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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

Rock 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

TV 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

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New probe of Clinton emails sought

U.S. intelligence agencies fear classified data was compromised

July 24, 2015

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Crisis takes toll on Greek shops

Thousands of businesses have closed

July 24, 2015

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Turkey strikes IS targets in Syria

Erdogan Turkey, which spans the intersection of Europe and Asia and borders the Middle East, had long been reluctant to…

July 24, 2015

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President visits with family

Obama returns to his father’s homeland

July 24, 2015

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Pet porkers packing pig rescues

Animals tend to grow bigger than their owners expect

July 24, 2015

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Nuns bake cheesecakes to help support monastery

But there are no transgressions here. In fact, money from the sales help the sisters of New Skete sustain their…

July 24, 2015

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Chinatown trying to hang on to past

Development threatens area’s identity

July 24, 2015

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Appeals court tosses 1 of 2 indictments against Rick Perry

One of the felony charges file against Republican presidential candidate former Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday was dismissed by…

July 24, 2015

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Theater gunman’s family called him mentally ill, violent

John Russel Houser, 59, stood up about 20 minutes into the movie and fired first at two people sitting in…

July 24, 2015

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Transportation chief says 5 Airlines probed for price-gouging

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx Friday announced that his department is seeking information from five airlines to determine whether they illegally…

July 24, 2015

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Kerry: U.S. is ‘on our own’ without deal

Secretary: Without agreement, Iran will speed up nuke program

July 23, 2015

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WASHINGTON – Turkey has agreed to let the U.S. military launch airstrikes against the Islamic State from a key air…

July 23, 2015