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Regulators want to ban dolphin swims HONOLULU – Federal regulators are proposing to ban swimming with dolphins in Hawaii, a move that could imperil one of the Aloha State’s most popular tour...

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Iran Russia stops using base for air strikes TEHRAN, Iran – Russia has stopped using an Iranian air base for launching airstrikes on Syria for the time being, Iran’s Foreign Minis...

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Flooding in South hurts rice harvest LONOKE, Ark. – Heavy rain that brought record flooding to Louisiana recently has put a damper on the nation's harvest of rice, a food staple that usually...

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Pennsylvania allows wine sales at grocers PITTSBURGH – A grocery store in Pennsylvania has become the first since Prohibition to sell wine in the state. A Giant Eagle store in Rob...

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Greek ships rescue dozens of migrants ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s coast guard on Friday rescued dozens of migrants whose boat ran aground on a deserted islet off southwestern Greece, while ano...

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Clinton foundation announces changes NEW YORK – Hillary Clinton's family foundation will no longer accept foreign and corporate donations if she is elected president, and will bring an end t...

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Thousands flee as wildfire burns Calif. SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – A wildfire with a ferocity never seen before by veteran California firefighters raced up and down canyon hillsides, instantl...

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Neighbor closes deal on Playboy Mansion LOS ANGELES – The deal is done, and the Playboy Mansion has a new owner. Daren Metropoulos, who lives next door, said Tuesday that escrow ...

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Friends call imam slaying a hate crime NEW YORK – The daylight slaying of a mosque leader and his associate set off fear and anguish Sunday among Bangladeshi Muslims in a New York City neigh...

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Baby dead after being left in hot SUV HELOTES, Texas – A 6-month-old boy died after being left all day in a hot sport utility vehicle in a San Antonio-area Walmart parking lot, authorities s...

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Swiss man sets fire on train, stabs people BERLIN – Police in Switzerland say a Swiss man set a fire and stabbed people on a train in the country’s northeast, wounding six people as well as ...

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‘Making a Murderer’ conviction tossed out MADISON, Wis. – A federal judge in Wisconsin on Friday overturned the conviction of a man found guilty of helping his uncle kill a woman in a case p...