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Obama pardons 78, shortens the sentence for 153
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Obama pardons 78, shortens the sentence for 153

December 19, 2016

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…

Truck rams German Christmas market, killing at least 9
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Truck rams German Christmas market, killing at least 9

December 19, 2016

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…

North Carolina set to repeal ‘bathroom bill’
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North Carolina set to repeal ‘bathroom bill’

December 19, 2016

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…

Overdose deaths jump in past 5 years
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Overdose deaths jump in past 5 years

December 18, 2016

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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December 18, 2016

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…

GOP electors cite rural voice in Electoral College
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GOP electors cite rural voice in Electoral College

December 18, 2016

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…

Tapestry returning to Germany
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Tapestry returning to Germany

December 17, 2016

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…

Pope eats with homeless on 80th birthday
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Pope eats with homeless on 80th birthday

December 17, 2016

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…

Car bomb kills 13 Turkish soldiers on bus
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Car bomb kills 13 Turkish soldiers on bus

December 17, 2016

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…

Americans line up to say goodbye to Glenn
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Americans line up to say goodbye to Glenn

December 16, 2016

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…

Chinese ship seizes unmanned Navy glider
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Chinese ship seizes unmanned Navy glider

December 16, 2016

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…

Dangerous wind chills put parts of U.S. in the deep freeze
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Dangerous wind chills put parts of U.S. in the deep freeze

December 16, 2016

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…