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Stolen ‘inverted Jenny’ stamp resurfaces

NEW YORK – One of the longest mysteries in the stamp-collecting world is getting a new chapter. Six decades after four of the U.S. Postal Service’s most celebrated misprints were...

Fidel Castro gives rare speech saying he will soon die

HAVANA – Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro delivered a valedictory speech on Tuesday to the Communist Party he put in power a half-century ago, telling party members he would soon die ...

Earth’s hot streak continues for a record 11 months

WASHINGTON – Earth’s record monthly heat streak has hit 11 months in a row – a record in itself. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesday that March’s...

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U.S. approves more troops to fight Islamic State WASHINGTON – The United States will send approximately 200 additional troops to Iraq and allow U.S. advisers to move closer to the front line...

Trump, Clinton bet on New York to end campaign turbulence

For the two front-runners in the Republican and Democratic presidential nomination races, there’s no place like home. Polls show Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Tru...

Dramatic rescue amid rubble gives Ecuador hope for survivors

MANTA, Ecuador – Rescuers in Ecuador pulled three people out alive after being trapped for more than 32 hours in the rubble of a shopping center that was flattened by this weekend’s powerful...

AP wins Pulitzer for stories on enslaved fishermen in Asia

NEW YORK – The Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for documenting the use of slave labor in Southeast Asia to supply seafood to American tables – an investigat...

Poll: Just 6 percent of people say they trust the media

WASHINGTON – Trust in the news media is being eroded by perceptions of inaccuracy and bias, fueled in part by Americans’ skepticism about what they read on social media. Just 6 pe...

Justices hear dispute over Obama immigration actions

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court is taking up an important dispute over immigration that could affect millions of people who are living in the country illegally. The Obama administr...

U.S. to join quake relief effort in Japan; 41 dead, 11 missing

MINAMIASO, Japan – Eleven people remained missing Sunday in southern Japan from two powerful earthquakes that killed at least 41 people, as the U.S. military announced it was preparing to jo...

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Trump’s ranting risks annoying delegates DES MOINES, Iowa – Donald Trump is relentlessly attacking the rules that govern how Republicans choose their nominee come. But it’s coming...

Earthquake kills 238 in Ecuador; emergency workers rush in

PEDERNALES, Ecuador – Rescuers pulled survivors from rubble Sunday after the strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast. ...
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