaped Friday by…
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East Coast feels snowfall’s impact
The timing could not have been better: Most people stayed home as the heaviest snow fell Friday evening and all day Saturday, enabling crews to clear roads and rails, then…
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VIENTIANE, Laos – Secretary of State John Kerry arrived Sunday in Laos, where the United States is helping the government clear a countryside still littered with unexploded ordnance dating to…
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Billionaire donors helped Cruz rise in GOP presidential bid
FILE – In this Dec. 29, 2015, file photo, Farris Wilks watches Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz speak in the community center named after his mother in Cisco, Texas. The…
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Buttons as contemporary art
In the hands of 11 artists, the everyday, mundane objects are used to create sculptures, portraits and amazing wearable art – some political, personal or whimsical. Each artist is “pushing…
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Burglary suspect locked keys in car
Surveillance video of the burglary and the taxi led police in North Pole, a city 14 miles south of Fairbanks, to seek a warrant for 27-year-old Joseph Michael Barria, who…
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House-training troubles? Relax: You’re not alone
First lady Michelle Obama leaves a White House Christmas tree ceremony with the family dogs Bo and Sunny. The Obama’s newest addition, Sunny, a Portuguese water dog, is still having…
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ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece – A day after 46 migrants drowned in a choppy Aegean Sea, protesters demonstrated Saturday at a Greek border town to demand that Greece ease transit restrictions at…
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Meet the 90-year-old who’s a Reddit guru
Ron Lehker, 90, on his computer answering numerous questions on Reddit. Recently, his grandson put him on Reddit’s AMA (Ask Me Anything) and he received hundreds of responses, people asking…
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WICHITA, Kan. – The Kansas Court of Appeals refused Friday to allow the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on a common second-trimester abortion method to take effect, saying in a split decision…
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Monster storm begins pounding East Coast
The first flakes of what could become two feet or more of wet snow began falling in Washington Friday afternoon, sloshing in from the Ohio River Valley looking just like…
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U.S. seeks to limit methane gas ‘flaring’ at drilling sites
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell Friday said proposed rules that would require oil companies to cut back on burning off methane gas from natural gas wells on federal lands will generate…
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Cruz no favorite with fellow Republican senators
Many of Sen. Ted Cruz’s Republican Senate colleagues are growing more concerned that the Texas senator may actually be able to capture the Republican Party’s presidential nomination.Molly Riley/Associated Press Worse…
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Court links Putin to ex-spy’s poisoning
Decision threatens new rifts in British-Russian ties
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Russia flexes naval muscles in Med
The Russian destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov is part of a naval force Russia has sent into the Mediterranean to support its air campaign against militant groups in Syria.Vladimir Isachenkov/Associated Press…
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BRUSSELS – Top NATO brass on Thursday agreed on changes to recommend in the alliance’s force posture and decision-making procedures to better deal with a more aggressive Russia and other…
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Armed group begins talks with FBI
Ammon Bundy, the leader of an armed group that has been occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns, Ore., said his group is seeking a “peaceful resolution” to its…
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Brooks ATMORE, Ala. – A man convicted of the 1992 rape and beating death of a woman received a lethal injection Thursday evening in Alabama’s first execution in more than…
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Court: EPA can begin clean air rules
Appeals panel rejects delaying regulations while legal challenges continue