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Social media giant announces new transparency

This image shows how ads on Facebook will be more transparent. Days ahead of testimony at three congressional hearings, the…

October 27, 2017

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JFK files: British newspaper got mystery call before assassination

came minutes before shooting, documents show

October 27, 2017

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Trump signs $36.5 billion emergency aid bill for disasters

Former New York Yankees baseball pitcher Mariano Rivera, left, applauds as he listens to President Donald Trump, right, speak on…

October 27, 2017

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Misplaced monarchs: Clusters of butterflies stuck up north

A monarch butterfly at Point Pelee National Park in Canada. A large population of already vulnerable monarch butterflies are stuck…

October 27, 2017

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Hammers, axes will help test Trump border wall prototypes

Ronald Vitiello, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s acting deputy commissioner, tours the construction site where several prototypes of a border…

October 26, 2017

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Ryan: People don’t care about senator’s concerns about Trump

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks during his weekly press conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, in…

October 26, 2017

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Pope encourages young U.S. immigrants to dream

Speaking by video hookup with young people in Texas, Puerto Rico and a handful of Latin American nations, Francis urged…

October 26, 2017

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House backs $4T budget, faces challenges on Trump tax plan

J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., leaves the House chamber after the House gave a significant boost to President…

October 26, 2017

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Democrats condemn proposed fee hikes at national parks

Under a plan announced this week, visitors to many national parks would be charged $70 per vehicle during the peak…

October 26, 2017

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NBC News takes Mark Halperin off air after harassment claims

The network said Thursday it found Halperin’s conduct as described in a CNN story “very troubling” and that the veteran…

October 26, 2017

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Serious head and hand wounds described by Bergdahl searchers

Andrew Craft/The Fayetteville Observer via AP Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl arrives at the Fort Bragg courthouse for a sentencing hearing on…

October 26, 2017

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Harvey Weinstein sues former company over emails, records

Weinstein’s lawsuit filed Thursday in Delaware seeks access to the records, which Weinstein’s lawyers argue are key to the Oscar-winner’s…

October 26, 2017

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JFK files: Thousands released but Trump holds back others

President Donald Trump acted Thursday to block the release of hundreds of records on the John F. Kennedy assassination, bending…

October 26, 2017

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US agrees to pay tea party groups in suits over IRS scrutiny

The Trump administration has agreed to payout to hundreds of tea party groups to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by…

October 26, 2017

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Trump declares US opioid emergency but pledges no new money

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to declare the opioid crisis a national public health emergency in the East…

October 26, 2017

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2 Dakota Access protesters sentenced to jail in North Dakota

Sixty-four-year-old Mary Redway and 27-year-old Alexander Simon were convicted Oct. 19 of misdemeanor disorderly conduct during the protests in North…

October 26, 2017

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GOP targets environmental rules after wildfires

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said lawmakers will vote next week on a bill to loosen environmental regulations for forest-thinning…

October 26, 2017

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Dollars targeting opioids hit hurdles as impatience builds

At a congressional hearing Wednesday in Washington, Republicans and Democrats shared frustration as they questioned top administration officials about federal…

October 26, 2017

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Panel recommends new, better shingles shot over old version

This image provided by GlaxoSmithKline in October 2017 shows the company’s Shingrix vaccine. On Wednesday, a federal panel of experts…

October 26, 2017

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Companies in West Texas oil patch need production workers

Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle file via AP A Halliburton employee works near rows of hydraulic fracturing pumping units at a three pad…

October 25, 2017

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Weinstein Co. targeted in new claims of sexual misconduct

Actress Natassia Malthe reacts during a news conference in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, where she alleged sexual assault…

October 25, 2017

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Refugee advocates denounce Trump’s latest order

Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban on May 15, 2017, outside a federal…

October 25, 2017

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States lose push to force Trump to restart health subsidies

President Donald Trump speaks about healthcare in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington. U.S. District Judge Vince…

October 25, 2017

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On JFK documents, Trump squeezed over disclosure

Surrounded by detectives, Lee Harvey Oswald talks to the media as he is led down a corridor of the Dallas…

October 25, 2017