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Trump, Cruz, Rubio battle in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses
Chris Carlson/Associated Press<br><br>Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at Green County Community Center, on Monday, in Jefferson, Iowa. Cruz is currently leading the Iowa Caucases garnering 28 percent…
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As children die reaching for Europe’s shores, empathy fades
It’s partly about timing, circumstance and the exceptional power of last September’s photos of Aylan Kurdi. But it’s also because sensitivities are growing dull. Boats arrive on Europe’s shores daily,…
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Virginia Tech students held in death of ‘awesome little girl’
Nicole Madison Lovell, 13, was described as “an awesome little girl” who had a tough life – she survived a liver transplant as a youngster and suffered from bullying at…
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WHO declares global emergency over Zika virus spread
The UN agency took the rare step despite a lack of definitive evidence proving the mosquito-borne virus is causing a surge in babies born with brain defects and abnormally small…
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United Nations envoy declares ‘official beginning’ to Syria peace talks
Staffan de Mistura, the UN envoy, is now working to keep a wobbly process alive and compel world powers who helped set the stage for the talks to do more…
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WASHINGTON – The last thing Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian remembers before last May’s fatal crash in Philadelphia is pushing the throttle forward to pick up speed and then braking when…
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Democratic, GOP races tight as Iowa kicks off 2016 voting
Iowans were preparing to pick their nominees for the Republican and Democratic presidential races Monday. The parties hold their caucuses Monday night, in the nation’s first 2016 presidential election votes.Jae…
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U.S. consumer spending flat, savings rate at 3-year high
A shopper strolls down the street in Carytown, near downtown Richmond, Va. Consumers remained cautious in December, putting more money into savings as fears about the economy grew.Steve Helber/Associated Press…
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Turnout is name of the game in Monday’s Iowa caucuses
The result Sunday was a blur of conflicting messages. Even as the contenders begged backers to caucus, many hopefuls also tried to lower expectations and look ahead to the New…
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Jewel-pilfering Doris Payne reflects on life
And that’s exactly how authorities say the 85-year-old has managed to walk off with pricey jewels in countless thefts around the world over six decades. Asked about her exploits, she…
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GENEVA – A triple bombing killed at least 50 people in a predominantly Shiite suburb south of the Syrian capital of Damascus on Sunday even as a U.N. mediator held…
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For Brazil’s rich and poor, disparate response to Zika
Tainara Lourenco, who is five months pregnant, sits inside her house at a slum in Recife, Brazil, on Friday. Lourenco doesn’t have money to take precautions and says all she…
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Report: Some 2,300 journalists killed in past 25 years
The annual total stood at 40 in the federation’s first year of counting, 1990, but has not dipped under the 100-mark since 2010. “The last ten years were the most…
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Israel’s liberal artists decry attempts to limit expression
FILE – In this Sunday, June 21, 2015 file photo, Israeli Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Regev caused an uproar…
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Obama forced again to rethink troop numbers in Afghanistan
Afghan security forces patrol in Nad Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 22, 2015. Conditions in Afghanistan are getting worse.Abdul Khaliq/Associated Press file photo Afghanistan remains a danger…
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TOKYO – The government and ruling parties welcomed the Bank of Japan’s decision to adopt a negative interest rate policy, expecting it to bolster the Abenomics economic policy package of…
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‘Affluenza’ family’s history of legal woes
Psychologist suggested taking boy from parents
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Are cities driving toward fiscal crash?
Driverless cars may mean loss of ticket revenues
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Analysis finds more white people aware of racism
And they believe that injustice must be confronted
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Internet’s favorite conspiracies would involve too many people to stay secret, science says
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2 remaining escaped inmates arrested in San Francisco
Three broke out of California jail on Jan. 22
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Analysis Will GOP establishment win out in the end?
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump holds depictions of himself on “The Simpsons” and a photo with boxer Mike Tyson, given to him by an attendee during a campaign stop at…
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Peace talks to end Syria fighting begin
Peace talks to try to end the five-year conflict in Syria began Friday in Geneva, Switzerland.Martial Trezzini/Keystone The opposition group, however, said it will come to Geneva “to test the…
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New Orleans gets ready to party for Mardi Gras
John Fitzhugh/Sun Herald<br><br>A reveler gets a strand of beads during the Krewe Unique Mardi Gras parade in Ocean Springs, Miss. Carnival season is in full swing in South Mississippi with…
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British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, said “we are making progress” in negotiating reforms his government is seeking before asking voters to approve remaining…
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U.S. censors some of Clinton’s old emails
Candidate’s home server had ‘top secret’ messages
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Duong SANTA ANA, Calif. – Police arrested one of three violent fugitive inmates on Friday after he told a woman in the same city where the jailbreak occurred a week…
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Unhappy? Move to Hawaii, Alaska
A new report ranking all 50 states based on residents’ sense of well-being puts Hawaii at No. 1, followed by Alaska, which held the top spot last year. Hawaii has…