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Global hunger rising with conflicts, climate shocks

38 million more people undernourished from previous year

September 15, 2017

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St. Louis ex-officer acquitted in killing of black man

City braces for protests

September 15, 2017

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Farewell Cassini

Saturn spacecraft makes fiery, final dive

September 15, 2017

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N. Korea tests another missile

Flight reportedly takes it over Japan

September 14, 2017

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Forest Service spends record $2B battling forest fires

The Eagle Creek wildfire burns Sept. 5 on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge near Cascade Locks, Ore.…

September 14, 2017

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Equifax’s troubles deepen after disclosure about breach

On Monday, Equifax, which has its headquarters in Atlanta, said it has made changes to address customer complaints since it…

September 14, 2017

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Phoenix sheriff pardoned by Trump hits the speaking circuit

Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio leaves the federal courthouse in Phoenix, Ariz. Arpaio, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump from…

September 14, 2017

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House backs $1.2T spending bill with more money for military

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., center, speaks with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left, as they arrive for a…

September 14, 2017

Nation & World

Double attack in southern Iraq kills at least 50

Gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed into a restaurant in Nasiriyah, about 200 miles south of Baghdad, around lunchtime and opened…

September 14, 2017

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Trump, top Democrats agree to work on deal to save ‘dreamers’ from deportation

President Donald Trump waits outside the West Wing of the White House for the arrival of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib…

September 14, 2017

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Fire at an Islamic school in Malaysia kills at least 23 teenage boys

Forensic police officer investigates burned windows at an Islamic religious school after a fire on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur…

September 14, 2017

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Vladimir Putin quietly becomes longest-serving Russian leader since Joseph Stalin

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes a tour at the Russian Navy’s corvette Sovershenny moored near Russky Island in Vladivostok, Russia,…

September 14, 2017

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Berkeley braces for visit by right-wing speaker Ben Shapiro

Pepper spray is used in April 15, 2017, as anti and pro-Donald Trump protesters clash during competing demonstrations at Martin…

September 13, 2017

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High school shooting in Washington state kills 1, injures 3

Shooter apprehended by police

September 13, 2017

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U.S. Virgin Islands getting aid but still reeling from Irma

Those left behind on St. Thomas and St. John were surviving on whatever they could find as they tried to…

September 13, 2017

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Hurricane victims facing a long road to home reconstruction

Arlene Estle looks at the damage to her home in Houston on Monday. Estle’s home was flooded in the aftermath…

September 13, 2017

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Chief fossil preparator at Denver museum dies

The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/2h1WWlD) that 50-year-old Mike Getty died on Monday after becoming ill at the excavation site of…

September 13, 2017

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AP interview: Ryan won’t say tax plan won’t raise deficit

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., answers questions during an interview at the Associated Press bureau in Washington on Wednesday.Pablo…

September 13, 2017

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8 die at Florida nursing home in Irma’s sweltering aftermath

Staff members at Westwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and firefighters from Fort Walton Beach Fire…

September 13, 2017

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Residents return to destruction

FEMA estimates 25 percent of Florida Keys homes are gone

September 12, 2017

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Colorado fines oil and gas company $225,000 over 2016 spill

The Denver Post reported Monday (http://dpo.st/2wUUiYN) that the state Oil and Gas Conservation Commission fined a subsidiary of Encana Oil…

September 12, 2017

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Democrat on voter fraud commission defends panel’s existence

Protesters gather on Tuesday at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., ahead of a daylong meeting of the Trump administration’s…

September 12, 2017

Nation & World

The latest: Florida east coast may have power back by Sunday

12:10 p.m. Florida’s largest utility says much of the state’s east coast could have power back by Sunday, but other…

September 12, 2017

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Paper airplane, sand among 12 finalists for Toy Hall of Fame

The contenders for the Class of 2017 were announced Tuesday. Also up for the honor are the board games Risk…

September 12, 2017