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Storms could bring powerful tornadoes, hail to Great Plains

OKLAHOMA CITY – Forecasters are warning that severe storms could bring “significant” tornadoes and grapefruit-sized hail to the Great Plains on Tuesday, while severe thunderstorms and strong...

House GOP leader: No help for Puerto Rico before deadline

WASHINGTON – Congress will not act to help debt-ridden Puerto Rico ahead of a May 1 deadline when nearly half-a-billion dollars in bond payments come due, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarth...

At ‘campaign crossroads,’ rivals defend anti-Trump pact

BORDEN, Ind. – Declaring the Republican presidential contest at “a fork in the road,” Ted Cruz and John Kasich defended their extraordinary new alliance on Monday as the party’s last, best c...

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Cleveland to pay $6 million to settle Tamir Rice lawsuit The city of Cleveland will pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the relatives of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy shot and killed...

Pentagon, Congress at odds over bases

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon thinks it has a winning argument for why Congress should allow a new round of military base closings. The case goes like this: The Army and Air Force have vastly mo...

Obama says new U.S. troops in Syria will be essential

HANNOVER, Germany – President Barack Obama on Monday announced the deployment of up to 250 U.S. military personnel to Syria, mostly special operations forces, to assist local troops trying t...

Obama dismisses North Korea proposal on halting nuke tests

NEW YORK – A day after North Korea’s foreign minister told The Associated Press that his country is ready to halt its nuclear tests if the United States suspends its annual military exercis...

Obama pushes for global trade deals in face of opposition

HANNOVER, Germany – President Barack Obama mounted a strong defense of international trade deals Sunday in the face of domestic and foreign opposition, saying it’s “indisputable” that such a...

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3 federal agents injured in shootout at Kansas motel TOPEKA, Kan. – Authorities found a body in a Kansas hotel room that erupted in flames during a shootout in which three federal agents wer...

White House poised to release secret pages from 9/11 inquiry

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration will likely soon release at least part of a 28-page secret chapter from a congressional inquiry into 9/11 that may shed light on possible Saudi connecti...

Surprise Clinton supporter: Charles Koch

Billionaire conservative donor says Dem front-runner might be better than Trump or Cruz

400 years later, Shakespeare’s voice echoes in sports

Some competitions from Elizabethan England still around today
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