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Trump won’t debate; calls Fox’s Kelly ‘a lightweight’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump isn’t backing down from his threat to boycott Thursday night’s GOP debate. Trump, who has…

January 27, 2016

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Data raises concern about stun gun use

shows Connecticut police more likely to fire when suspect is minority

January 27, 2016

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Officials say France wants more Iran sanctions

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his first visit to Europe since a nuclear accord was signed with several Western countries…

January 27, 2016

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McCain WASHINGTON – The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee assailed Pentagon officials on Wednesday for relying on Russian…

January 27, 2016

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Fed voices concern about global economic pressures

Susan Walsh/Associated Press file photo<br><br>The Federal Reserve, headed by Chair Janet Yellen, issued a statement Wednesday saying it was studying…

January 27, 2016

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No injuries as fire closes New Orleans’ historic Canal Street

A man watches as firefighters put out a blaze on Canal Street in downtown New Orleans Wednesday.Gerald Herbert/Associated Press The…

January 27, 2016

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Police seek end to Ore. standoff

Details unclear about death of armed group member

January 27, 2016

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U.S. rethinking its Afghanistan plans

may be needed there for years

January 26, 2016

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World Briefs

MOSCOW – Russia’s foreign minister has rejected the conclusion by a British judge that former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko had…

January 26, 2016

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Science group warns of Doomsday threat

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Richard Perry said the world is closer to nuclear war today than it was during…

January 26, 2016

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Italian premier ridiculed for covering nude statues

to hide nude statues draws derision

January 26, 2016

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Nation Briefs

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday bowed out of the final Republican presidential debate before the leadoff Iowa…

January 26, 2016

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Members of armed group are arrested

1 killed in shootout during traffic stop

January 26, 2016

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Task force recommends how to cut U.S. prisoner count by 60,000

Former Oklahoma Rep. J.C. Watts, chairman of the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections, said Tuesday the federal prison…

January 26, 2016

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U.S. loosens rules for Cuban trade

Decision will also ease travel restrictions

January 26, 2016

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Ex-prosecutor to spearhead investigation into Flint water

Republican Bill Schuette said Todd Flood, a former assistant prosecutor for Wayne County, which includes Detroit, will spearhead the investigation…

January 25, 2016

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Rubio’s Iowa crisscross approach bends caucus campaign norm

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. poses for a photo during a campaign event, Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 in…

January 25, 2016

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Obama contrasts Clinton’s pragmatism with Sanders’ idealism

President Barack Obama speaks in Detroit. During an interview with Politico posted on its website Monday Obama was extremely cautious…

January 25, 2016

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A family in New Jersey, trapped over the weekend in the massive East Coast snowstorm, was trying to dig its…

January 25, 2016

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Bomb in San Bernardino attack was poorly built

The failure compelled Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 29, to drive around the area of San Bernardino, California,…

January 25, 2016

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Slippery start to the work week for East Coast commuters

In Brooklyn, only one teacher at the Bedford-Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School called to take the day off, despite more…

January 25, 2016

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U.S. Supreme Court Justices extend bar on automatic life terms for teenagers

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that people serving life terms for murders they committed as teenagers must have a chance…

January 25, 2016

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Feds’ failures imperil migrant children in U.S.

Marvin Velasco, 15, poses for a photo at his new home in Los Angeles on Jan. 11. Velasco’s perilous journey…

January 24, 2016

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Was 2015 a record wildfire year?

Dispute fans a debate over U.S. forests

January 24, 2016