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Senate committee votes to approve new education secretary

The Senate will vote on approving acting Education Secretary Dr. John King Jr. to take over the department after the…

March 9, 2016

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Pedestrian fatalities jump in ’15, data show

Police and emergency crews respond to the scene after a woman drove her car into a crowd of tourists outside…

March 8, 2016

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American killed in Israel

An American tourist was killed in Jaffa, Israel, Tuesday in one of several stabbing and shooting attacks launched by Palestinians…

March 8, 2016

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Sanders, Trump win Michigan primaries

Businessman wins Michigan, Mississippi votes

March 8, 2016

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FBI agents investigated over shots fired during standoff

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating FBI agents’ actions during a confrontation in January that ended with rancher Robert “LaVoy”…

March 8, 2016

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Womb transplant recipient grateful for chance at pregnancy

Lindsey and her husband Blake stand with Cleveland Clinic medical staff as they announce she was the nation’s first uterus…

March 7, 2016

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In drills, U.S., South Korea practice striking North’s nuclear plants

South Korean army soldiers stand on their K-55 self-propelled howitzers during an annual exercise in Paju, near the border with…

March 7, 2016

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Who’s an outsider? GOP establishment fears loss of standing

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump signs a campaign button during a rally in Concord, N.C., on Monday.Gerry Broome/Associated Press Now,…

March 7, 2016

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Boston police inflate progress on searches, frisks

Information that could shed light on whether the stops were appropriate in the first place also hasn’t been made public,…

March 7, 2016

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BOSTON – A college student who survived serious injuries in the Boston Marathon bombing was killed in a car accident…

March 7, 2016

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Turkey demands more money to help EU tackle migrant crisis

Daylong negotiations between the 28-nation bloc and Turkey edged toward midnight with both sides seeking more as part of any…

March 7, 2016

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Bloomberg decides against third-party bid for White House

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday in an editorial on Bloomberg View that he would not run…

March 7, 2016

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Navy SEALs tell congressman there is a combat rifle shortage

Several Navy SEAL members are complaining that they are having to share combat rifles with other members of the special…

March 7, 2016

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Tunisia: At least 45 dead in clashes near Libyan border

Tunisia has set a nighttime curfew following violent clashes between Tunisian police officers and extremist militants in Ben Guerdane, Tunisia,…

March 7, 2016

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Suicide attack kills at least 47 south of Iraqi capital

Civilians and security forces gather as municipality workers remove destroyed vehicles at the scene of a deadly suicide bomb attack…

March 6, 2016

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Ray Tomlinson, the inventor of modern email, has died. Raytheon Co., his employer, on Sunday confirmed his death; the details…

March 6, 2016

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EU looks to refugee-laden Turkey to ease its migrant burden

The leaders will also try to persuade Turkey’s prime minister to slow the flow of migrants traveling to Europe and…

March 6, 2016

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Some in GOP start seeing Cruz as best alternative to Trump

Brynn Anderson/Associated Press<br><br>Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves to the crowd before he speaks during a campaign rally Saturday in…

March 6, 2016

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Psychologists reporting patients’ ‘Trump anxiety’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a news conference Saturday in West Palm Beach, Fla. A recent Washington Post/ABC…

March 6, 2016

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Former first lady Nancy Reagan dies at 94 in California

The former first lady died Sunday at her home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles of congestive heart failure,…

March 6, 2016

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New rancor, tough talk in Clinton-Sanders Democratic debate

It was a marked change in tone for the two Democrats, signaling Sanders’ increasingly difficult effort to slow the party’s…

March 6, 2016

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Cruz wins Kansas in GOP battle for delegates

“God bless Kansas,” the Texas senator declared during a rally in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. “The scream you hear, the howl…

March 5, 2016

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WASHINGTON – A Florida man who flew a small gyrocopter through protected Washington airspace before landing outside the U.S. Capitol…

March 5, 2016

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U.S. teen pursues ballerina dream

American studying at Russia’s Bolshoi academy

March 5, 2016