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Police: D.C.-area shooting spree random after first attack
Authorities unable to capture suspect after first shootings
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CAIRO – An Egyptian court on Saturday recommended the death sentence against six people, including two Al-Jazeera employees, for allegedly passing documents related to national security to Qatar and the…
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Federal officer in custody after 3 fatal shootings
Eulalio Tordil, 62, was arrested Friday in the shooting deaths of three people in the Washington, D.C., area. Tordil is an employee of the Federal Protective Service, which provides security…
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Kim praises country’s nuke tests
North Korean leader opens country’s first party congress in decades
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More than 80,000 people have left Fort McMurray, Alberta, as a wildfire threatens to devastate the area.Royal Canadian Mounted Police Alberta via Associated Press FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta – A massive…
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U.S. to take tougher tone on Israeli settlements
Associated Press WASHINGTON – The United States will endorse a tougher tone with Israel in an upcoming international report that takes the Jewish state to task over settlements, demolitions and…
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AP source: Clinton aide interviewed in email investigation
The FBI has reportedly interviewed Huma Abedin, an aide to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, about her use of a private email server while Clinton was serving as secretary of…
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U.S. employers added 160K jobs in April; jobless rate 5 percent
Recruiters speak to attendees at a job fair in Pittsburgh. Employers cut back on hiring in April, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Friday.Keith Srakocic/Associated Press The unemployment rate remained at…
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Mayors from big cities around globe push climate initiatives
Former Vice President Al Gore, center, arrives for a speech at the Climate Action 2016 summit taking place in Washington.Andrew Harnik/Associated Press That announcement was made by the mayors of…
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FDA brings e-cigarettes under federal authority
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf, center, accompanied by, from left, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy and FDA Center for…
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L.A. man guilty in ‘Grim Sleeper’ serial killings
Penalty phase for Lonnie Franklin Jr. begins next week
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Survivors found 6 days after Kenyan building collapse
Pregnant woman loses baby; man dies on way to hospital
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NEW YORK – Every minute of every day, usually without thinking, thousands of New Yorkers reach across the counter at shops and supermarkets and accept a disposable plastic bag. The…
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Egyptian blames ‘Tom and Jerry’ for Mideast violence
The head of Egypt’s State Information Service, Salah Abdel Sadek, says Middle Eastern youths are learning that violence is acceptable because of American video games and cartoons such as “Tom…
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HARTFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut woman who underwent a face transplant five years ago after being attacked by a chimpanzee is back in a Boston hospital after doctors discovered her…
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Iranian commander threatens to close Strait of Hormuz to U.S.
An Iranian warship patrols the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has stepped up its criticism of the U.S. Navy’s actions in the Persian Gulf, with the deputy commander of Iran’s powerful…
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Kasich dropping out, AP sources say; Trump on clear GOP path
Sources are reporting that Ohio Gov. John Kasich will end his bid for the Republican presidential nomination Wednesday, leaving Donald Trump as the only remaining candidate for the party’s nod.Evan…
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Obama to name Stonewall 1st national monument for gay rights
President Barack Obama is preparing to designate the Stonewall Inn in New York the first national monument dedicated to gay rights.Richard Drew/Associated Press file Designating the small swath of land…
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Dozens escaped from mental hospital since 2013
Officials at the Western State Hospital in Lakewood, Wash., say most of the patients at the mental hospital who have been reported missing were patients who did not return after…
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Johnson & Johnson loses 2nd talcum powder lawsuit
Experts believe Johnson’s Baby Power maker Johnson & Johnson will look to reach a settlement with a South Dakota overrian cancer survivor who won a $55 million judgment in a…
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PHOENIX – The Navy SEAL killed in Iraq on Tuesday was identified as Charlie Keating IV, a former Phoenix high school star distance runner and the grandson of the late…
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Man begins three-year national quest
Nebraska native plans to visit all 411 federal parks
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Wildlife officials let to let family keep wild duck
Game officials relent and agree to let Vermont family keep wild bird