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Weinstein accuser feels ‘doubly crucified’ by Italy reaction

Argento revealed for the first time in an interview published in The New Yorker magazine last week that in 1997…

October 18, 2017

Wooing Amazon with sun, fun … and giant buttons

Literally. The Associated Press talked to the leaders of more than 50 cities or metropolitan regions about the different ways…

October 18, 2017

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Russian TV star Sobchak declares her presidential bid

Russian socialite and TV host Ksenia Sobchak, daughter of the late St. Petersburg mayor, Anatoly Sobchak, speaks to journalists during…

October 18, 2017

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Former drug czar nominee Marino defends role in opioid law

Susan Walsh/Associated Press file Former Rep. Thomas Marino, R-Pa., President Donald Trump’s now-withdrawn nominee to be the nation’s drug czar, is…

October 18, 2017

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Thousands march over ‘Somalia’s 9/11;’ attack details emerge

Protesters march near the scene of Saturday’s massive truck bomb attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Wednesday. Thousands of people took…

October 18, 2017

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U.S.-backed Syrian forces clear Raqqa after driving out IS

A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces on Wednesday defuses a bomb left by Islamic State militants at the stadium…

October 18, 2017

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Texts: Sheriff, lawmaker pushed to stop cheerleader protest

Kennesaw State University cheerleaders, from left to right, Shlondra Young, Tommia Dean and Kennedy Town stand outside the student center…

October 18, 2017

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Trump says Comey knew he was going to exonerate Clinton

In this June 8, 2017 photo, former FBI director James Comey testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on…

October 18, 2017

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Man convicted in plot to behead blogger over cartoon contest

Mark Lennihan/Associated Press file Pamela Geller speaks during an interview at The Associated Press in New York. A Massachusetts man was…

October 18, 2017

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Suspect in Maryland office park shooting is apprehended

Less than two hours later, Radee Labeeb Prince drove to a used car lot about 55 miles away in Wilmington,…

October 18, 2017

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Sessions defends Comey firing, dodges questions on Trump

Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press The…

October 18, 2017

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IRS still enforcing Obama-era insurance mandate

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the ranking member, and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and…

October 18, 2017

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New Mexico’s rate of women killed by men among nation’s worst

Leonard Coriz, the boyfriend prosecutors say killed Padilla by running her over with his truck, claimed it was all an…

October 18, 2017

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As congressional investigations wear on about Russia, some eye a finish

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., left, and Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., update reporters on the…

October 18, 2017

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Lawmaker: Mascot wrong to rally for kneeling cheerleaders

Kenneth Sturkey, who dresses as Scrappy the Owl at Kennesaw State University athletic events, said he donned the costume without…

October 17, 2017

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Cochran’s illness shows risks to GOP leaders of aging Senate

One of those ailing senators – 79-year-old Thad Cochran of Mississippi – was back in Washington Tuesday after a month…

October 17, 2017

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Celebrity-named seal pups rehabilitated, set free on beach

“Giseal Bündchen” and “Sealonardo DiCaprio’ were released Tuesday on Scusset Beach on Cape Cod by workers at the nonprofit National…

October 17, 2017

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Dems slam Arctic drilling plan as ‘polar payout’ to Big Oil

Two polar bears engaged in play fighting in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Democrats and environmental groups on…

October 17, 2017

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Kurds pull out abruptly from disputed Iraqi areas

People return back to Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday. Thousands of civilians are streaming back to…

October 17, 2017

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Negotiators give up hope of rewriting NAFTA this year

United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, center, with Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, left, and Mexico's Secretary of…

October 17, 2017

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Police: Woman who feared deportation drowned 2 boys

Wilmington police investigate the death of two children in Wilmington, Del. Wilmington Police Chief Robert Tracy said at a news…

October 17, 2017

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Senate moves ahead on GOP budget that’s key to taxes

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined at right by Secretary for the Majority Laura Dove, walks from his office…

October 17, 2017

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Judge halts newest Trump travel ban, saying it has same woes

U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu. Watson on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its latest travel ban,…

October 17, 2017

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Catalans vow to resist after Spain court rules vote illegal

Manu Fernandez/Associated Press People protest the National Court’s decision to imprison civil society leaders without bail, in front of the Palau…

October 17, 2017