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Alberta premier tours fire-ravaged Fort McMurray

A burned out pickup truck rests in a parking lot, seen during a media tour of the fire-damaged city of…

May 9, 2016

Can ‘The Donald’ make summer school great again?

Brash billionaire and now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will be the subject of The Trump Factor in…

May 9, 2016

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There’s a little black spot on the sun

Little Mercury but black dot against glowing orb that powers the solar system

May 9, 2016

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U.S., Russia work to hold fragile Syria cease-fire together

Secretary of State John Kerry, center, is attending a meeting on the conflict in Syria in Paris. The U.S. and…

May 9, 2016

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Canadian officials hope to put “death grip” on fire

Water is released from a helicopter hovering over a wildfire near Fort McMurray, Alberta, on Sunday. Officials said Sunday they…

May 8, 2016

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Trump as nominee improves odds for parts of Obama’s legacy

President Barack Obama speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington on Friday. There’s no cheering at…

May 8, 2016

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U.S. struggles to convince Iraqis it doesn’t support IS

People read newspapers in Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday. For nearly two years, U.S. airstrikes, military advisers and weapons shipments have…

May 8, 2016

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Injured Afghan men lie in an ambulance after an accident on the main highway linking the capital, Kabul, to the…

May 8, 2016

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Clinton and Trump, two intensely disliked candidates, begin their face-off

If the rise of Trump has no obvious precedent, neither does an election like this. Clinton, whose buoyant favorable ratings…

May 8, 2016

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Renewables top coal in power production

GOP states benefiting from shift to wind and solar energy

May 8, 2016

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Leopards have lost 75 percent of historic range, study shows

Several factors have led to decline

May 7, 2016

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Large graffiti carved at Arches National Park

Vandalism at parks has risen in recent years

May 7, 2016

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Trump proposal for national debt would send rates soaring

Economists question candidate’s recovery plan

May 7, 2016

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Nation Briefs

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama politics are at a low point even by Alabama standards. Three top elected officials are embroiled…

May 7, 2016

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Emma and Noah top list of baby names

And don’t name your daughter Isis. For the second year in a row, Emma and Noah top the annual list…

May 7, 2016

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A classic love tail: Man rescues dog. Dog rescues man

George, a once neglected and homeless 140-pound Newfoundland Landseer, with his owner Colin Campbell, immediately took to swimming and surfing…

May 7, 2016

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Zeroing in on historic ship

Capt. Cook’s HMS Endeavor may be off Rhode Island

May 7, 2016

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Police: D.C.-area shooting spree random after first attack

Authorities unable to capture suspect after first shootings

May 7, 2016

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World Briefs

CAIRO – An Egyptian court on Saturday recommended the death sentence against six people, including two Al-Jazeera employees, for allegedly…

May 7, 2016

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Massive Alberta wildfire could double in size

Blaze nearly 400 square miles wide

May 7, 2016

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Kansas City streetcars return

System makes a comeback after 6-decade hiatus

May 7, 2016

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China pushes sea claims

Country seeking foreign backing for its policies

May 6, 2016

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Federal officer in custody after 3 fatal shootings

Eulalio Tordil, 62, was arrested Friday in the shooting deaths of three people in the Washington, D.C., area. Tordil is…

May 6, 2016

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Kim praises country’s nuke tests

North Korean leader opens country’s first party congress in decades

May 6, 2016