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Comey: FBI probing links between Russia, Trump associates
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Comey: FBI probing links between Russia, Trump associates

March 20, 2017

FBI Director James Comey, left, accompanied by National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Intelligence hearing on allegations of Russian interference in…

Target counting on Beckham
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Target counting on Beckham

March 18, 2017

Target is counting on Victoria Beckham to spice up sales. On Wednesday,, the Minneapolis-based designer offered a first look into the pop star’s collection that hits stores and online starting…

Program puts homeless in residents’ backyards
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Program puts homeless in residents’ backyards

March 18, 2017

Tiny living pods for the Kenton Neighborhood Tiny Home Pilot houses were displayed in Portland, Ore. The affordable housing crisis in Portland and the accompanying homeless problem has gotten so…

Republicans at odds over how to overhaul Medicaid
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Republicans at odds over how to overhaul Medicaid

March 18, 2017

Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at the White House in Washington. The House GOP health care bill has competition from other Republicans, a group of governors who’ve made their own…

To aid ferrets, vaccine treats planned for prairie dogs
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To aid ferrets, vaccine treats planned for prairie dogs

March 18, 2017

Slinky with a robber-like black mask across its eyes, the endangered black-footed ferret is a fierce predator. The up to 2-foot-long weasel feeds almost exclusively on prairie dogs, rodents that…

Trump budget clouds Public Broadcasting Act’s 50th year
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Trump budget clouds Public Broadcasting Act’s 50th year

March 18, 2017

President and CEO Paula Kerger speaks at the PBS’s Executive Session at the 2017 Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif. President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget proposal plans to…

Syrian rebels evacuate besieged Homs
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Syrian rebels evacuate besieged Homs

March 18, 2017

Gunmen carrying their weapons leave the al-Waer neighborhood bound for a town on the Turkish border, in Homs, Syria, on Saturday. Scores of Syrian opposition fighters and their families have…

Tillerson: Pre-emptive force an option with NKorea
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Tillerson: Pre-emptive force an option with NKorea

March 17, 2017

“Let me be very clear: the policy of strategic patience has ended,” said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. “We are exploring a new range of diplomatic, security and economic measures.…

Turkey threatens to end migrant deal with EU amid spat
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Turkey threatens to end migrant deal with EU amid spat

March 16, 2017

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is threatening to end his country’s agreement to curb illegal migration into the European Union from Turkey and the Balkans amid rising tensions between Turkey…

2 federal judges find new Trump travel ban discriminatory
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2 federal judges find new Trump travel ban discriminatory

March 16, 2017

Attorney General Bob Ferguson, right, stands with members of his staff, including Solicitor General Noah Purcell, center, and Civil Rights Unit Chief Colleen Melody, second left, before speaking with the…

Dutch prime minister winning over anti-Islam candidate
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Dutch prime minister winning over anti-Islam candidate

March 15, 2017

The Netherlands’ main exit poll suggests Rutte’s party won 31 seats in the 150-place legislature, 12 more than Wilders’ party, which shared second place with two other parties. “I am…

Judge allows Barrow’s name-change to advance
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Judge allows Barrow’s name-change to advance

March 14, 2017

A judge in Alaska has dealt a legal blow to opponents of the new Inupiat Eskimo name of an Alaskan town. Superior Court Judge Paul Roetman on Friday denied a…

Northeast gets clobbered by a sloppy late-season storm
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Northeast gets clobbered by a sloppy late-season storm

March 14, 2017

People struggle to walk in the blowing snow during a winter storm Tuesday in Boston.Michael Dwyer/Associated Press The powerful nor’easter grounded nearly 6,000 flights, knocked out power to almost a…