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Trump awards Medal of Honor to Vietnam-era Army medic

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Monday turned a Medal of Honor ceremony for a Vietnam-era Army medic who risked his life to help wounded comrades into a mini homework tutorial for the...

In Asia, Trump to warn North Korea but not likely visit DMZ

NEW YORK – For all of President Donald Trump’s overheated talk about North Korea’s Kim Jung Un and the country’s nuclear program, Trump will likely not make the customary presidential visit ...

Murder trial starts for man who stoked U.S. immigration debate

SAN FRANCISCO – A Mexican national who touched off a debate on illegal immigration when he fatally shot a woman on a San Francisco pier fired the gun on purpose, a prosecutor said Monday in ...

Trump shoots down retirement limit to pay for GOP tax cuts

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump shot down a possible approach for raising revenue to finance tax cuts in politically must-do legislation for the Republicans, promising Monday the popular...

Stephen Hawking’s Ph.D thesis goes online, website crashes

LONDON – Cambridge University has put Stephen Hawking’s doctoral thesis online, triggering such interest that it crashed the university’s website. Completed in 1966 when Hawking w...

IS came with a hit list, left Syria town in a trail of blood

BEIRUT – The Islamic State militants came into the Syrian town with a hit list. By the time they left three weeks later, more than 70 civilians had been killed – shot or beheaded, their bodi...

Catalan parliament to respond to Spain’s planned takeover

BARCELONA, Spain – Catalonia’s regional parliament plans to hold a debate this week on the Spanish prime minister’s plan to take direct control of the region – a session many fear could lead...

New York attorney general launches probe of Weinstein Co.

ALBANY, N.Y. – State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a civil rights investigation on Monday into The Weinstein Co. following sexual harassment and assault allegations against it...

McCain critiques Trump without labeling him ‘draft dodger’

WASHINGTON – Republican Sen. John McCain left no doubt Monday that he was thinking of President Donald Trump as he criticized the draft system during Vietnam for forcing low-income Americans...

EPA keeps scientists from speaking about report on climate

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Environmental Protection Agency kept three scientists from speaking at a Monday event in a move condemned by researchers and Democratic members of Congress as an attem...

Long day of diplomacy: Tillerson visits Afghanistan, Iraq

BAGHDAD – Far from the Washington murmurs about his future, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson traveled to two of America’s enduring war zones Monday, prodding leaders in Afghanistan and ...

New flight paths lead to airplane noise complaints across U.S.

PHOENIX – Airliners began flying over Twila Lake’s bungalow-style house in a historic district three years ago, taking off every one to two minutes from the Phoenix airport and roaring over ...
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