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Trump kids raising ethical questions
Fundraising efforts may offer access for donations, experts say
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Obama expected to bar drilling in swaths of Atlantic, Arctic
President Barack Obama is reportedly set to issue an executive order to permanently ban offshore drilling in parts of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press file Obama was…
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Obama pardons 78, shortens the sentence for 153
President Barack Obama granted pardons and shortened the sentences of 153 people convicted of federal crimes.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press Obama has been granting commutations at rapid-fire pace in his final…
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Truck rams German Christmas market, killing at least 9
Police stand beside a damaged truck that ran into crowded Christmas market in Berlin, Germany, Monday.Michael Sohn/Associated Press The vehicle crashed into the market outside the capital’s popular Christmas market…
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It’s official: Trump wins election
Electoral College revolt against president-elect fails to materialize
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North Carolina set to repeal ‘bathroom bill’
North Carolina Gov.-elect Roy Cooper said state lawmakers will meet in a special session Tuesday to repeal the state’s contentious HB2 law that limited protections for LGBT people and led…
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Overdose deaths jump in past 5 years
Erika Marble visits the gravesite of Edward Martin III, her fiancé and father of her two children, in Littleton, N.H. on June 17. The 28-year old died Nov. 30, 2014,…
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Andrew Harnik/Associated Press<br><br>U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., center, leaves Trump Tower in New York. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Mulvaney as his budget director, naming a tough-on-spending conservative and an…
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Baptism by ice: Alaskans make annual plunge into frigid lake
The fundraiser for Special Olympics Alaska took place Saturday at Goose Lake in Anchorage, where ice was cut from a large portion of the lake to allow the plungers room…
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GOP electors cite rural voice in Electoral College
Former Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell, speaks at a campaign rally in Anchorage, Alaska. Parnell says the Electoral College provides small states with some protection against irrelevancy in national elections. “A…
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Tapestry returning to Germany
On Friday, that tapestry, purchased for Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest the year before the war began from a Munich art gallery owned by a Jewish family, was formally returned in a…
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Trump’s Cabinet selections signal a bold shift after Obama
Several have never served in government
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Pope eats with homeless on 80th birthday
The pontiff received more than 70,000 email messages wishing him a happy birthday, as well as telephone calls and telegrams from world leaders and religious figures. His predecessor, 89-year-old Emeritus…
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Car bomb kills 13 Turkish soldiers on bus
A public bus is seen burning at the scene of a car bomb attack in central Anatolian city of Kayseri, Turkey, on Saturday.IHA via AP Saturday’s blast comes a week…
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The Electoral College is unlikely to upend Trump victory
Republican electors are being swamped with pleas to buck tradition and cast ballots for someone else at meetings across the country Monday that are on course to ratify Trump as…
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Obama backs investigation of email hackings
President believes Putin knew about email hackings
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Americans line up to say goodbye to Glenn
A mourner salutes the casket of John Glenn as he lies in state in Columbus, Ohio.John Minchillo/Associated Press Politicians, including Secretary of State John Kerry, and ordinary citizens from across…
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Chinese ship seizes unmanned Navy glider
A billboard in Weifang, China, displays an ad reading: “South China Sea, our beautiful motherland, we won’t let go an inch.”Chinatopix via Associated Press file China “unlawfully seized” the unmanned…
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Dangerous wind chills put parts of U.S. in the deep freeze
Tiara Medlock, a park keeper with the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation maintenance department, sprays water to form an ice skating rink as temperatures dipped below zero in Minneapoilis.Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune…