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Suspect in Las Vegas Strip crash is distraught, attorney says

Lakeisha N. Holloway, third from left, leaves the courtroom as one of her public defenders, Scott Coffee, left, looks on…

December 24, 2015

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Tornado touches down in Mississippi as storm hits South

Construction workers John Croft, from left, Michael Edwards and Lee Croft, repair damage to the roof of a chicken house…

December 23, 2015

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IOWA CITY, Iowa – A prominent lottery official who has run the Powerball game since its inception was quietly removed…

December 23, 2015

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UK to investigate report U.S. denied Muslim family entry

Cameron The issue is sensitive because U.S. Republican presidential contender Donald Trump has called for a temporary ban on Muslims…

December 23, 2015

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Airlines hope to weather holiday storm

Companies add flights, but rain and snow could delay travelers

December 23, 2015

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Minneapolis protesters disrupt mall, airport

Airport officials said access to one of two terminals was blocked, which also caused backups on nearby roads. Some protesters…

December 23, 2015

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U.S. consumer spending and incomes up in November

U.S. consumer spending rebounded in November after a weak showing in October, while a key inflation gauge posted the fastest…

December 23, 2015

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Support for legal abortion at highest level in 2 years

A new poll shows that Republicans are still deeply divided on abortion with 70 percent of conservative Republicans wanting it…

December 22, 2015

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Mourners set up a makeshift memorial to the victims of a woman who allegedly plowed her car into crowds of…

December 22, 2015

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Wacky weather hits U.S.

El Niño buries West in snow, heats up East Coast

December 22, 2015

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Bowe Bergdahl arraigned at North Carolina Army base

U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Bergdahl leaves the courthouse Tuesday after his arraignment hearing at Fort Bragg, N.C.Andrew Craft/The Fayetteville Observer…

December 22, 2015

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Records show Hitler enjoyed special treatment in prison

Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialists, emerges from the party’s Munich headquarters. Historical documents show Hitler enjoyed special treatment,…

December 22, 2015

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Colombians looking for who to blame in Miss Universe mix-up

From President Juan Manuel Santos to Miss Colombia’s relatives in the Caribbean port city of Barranquilla, millions of Colombians who…

December 21, 2015

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Obama says Trump exploiting U.S. blue-collar workers’ fear

In a year-end interview with NPR News, Obama said demographic changes combined with the “economic stresses” people have been feeling…

December 21, 2015

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Donald Trump breathing life into white supremacy

In an era of gay marriage and a black president, more than a half-century after the Civil Rights Act of…

December 21, 2015

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WASHINGTON – The year-end spending bill that passed Congress on Friday contains $750 million to help El Salvador, Guatemala and…

December 21, 2015

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Police: Las Vegas crash driver was out of money

Suspect Lakeisha N. Holloway, 24, resided in Oregon and had been in Las Vegas for about a week in her…

December 21, 2015

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Six U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan

U.S. Army soldiers stand with Afghan policemen before a joint patrol of Qalanderkhail, outside of Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan.…

December 21, 2015

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Lindsey Graham ends presidential bid

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who announced Monday he was ending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, thanked his supporters…

December 21, 2015

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Driver plows into crowds in Las Vegas

The woman in her 20s, who has not been identified, struck pedestrians as she drove onto the walkway in front…

December 21, 2015

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Rescuers pulled five bodies from the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into an orchard in…

December 20, 2015

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Donald Trump defends Vladimir Putin against rumors of assassinations

‘Nobody has proven that he’s killed anyone’

December 20, 2015

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GOP looks at alternatives to repeal Affordable Care Act

In budget deal, health law foes took a different path

December 20, 2015

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Dead ends fuel militant recruits in Brussels

But the next day, Abdeslam drove to Paris, and on Nov. 13 he blew himself up outside a cafe on…

December 20, 2015