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Democrats condemn proposed fee hikes at national parks

WASHINGTON – Democratic senators on Thursday criticized a National Park Service plan to impose steep increases in entrance fees at 17 of its most popular parks, including the Grand Canyon, Y...

NBC News takes Mark Halperin off air after harassment claims

NEW YORK – MSNBC says journalist Mark Halperin has been suspended from his role as network contributor following charges from five women who claimed he sexually harassed them while he was an...

Serious head and hand wounds described by Bergdahl searchers

FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Soldiers and an airman described a shattered hand and a head wound Thursday as prosecutors presented evidence that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s disappearance endangered those...

Harvey Weinstein sues former company over emails, records

NEW YORK – Disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein sued his former company on Thursday, seeking access to emails, his personnel file and other records he contends may exonerate him from multip...

JFK files: Thousands released but Trump holds back others

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump blocked the release of hundreds of records on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, bending to CIA and FBI appeals, while the National Archives ...

US agrees to pay tea party groups in suits over IRS scrutiny

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has agreed to what a lawyer described as a “very substantial” payout to hundreds of tea party groups to settle a class-action lawsuit over the extra, of...

Trump declares US opioid emergency but pledges no new money

WASHINGTON – In ringing and personal terms, President Donald Trump on Thursday pledged that “we will overcome addiction in America,” declaring opioid abuse a national public health emergency...

2 Dakota Access protesters sentenced to jail in North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. – A North Dakota man and a Rhode Island woman are the first people to be sent to jail for protesting the Dakota Access pipeline. Sixty-four-year-old Mary Redway and...

GOP targets environmental rules after wildfires

WASHINGTON – House Republicans are targeting environmental rules to allow faster approval for tree cutting in national forests in response to the deadly wildfires in California. M...

Dollars targeting opioids hit hurdles as impatience builds

Nearly a year after Congress approved an extraordinary $1 billion to tackle the opioid crisis, the money that poured into all 50 states is gradually reaching places where it can do some good...

Panel recommends new, better shingles shot over old version

NEW YORK – A federal panel recommended Wednesday that older people already vaccinated for shingles get a new, better shot. The advisory group said the just-approved vaccine made b...

Companies in West Texas oil patch need production workers

MIDLAND, Texas (AP) – Three years ago, when crude prices still floated above $100 a barrel and the nation’s oil fields were booming, Clint Concord could hire 20 new workers a day in the West...
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