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First half of 2017 ranks 2nd hottest globally, behind 2016

A man cools off at a water fountain on June 21 in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City. American meteorologists…

July 18, 2017

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Months needed for additional study of Dakota Access pipeline

Question now is whether to shut down pipeline until analysis is complete

July 18, 2017

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‘Let Obamacare fail’

blasts Democrats after GOP plan collapses

July 18, 2017

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Afghan girls robotics team competes after visa obstacles

The team of six teenage girls was twice rejected for U.S. visas before President Donald Trump intervened at the last…

July 17, 2017

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Cleanup planned for Fla. sinkhole, 5 homes still evacuated

Debris is strewn about on July 14 after a sinkhole damaged two homes in Land O’ Lakes, Fla. Heavy equipment…

July 17, 2017

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Australian woman killed in Minneapolis police shooting

Justine Damond, of Sydney, Australia, was fatally shot by police on Saturday in Minneapolis,. Authorities say that officers were responding…

July 17, 2017

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Analysis: Slow leak of Russia news flooding White House

Officials lawyering up

July 16, 2017

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Texas ‘bathroom bill’ may shape 2018 GOP primary campaigns

Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, talks with fellow lawmakers on the House floor on April 19…

July 16, 2017

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More hurdles as Senate again delays vote on GOP health bill

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens on Capitol Hill July 11 in Washington, during the committee’s…

July 16, 2017

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Cory Gardner: A swing-state case study of the GOP health-care bind

Republican Sen. Cory Gardner has shown little, if any, indication of how he’ll vote on a new health care bill.Associated…

July 16, 2017

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Congress calls for North Korea sanctions

This photo on July 4, distributed by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the launch of…

July 15, 2017

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Honolulu high-rise fire that left 3 dead like ‘horror movie’

“The fire just blew up and went flying right out the windows,” the 71-year-old Hastings said of the first moments…

July 15, 2017

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Family scatters Chinese Nobel laureate’s ashes into the sea

Liu’s supporters said the move was intended by the authoritarian government to permanently erase any traces of China’s best-known political…

July 15, 2017

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Turkey marks 1 year since July 15 coup attempt quashed

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the July 15, 2016, failed coup attempt anniversary,…

July 15, 2017

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Why are American runners getting slower?

report finds times down over 20-year period

July 14, 2017

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Wild lioness photographed nursing a baby leopard

A leopard cub nurses from a lioness known as Nosikitok in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area.Courtesy of Panthera The images show…

July 14, 2017

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Adoption ban snarled in new drama

Demonstrators hold posters reading “There is no place for juvenile justice in Russia” and “I want all children be happy”…

July 14, 2017

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These animals can survive until the end of Earth

Scientists say that tardigrades can survive almost anything that’s thrown at them.Courtesy of AMNH To a group of theoretical physicists,…

July 14, 2017

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Guns, churches and immigrants

What’s in the House spending bill?

July 14, 2017

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Winners and losers complicate GOP’s path on health care bill

and sick could suffer the most

July 14, 2017

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Nevada adopts emergency rules to combat pot bottleneck

Regulators approved emergency rules that would speed up licensing for pot distributors, a sticking point that launched a legal battle…

July 13, 2017

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Trustees project biggest Social Security increase in years

seniors will see just a 2.2% raise

July 13, 2017

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Inmate confesses to killing 4 men

DiNardo tells authorities where to find bodies

July 13, 2017

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Two national monuments are no longer up for review, Interior says.

Washington, Idaho sites off the table

July 13, 2017