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Spain set to strip Catalonia of powers over independence bid

Demonstrators protest against Catalan government’s push for secession from the rest of Spain in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday. The pro-independence…

October 19, 2017

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Senate backs GOP budget in step forward for tax revamp

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., flanked by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, announces…

October 19, 2017

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Taliban attacks kill 58, nearly wipe out Afghan army camp

An Afghan National Army soldier searches a vehicle at a checkpoint on the way to Zhari district, where the Maiwand…

October 19, 2017

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Backyard chicken trend causes spike in infections, 1 fatal

Iolana Keith of Des Moines, Iowa, feeds chickens in the backyard with her mom, Tanya Keith, in Des Moines on…

October 19, 2017

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California fires cause $1B in damage, burn 7,000 buildings

Both numbers were expected to rise as crews continued assessing areas scorched by the blazes that killed 42 people, a…

October 19, 2017

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Some flowers create blue halo to say hello to foraging bees

They create a blue halo, apparently to attract the bees they need for pollination, scientists reported Wednesday. Bees are drawn…

October 19, 2017

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Utah man will be tried on murder charge in girl’s suicide

Defendant Tyerell Przybycien waits for the start of his preliminary hearing, in 4th District Court, Provo, Utah. A judge ruled…

October 19, 2017

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Al-Qaida set to gain as Islamic State disintegrates

This photo posted online Thursday by supporters of the Islamic State group on an anonymous photo sharing website, purports to…

October 18, 2017

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Ultra-personal therapy: Gene tumor boards guide cancer care

Cancer patients increasingly are having their care guided by gene tumor boards, a new version of the hospital panels that…

October 18, 2017

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House, Senate intel committees receive briefing from Google

Google executives on Wednesday briefed the House and Senate intelligence committees ahead of two Nov. 1 hearings that will examine…

October 18, 2017

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Harry Potter exhibit marks 20th anniversary of first book

Alice was 8 years old when her father, a Bloomsbury Publishing executive, brought home a new manuscript for her to…

October 18, 2017

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Democrats slam GOP budget on taxes, health care cuts

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., stands beside a poster critical of the Republican tax and budget proposals during a…

October 18, 2017

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Former Menendez staffer contradicts prosecution testimony

Karissa Willhite testified she and other staffers were probing Medicare policy issues and not trying to specifically help a wealthy…

October 18, 2017

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Wildfires worsen housing crunch in famously costly Bay Area

Now, Finzell wonders if that will be her fate too, as the wildfires that charred California wine country send thousands…

October 18, 2017

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Weinstein accuser feels ‘doubly crucified’ by Italy reaction

Argento revealed for the first time in an interview published in The New Yorker magazine last week that in 1997…

October 18, 2017

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Wooing Amazon with sun, fun … and giant buttons

Literally. The Associated Press talked to the leaders of more than 50 cities or metropolitan regions about the different ways…

October 18, 2017

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Russian TV star Sobchak declares her presidential bid

Russian socialite and TV host Ksenia Sobchak, daughter of the late St. Petersburg mayor, Anatoly Sobchak, speaks to journalists during…

October 18, 2017

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Former drug czar nominee Marino defends role in opioid law

Susan Walsh/Associated Press file<br><br>Former Rep. Thomas Marino, R-Pa., President Donald Trump’s now-withdrawn nominee to be the nation’s drug czar, is…

October 18, 2017

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Thousands march over ‘Somalia’s 9/11;’ attack details emerge

Protesters march near the scene of Saturday’s massive truck bomb attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Wednesday. Thousands of people took…

October 18, 2017

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U.S.-backed Syrian forces clear Raqqa after driving out IS

A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces on Wednesday defuses a bomb left by Islamic State militants at the stadium…

October 18, 2017

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Texts: Sheriff, lawmaker pushed to stop cheerleader protest

Kennesaw State University cheerleaders, from left to right, Shlondra Young, Tommia Dean and Kennedy Town stand outside the student center…

October 18, 2017

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Trump says Comey knew he was going to exonerate Clinton

In this June 8, 2017 photo, former FBI director James Comey testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on…

October 18, 2017

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Man convicted in plot to behead blogger over cartoon contest

Mark Lennihan/Associated Press file<br><br>Pamela Geller speaks during an interview at The Associated Press in New York. A Massachusetts man was…

October 18, 2017

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Suspect in Maryland office park shooting is apprehended

Less than two hours later, Radee Labeeb Prince drove to a used car lot about 55 miles away in Wilmington,…

October 18, 2017

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Sessions defends Comey firing, dodges questions on Trump

Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press The…

October 18, 2017

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IRS still enforcing Obama-era insurance mandate

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the ranking member, and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and…

October 18, 2017

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New Mexico’s rate of women killed by men among nation’s worst

Leonard Coriz, the boyfriend prosecutors say killed Padilla by running her over with his truck, claimed it was all an…

October 18, 2017

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As congressional investigations wear on about Russia, some eye a finish

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., left, and Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., update reporters on the…

October 18, 2017

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Lawmaker: Mascot wrong to rally for kneeling cheerleaders

Kenneth Sturkey, who dresses as Scrappy the Owl at Kennesaw State University athletic events, said he donned the costume without…

October 17, 2017

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Cochran’s illness shows risks to GOP leaders of aging Senate

One of those ailing senators – 79-year-old Thad Cochran of Mississippi – was back in Washington Tuesday after a month…

October 17, 2017