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Fed leaves key rate unchanged but hints at future hikes

Yellendu1-i-syn In a statement after its latest policy meeting ended Wednesday, the Fed left its benchmark rate in a low…

November 1, 2017

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Pakistani bride kills 17 in botched plot to kill husband

In this Monday, Oct. 30, 2017 photo, 21-year-old Aasia Bibi and her boyfriend, Shahid Lashari, are presented to journalists, at…

November 1, 2017

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Facebook says security investments will affect profitability

soars 79 percent in 3rd quarter

November 1, 2017

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House GOP’s evolving tax bill leaves retirement plan intact

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on tax policy with business leaders in…

November 1, 2017

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Navy recommends sweeping changes after ship collisions

The damaged port aft hull of the USS John S. McCain, is visible while docked at Singapore’s Changi naval base…

November 1, 2017

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Acquaintances say bike path suspect was argumentative, angry

Saipovdu1-i-syn As Sayfullo Saipov lay in a hospital bed Wednesday, police tried to piece together the life of the 29-year-old…

November 1, 2017

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UK town to burn Harvey Weinstein in effigy on Bonfire Night

Each year the Edenbridge Bonfire Society chooses a well-known figure to go up in flames alongside an effigy of 17th-century…

November 1, 2017

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U.S. auto sales fall even with strong sales of SUVs and trucks

Ford posted a big sales jump in October 2017 but Fiat Chrysler and General Motors reported declines as auto companies…

November 1, 2017

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House OKs bill to speed logging to combat wildfires

Cindy Yamanaka/The Orange County Register, file via AP <br><br>A wildfire moves closer to North Tustin homes near a freeway in…

November 1, 2017

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Defector: U.S. strike would trigger automatic North Korean retaliation

In this file photo, former North Korean deputy ambassador to the UK, Thae Yong Ho speaks with media at the…

November 1, 2017

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Trump demands ‘much tougher’ immigration law after NYC attack

Trump insisted Wednesday that Congress must end the visa lottery program under which Uzbek immigrant Sayfullo Saipov entered the country,…

November 1, 2017

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Psychiatrist: Bergdahl mental disorder factored in desertion

Ted Richardson/Associated Press file <br><br>In this Jan. 12, 2016, photo, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl arrives for a pretrial hearing at…

November 1, 2017

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Putin, in Iran for talks, offers support for nuclear deal

In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, right,…

November 1, 2017

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NPR news chief Oreskes ousted after harassment allegations

Former Associated Press Vice President and Senior Managing Editor Mike Oreskes poses for a photo at AP headquarters, in New…

November 1, 2017

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Police in Colorado want murder charge against Utah suspect

Austin Boutain and his wife, Kathleen Boutain, were both named as suspects in the death of 63-year-old Mitchell Ingle, whose…

November 1, 2017

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Truck attack suspect is charged with terrorism offenses

Even as he lay wounded in the hospital from police gunfire, Sayfullo Saipov asked to display the Islamic State group’s…

November 1, 2017

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Studio cuts ties to director Ratner after harassment report

Dustin Hoffman arrives at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Grants Banquet in Beverly Hills, Calif. Hoffman is apologizing for alleged…

November 1, 2017

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The Latest: GOP lawmaker says tax plan could preserve 401(k)

6:20 p.m. House Republicans are leaving intact 401(k) retirement plans popular with the middle class. That’s according to a senior…

November 1, 2017

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Women rescued by Navy defend their account of ordeal at sea

Jennifer Appel, right, and Tasha Fuiava sit with their dogs on the deck of the USS Ashland on Monday at…

November 1, 2017

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7 arrests outside Yiannopoulos’ speech at California college

Milo Yiannopoulos pauses while speaking during a news conference in New York earlier this year. Yiannopoulos spoke earlier today at…

October 31, 2017

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Catalan leader takes his separatism fight to Europe’s heart

Sacked Catalonian President Carles Puigdemont looks on after a news conference in Brussels earlier today. Ousted Catalan President Carles Puigdemont…

October 31, 2017

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Pruitt guts EPA science panels, will appoint new members

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Pruitt…

October 31, 2017

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Ex-Trump adviser’s guilty plea poised to rattle White House

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting on tax policy with business leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White…

October 31, 2017

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FEMA chief says agency didn’t approve Whitefish contract

Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long testifies before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on…

October 31, 2017

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Bribery definition in play as Bob Menendez closings approach

Menendezdu1-i-syn After eight weeks of testimony, jurors could hear closing arguments from both sides on Wednesday or Thursday. Menendez, a…

October 31, 2017

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California wildfire insurance claims top $3.3 billion

The figure represents claims for homes and businesses insured by 15 companies and is more than triple the previous estimate…

October 31, 2017

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New allegations leveled against actors Spacey, Piven

This image released by Netflix shows Kevin Spacey in a scene from “House Of Cards.” Netflix says it’s suspending production…

October 31, 2017

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House GOP leaders delay tax plan release amid changes

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on tax policy with business leaders in…

October 31, 2017

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‘Cowardly act of terror’: Truck driver kills 8 on bike path

The driver was shot in the abdomen by police after jumping out of the truck with what turned out to…

October 31, 2017

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Texas Rep. Hensarling latest GOP House retirement

Hensarlingdu1-i-syn Hensarling, who chairs the powerful Financial Services Committee, told fellow Republicans in an email that as his term as…

October 31, 2017