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Japanese vessel to kill 333 minke whales for ‘research’

On Tuesday, Japan’s whaling fleet will set out on a three-month-long hunt for minke whales. The Japanese government argues that this hunt – which will kill 333 whales, about a third of the a...

Turkey won’t apologize over Russian warplane downing

BRUSSELS – Turkey won’t apologize to Russia for shooting down a warplane operating over Syria, the Turkish prime minister said Monday, stressing that the military was doing its job defending...

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Police shooting cited in U of Chicago threat CHICAGO – An online threat against the University of Chicago that led the school to cancel all classes and activities on Monday appear...

Obama: U.S. leads climate change fight

PARIS – President Barack Obama said Sunday that American leadership was helping make gains in the global fight against climate change as he tried to reassure world leaders assembling for a h...

What you hate about waiting in line isn't the wait at all

If the people who study the psychology of waiting in line – yes, there is such a thing – have an origin story, it’s this: It was the 1950s, and a high-rise office building in Manh...

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Suspect charged for fatally shooting Pa. police officer NEW FLORENCE, Pa. – A man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer who responded to a domestic dispute was charged wi...

HIV-positive doctor says his dog saved his life

CHICAGO – Rob Garofalo was devastated. He’d built his medical and research career on helping young AIDS patients. Then he learned that he, too, was HIV-positive. The news came after he’d alr...

Sinatra’s N.J. birthplace commemorates his 100th birthday its way

TRENTON, N.J. – Chicago was his kind of town, L.A. was his lady and he certainly was a big part of New York, New York. But despite a love-hate relationship, the mile-square New Jersey city w...

EU expects ‘immediate’ action in deal with Turkey

BRUSSELS - The European Union on Sunday pledged incentives to Turkey in exchange for a clampdown on the flow of refugees and migrants into Europe as it scrambles to find ways to cope with th...

Jeb Bush says Donald Trump is ‘uninformed,’ not serious candidate

MIAMI – The Republican front-runner for the presidential nomination, Donald Trump, is not prepared to be the nation’s commander in chief, because he’s “uninformed” on major issues facing the...

Black Friday store sales fall across U.S.

Increased online shopping, ‘social backlash’ possible reasons for decline

Pets stepping up to help Boomers training dogs, cats to assist

LOS ANGELES – Teach your dog or cat a few tricks, and your golden years will be better for it. The movement to improve care for older pets has been going on for some time. But the...
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