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Investigators: Wife may have led California rampage
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Investigators: Wife may have led California rampage

December 6, 2015

That possibility emerged last week when it was disclosed that the Pakistani-born Malik had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in a Facebook post at about the same time…

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December 6, 2015

ATLANTA – Jimmy Carter said Sunday that his most recent brain scan showed no signs of cancer, more than three months after he began treatment for four melanoma tumors. “My…

Obama: Terror threat in ‘new phase’
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Obama: Terror threat in ‘new phase’

December 6, 2015

“I know that after so much war, many Americans are asking whether we are confronted by a cancer that has no immediate cure,” he said, speaking from a lectern in…

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December 5, 2015

WASHINGTON – The president of Liberty University urged students during the school’s convocation on Friday to get their permits to carry concealed weapons. In his remarks, President Jerry Falwell Jr.,…

World Briefs
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World Briefs

December 5, 2015

BAKU, Azerbaijan – One worker was killed, 30 were missing and 33 were rescued Saturday after a fire swept through a Caspian Sea oil platform owned by Azerbaijan’s state oil…

Kids making oral history with StoryCorps project
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Kids making oral history with StoryCorps project

December 4, 2015

The Great Thanksgiving Listen was conceived by leaders of the nonprofit oral history project StoryCorps. They encouraged kids to send their audio recordings to a Library of Congress archive, using…

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December 4, 2015

WASHINGTON – A five-year, $305 billion bill to address the nation’s aging and congested transportation systems was signed into law Friday by President Barack Obama, who said it will put…

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December 4, 2015

KABUL, Afghanistan – A joint Afghan-U.S. special forces operation has freed at least 40 Afghan prisoners from a Taliban prison in the southern Helmand province, authorities said Friday. The troops…

OPEC nations opt to reject cutting their oil production
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OPEC nations opt to reject cutting their oil production

December 4, 2015

An attempt to nudge the cost of oil higher would have involved lowering output, thereby reducing supply and driving demand higher. Instead, the organization’s decision is likely to push the…

16 killed after group firebombs Cairo club
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16 killed after group firebombs Cairo club

December 4, 2015

Egyptian police are searching for six suspects believed to have firebombed the El Sayad restaurant in Cairo on Friday. Sixteen people who were inside the restaurant died of suffocation after…

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December 3, 2015

WASHINGTON – The Army on Thursday grounded all aircraft in active-duty units across the country for the next five days in order to review safety and training procedures after two…

Senate rejects new gun curbs
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Senate rejects new gun curbs

December 3, 2015

Thursday’s mostly party-line 50-48 vote, which followed the Senate’s defeat of other firearms curbs, underscored that political gridlock over the issue remains formidable in Washington, even amid a rash of…

World Briefs
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December 3, 2015

KAMPALA, Uganda – An American who has been on trial in Kampala for counterfeiting currency notes worth $180,400 will be deported to the U.S. where he faces criminal charges, a…