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Products get, um, ‘smart’ at CES
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Products get, um, ‘smart’ at CES

January 7, 2017

After the alarm on your smartphone goes off, it’s time to roll out of your “smart” bed and give your hair a good run through with your app-connected brush. Don’t…

Trump team wrestles with how to fund his wall
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Trump team wrestles with how to fund his wall

January 6, 2017

A Donald Trump supporter flexes his muscles with the words “Build The Wall” written on them as Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Plattsburgh, N.Y., before the election.Elise Amendola/Associated…

Southeast U.S. braces for rare winter lashing
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Southeast U.S. braces for rare winter lashing

January 6, 2017

School districts in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia either closed or called off classes as early snow began falling there Thursday. The Southeast was bracing for winter storms that could…

Germany may offer payments to Namibia
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Germany may offer payments to Namibia

January 6, 2017

A poster for the exhibition “German Colonialism” shows a historic German spiked helmet on display outside the German Historic Museum in Berlin.Markus Schreiber/Associated Press Spokesman Martin Schaefer said the two-year…

Deadly prison rioting spreads through Brazil
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Deadly prison rioting spreads through Brazil

January 6, 2017

Relatives of prisoners wait outside Anisio Jobim Penitentiary Complex in Manaus, Brazil, to find out the names of inmates killed during rioting at the prison earlier this week.Michael Dantas/Associated Press…

VP Biden to President-elect Trump: ‘Grow up’
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VP Biden to President-elect Trump: ‘Grow up’

January 6, 2017

Biden dismissed a Trump complaint on Twitter about how the Obama administration has handled the transition. The vice president told “PBS NewsHour” in an interview: “Grow up, Donald. Grow up.…

GOP to target funding for women’s group
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GOP to target funding for women’s group

January 5, 2017

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Republicans’ plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act will include provisions to stop federal funding for Planned Parenthood.Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press Ryan spoke a day…

Sides line up on health care fate
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Sides line up on health care fate

January 4, 2017

President Barack Obama, joined by, second from left, Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of…

Syrian rebels end talks on peace
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Syrian rebels end talks on peace

January 3, 2017

Russian Military engineers operate in Aleppo, Syria.Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via Associated Press The truce, brokered by Russia and Turkey, is meant to be followed by talks later…

Hillary Clinton to attend Trump inauguration
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Hillary Clinton to attend Trump inauguration

January 3, 2017

The Clintons announced their decision to attend the Jan. 20 inauguration shortly after former President George W. Bush’s office said Tuesday he would attend along with former first lady Laura…

IS suicide bomber kills 36 in Baghdad market
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IS suicide bomber kills 36 in Baghdad market

January 2, 2017

People inspect the scene after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi capital’s eastern district of Sadr City, Iraq, on Monday. A suicide bomber blew…

Vandalized Hollywood sign briefly reads ‘HOLLYWeeD’
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Vandalized Hollywood sign briefly reads ‘HOLLYWeeD’

January 1, 2017

The Hollywood sign is seen vandalized Sunday. Los Angeles residents awoke New Year’s Day to find a prankster had altered the famed Hollywood sign to read “HOLLYWeeD.” California voters in…