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Clinton, Sanders clash over qualifications, background

The testy exchanges underscored the heightened stakes for both sides as the race turns to New York, where Sanders hopes…

April 7, 2016

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EU threatens sanctions against tax havens

The 11.5 million documents from the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca showed it helped thousands of individuals and companies set…

April 7, 2016

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A majority of Americans say they have unfavorable opinion of Trump

Plenty, 7 out of 10 Americans say in poll about presidential candidates

April 7, 2016

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CHICAGO – President Barack Obama accused Senate Republicans on Thursday of jeopardizing the “integrity of the judicial branch” by refusing…

April 7, 2016

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Applications for jobless aid fall to low level of 267,000

Georgia Department of Labor services specialist Louis Holliday, right, helps a woman with a job search on a computer at…

April 7, 2016

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Prosecutors seek information on Brussels Airport suspect in hat

Belgian Federal Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a third suspect in the recent attack on Brussels Airport.…

April 7, 2016

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Group says U.S. helping international tax evaders

Advocacy network calls America haven for cheaters

April 6, 2016

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Trump campaign plans to shift gears

Clinton says she will get tougher with rival Sanders

April 6, 2016

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Endangered salmon blocked for nearly a century from hundreds of miles of the Klamath River in Oregon…

April 6, 2016

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White House: $589M to go to fight Zika virus

The White House has agreed to transfer nearly $600 million in leftover funds budgeted to fight Ebola to combat the…

April 6, 2016

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Allergan, Pfizer call off proposed $160B merger

Allergan CEO Brent Saunders,, right center, is accompanied by NYSE executive Tom Farley as he talks with visitors from New…

April 6, 2016

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April’s stormy history of deadly violence

experts note spring month is often linked to extremist violence

April 5, 2016

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Wisconsin gives Cruz, Sanders new hope

Presidential candidates deal new blows to front-runners

April 5, 2016

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Iceland’s prime minister resigns amid scandal

Gunnlaugsson The fall of Icelandic leader Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson is the biggest fallout so far from the publication of the…

April 5, 2016

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SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco has approved a measure making it the first place in the nation to require businesses…

April 5, 2016

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Archivist gets Wright answer Missing patent papers for brothers’ ‘Flying Machine’ found

National Archives conservators last week found the Wright brothers’ missing U.S. Patent Office documents for their “Flying Machine,” which had…

April 5, 2016

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GOP senator meets with Garland, says hearings should be held

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky listens to a reporter’s question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in…

April 5, 2016

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Increase in threats reported at U.S. abortion clinics

Emergency personnel transport an officer to an ambulance after a shooting at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo.…

April 5, 2016

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Destruction, razed monastery left behind by IS in Syria town

Smoke rises as people flee their homes during clashes between Iraqi security forces and the Islamic State group in Hit,…

April 4, 2016

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EU begins shipping migrants in Greece back to Turkey

As dawn broke, buses filled with migrants left under heavy security from a detention center on the island of Lesbos…

April 4, 2016

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California, New York enact US-highest $15 minimum wages

Clinton joined New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a raucous rally in Manhattan as he signed the law that will…

April 4, 2016

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WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has transferred two Libyan detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Senegal, Defense Department officials said…

April 4, 2016

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Trump and Cruz making final pitches to Wisconsin voters

After Tuesday, there’s a two-week lull before the next important voting, in New York. Trump is facing pressure on multiple…

April 4, 2016

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Princeton to keep Woodrow Wilson’s name despite his racist views

Princeton University officials have decided to not change the name of the university’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International…

April 4, 2016