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MINSK, Belarus – The warring sides in the eastern Ukraine conflict have called for a cease-fire Sept. 1, the day that the new school year is to begin. Speaking after…
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Shooter was ‘just waiting to go BOOM’
TV reporter posted video of fatal shooting on social media
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A Tennessee judge has upheld the state’s lethal-injection process for executing inmates. Davidson County Chancery Judge Claudia Bonnyman said Wednesday from the bench that the plaintiffs, 33…
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Officials: ’96 bombing suspect captured
tied to attack that killed 19 U.S. servicemen in Saudi Arabia
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Election Briefs
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, accompanied by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, told a crowd attending a campaign stop Wednesday at the Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, Iowa,…
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German leader urges compassion for refugees
Anti-foreigner mob protest chancellor’s visit
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Ashley Madison users file lawsuit over website breach
The lawsuits were filed between last month and Monday by Ashley Madison users in California, Texas, Missouri, Georgia, Tennessee and Minnesota. They all seek class-action status to represent the estimated…
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Trump tosses Univision’s anchor from news conference
Trump Jorge Ramos, the Miami-based anchor for Univision, stood up and began to ask Trump about his immigration proposal, which includes ending automatic citizenship for infants born in the United…
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WASHINGTON – An unforeseen flood of revenue is shrinking federal deficits to the lowest level of President Barack Obama’s tenure, Congress’ nonpartisan budget adviser said Tuesday. But in a report…
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Migrants flood into Hungary to reach West
The Hungarian government is planning to adopt new laws that would make it illegal to enter the country illegally. Thousands of migrants, many trying to escape war and poverty in…
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Artist’s plastic works capture S. African life
South African artist Mbongeni Buthelezi is turning discarded bits of plastic into sought-after works of art. He began using plastic in his art because it was inexpensive.Denis Farrell/Associated Press In…
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Oil-spill funds spread far past coast
Payments help governments hurt by 2010 BP accident
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Cheers! Liquor experiment arrives at space station
Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui uses a robotic arm to attach a supply craft to the International Space Station. The ship on Monday delivered supplies and scientific equipment to the space…
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Tardy tax filers risk loss of health-care subsidies
The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers who are collecting subsidies for their health coverage through HealthCare.gov or one of the state exchanges that they need to file their returns…
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Korean standoff eases after countries OK deal
South Korean presidential security adviser Kim Kwan-jin, right, and Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo, second right, shake hands with Hwang Pyong So, left, North Korea’ top political officer for the Korean…
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Stock market extends its slide for 2nd week
ends down 588 after early 1,000-point fall
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WASHINGTON – Air Force officials say they will soon be deploying stealthy, high-tech F-22 fighter jets to Europe to train with other nations’ militaries and reassure allies worried about Russian…
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TORONTO – The company behind the adultery website Ashley Madison is offering a $500,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a group that hacked the site. Hackers last…
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Is a tough presidential decision ahead?
may have to decide who to back if Biden challenges Clinton
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Hispanic Republicans credit Trump with forcing candidates’ hands
Hispanic Republicans may not agree with presidential candidate Donald Trump’s position on immigration, but they say his attention to the issue has moved it to the top of the agenda…
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WASHINGTON – In more than three decades of trying to breed pandas at the National Zoo, there’s been plenty of heartbreak. More cubs born in Washington have died than survived,…
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Boaters mapping Pacific garbage arrive in San Francisco
ship carries massive white bags filled with plastic garbage
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Less smoke could mean more fire in Washington state
Firefighter Dallas Barron pokes his firefighting tool into the charred ground as he searches for hot spots left from a wildfire Sunday in Chelan, Wash. Firefighters across the West saw…
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Thousands of migrants head closer to EU from Macedonia
A family of migrants waits to board the train that will take them toward Serbia on Sunday at the new transit center for migrants, on the border with Greece, near…
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BEIRUT – Islamic State militants destroyed a temple at Syria’s ancient ruins of Palmyra, activists said Sunday, realizing the worst fears archaeologists had for the 2,000-year-old Roman-era city after the…
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Operating from ‘gut’ 3 Americans prevent mass shooting
U.S. airman says train attacker ‘ready to fight to the end’