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Draft climate agreement ready in Paris

work to be done at midway point of international meeting

December 5, 2015

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European countries push for tighter border controls

agrees to stricter measures

December 5, 2015

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New images reveal seaplane that sank at Pearl Harbor

There were an estimated six of these sea planes in the bay at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack.University…

December 4, 2015

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Research shows we may be consuming water faster than we thought

suggests we may be consuming it at unsustainable rate

December 4, 2015

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Kids making oral history with StoryCorps project

The Great Thanksgiving Listen was conceived by leaders of the nonprofit oral history project StoryCorps. They encouraged kids to send…

December 4, 2015

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Justices take up meaning of ‘one person, one vote’

Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, says a legal challenge to the way…

December 4, 2015

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WASHINGTON – A five-year, $305 billion bill to address the nation’s aging and congested transportation systems was signed into law…

December 4, 2015

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Two suspects sought in Paris attacks

countries to share air passenger travel data

December 4, 2015

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KABUL, Afghanistan – A joint Afghan-U.S. special forces operation has freed at least 40 Afghan prisoners from a Taliban prison…

December 4, 2015

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OPEC nations opt to reject cutting their oil production

An attempt to nudge the cost of oil higher would have involved lowering output, thereby reducing supply and driving demand…

December 4, 2015

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Trump hired felon as business adviser

Candidate says he’s ‘not that familiar with him’

December 4, 2015

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Clinton: Killings show need for intelligence sharing

The former Secretary of State said in Iowa that the massacre that left 14 dead and many more injured in…

December 4, 2015

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16 killed after group firebombs Cairo club

Egyptian police are searching for six suspects believed to have firebombed the El Sayad restaurant in Cairo on Friday. Sixteen…

December 4, 2015

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U.S. adds healthy 211K jobs; unemployment steady at low 5 percent

Retailers added nearly 31,000 jobs in November, helping to keep the national unemployment rate at 5 percent for the month.…

December 4, 2015

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Shooting now terror case

praised Islamic State leader before deadly attack

December 4, 2015

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Bad weather delays U.S. space station shipment, 1st in months

NASA is planning to try to launch an unmanned Atlas V rocket carrying supplies to the International Space Station on…

December 3, 2015

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WASHINGTON – The Army on Thursday grounded all aircraft in active-duty units across the country for the next five days…

December 3, 2015

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Senate rejects new gun curbs

Thursday’s mostly party-line 50-48 vote, which followed the Senate’s defeat of other firearms curbs, underscored that political gridlock over the…

December 3, 2015

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Climate threat was recognized in 1980s

Advisers to first President Bush wanted U.S. to lead world efforts

December 3, 2015

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Developing world shifting stance

poorer nations ready to cut emissions

December 3, 2015

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Putin calls for united ‘anti-terror front’

British jets join attacks against Islamic State oil fields in Syria

December 3, 2015

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KAMPALA, Uganda – An American who has been on trial in Kampala for counterfeiting currency notes worth $180,400 will be…

December 3, 2015

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Motive in shootings aren’t always clear

California shooting doesn’t fit easy mold

December 3, 2015

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Surprise finding: U.S. has major decline in gun violence

The Rev. Al Sharpton, center, and Spike Lee, second from left, lead a march to Times Square for the prevention…

December 3, 2015