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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – President Barack Obama launched a personal push for peace in South Sudan on Monday, convening African…

July 27, 2015

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Lawmaker seeks removal of IRS chief

Koskinen Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, sent a letter Monday to President Barack Obama, asking him to remove IRS Commissioner John…

July 27, 2015

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U.S., Turkey consider Syrian safe haven

includes stepped up attacks on IS

July 27, 2015

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Colombia begins work to recover ‘disappeared’

Landfill may contain remains of hundreds of missing youths

July 27, 2015

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New York Gov. Cuomo announces new LaGuardia Airport

Passengers maneuver through one of the cramped hallways at at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. A year after comparing New York’s…

July 27, 2015

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High costs plague some state-run health insurance markets

Christina Hung, left, 23, of Oakland, fills out an application form during a health-care enrollment event at the Oakland Asian…

July 27, 2015

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Americans with Disabilities Act changes millions of lives

After months of medical care, he had to find a new college to attend – the one at which he…

July 26, 2015

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CAMARILLO, Calif. – The average price of gasoline has dropped a penny over the past two weeks to $2.82 a…

July 26, 2015

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Fiat Chrysler to buy back 500K trucks

also includes record $105M fine

July 26, 2015

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Turkey calls for NATO meeting to discuss security threats

A protester erupted Sunday in Istanbul to denounce the deaths of 32 people in a suicide bombing attack Monday in…

July 26, 2015

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State health-insurance markets struggle

Disappointing enrollment, cost challenges lead to financial uncertainty

July 26, 2015

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Migrant havens stirring emotions

Sanctuary cities snub federal laws on immigration

July 26, 2015

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BAGHDAD – Turkish jets struck camps belonging to Kurdish militants in northern Iraq on Friday and Saturday in what were…

July 25, 2015

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LAFAYETTE, La. – John Russell Houser was deeply troubled long before he shot 11 people in a movie theater in…

July 25, 2015

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50 years later, Dylan’s electric guitar returns to Newport festival

icon, however, will not attend

July 25, 2015

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Obama blends blunt and warm

U.S. President embraces his standing in Africa

July 25, 2015

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Saudi-led airstrikes kill 120 in Yemen

Shiite rebels known as Houthis hold up their weapons as they chant slogans during a rally against Saudi-led airstrikes Friday…

July 25, 2015

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Montana wildfire foils tourists

Smoke from the Reynolds Creek Fire rises Tuesday above the landscape at St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park, Mont.…

July 24, 2015

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FCC signs off on AT&T-DirecTV merger, creating pay-TV behemoth

The deal gives AT&T control of DirecTV’s 20.4 million customers and valuable programming, turning it into a media giant in…

July 24, 2015

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Pluto incredibly hazy with flowing ice

NASA scientists say new photos from the New Horizons spacecraft are showing some “pretty mind-blowing discoveries” about Pluto, including a…

July 24, 2015

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Texas jail death highlights frequency of inmate suicides

Autopsy results indicate that Sandra Bland hanged herself in this Waller County, Texas, jail cell with a plastic garbage bag.Pat…

July 24, 2015

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DETROIT – Fiat Chrysler has decided to recall about 1.4 million cars and trucks in the U.S. just days after…

July 24, 2015

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Gunman known as angry man

show host says theater shooter ‘had screw loose’

July 24, 2015

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BUJUMBURA, Burundi – Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has won a third term in office, an electoral official announced Friday, amid…

July 24, 2015