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Repealing law carries risks, study suggests

WASHINGTON – Repealing President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law would modestly increase the budget deficit, while the number of uninsured Americans would rise by more than 20 milli...

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Unemployment rises in half of states WASHINGTON – Unemployment rates rose in 25 U.S. states last month, driven higher in many cases by more people who began looking for work but ...

U.S. reports 35 percent spike in global terror attacks in 2014

WASHINGTON – Extremists in Iraq, Afghanistan and Nigeria unleashed a savage rise in violence between 2013 and 2014, according to new statistics released by the State Department. Attacks larg...

EPA moves to cut truck emissions

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration Friday proposed tougher mileage standards for medium and heavy-duty trucks, the latest move by President Barack Obama in his second-term drive to reduce...

Denmark’s center-right opposition wins election

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Denmark’s center-right opposition won a parliamentary election after strong gains by an anti-immigration party that wants to limit the European Union’s influence over t...

Who’s to blame during California drought? Basically everyone

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Mother Nature isn’t the only one getting blamed during California’s drought. The state’s historic four-year dry spell has brought with it a flurry of finger-...

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Nasdaq composite ends day with record NEW YORK – U.S. stocks rallied Thursday, with the Nasdaq composite index closing at a record, a day after the Federal Reserve signaled it wil...

Studies further tie quakes to drilling

Big wastewater injection wells cited

Friend: Suspect said he ‘wanted segregation’

LEXINGTON, S.C. – In recent weeks, Dylann Storm Roof reconnected with a childhood buddy he hadn’t seen in five years and started railing about the Trayvon Martin case, about black people “ta...

California reveals details of self-driving car accidents

LOS ANGELES – California state officials released reports Thursday detailing six accidents that involved self-driving car prototypes, reversing a policy that had shielded details of how the ...

NBC removes Brian Williams from ‘Nightly News’

NEW YORK – NBC News said Thursday that Brian Williams will not return to his job as “Nightly News” anchor following his suspension for misrepresenting himself but will be given a second chan...

Treasury says woman will be picked for $10 bill

WASHINGTON – Alexander Hamilton, who has been featured on the $10 bill since 1929, is making way for a woman. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is to officially announce Thursday that ...
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