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WASHINGTON – Senior U.S. officials say a Defense Department team will be visiting a state and a federal prison in Colorado to assess their possible use as housing for detainees…
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KABUL, Afghanistan – The new leader of the Afghan Taliban said Friday that the capture of the northern city of Kunduz this week was a “symbolic victory” that showed the…
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Obama says Putin wrong on Syria but no ‘proxy war’
President Barack Obama speaks Friday to reporters in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington about Russia’s military campaign in Syria.Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press At a White…
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U.S. hiring slowed in September as global economy weakened
Friday’s jobs report from the Labor Department raised fears that global economic problems are starting to make their way into the U.S. economy. The jobs report showed employers hired just…
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan steps down
Education Secretary Arne Duncan is resigning his post after seven years to return to Chicago.Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press file photo Sidestepping a confirmation fight in Congress, Obama tapped a senior bureaucrat…
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Officials lower toll in Oregon shooting
The attack shattered the first week of classes at Umpqua Community College in the small timber town of Roseburg, about 180 miles south of Portland. The killer was identified as…
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New photos from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s New Horizons spacecraft show massive canyons and fractures on Charon, one of Pluto’s moons.NASA via Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –…
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Toll from Saudi stampede may be higher
The Saudi Health Ministry on Thursday said the official death toll from last week’s stampede during a pilgrimage in Mina, Saudi Arabia, remains at 769. Other countries, including Iran, are…
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New rules target fuel pipeline safety
Pipes in rural areas would be affected for first time
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Russia defends airstrikes in Syria
Minister denies targeting U.S.-backed rebel forces
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Sanders giving Clinton run for her money
Democratic primary candidate has raised $26M vs. her $28M
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CAIRO – Egypt’s antiquities minister is promising authorities will move quickly to get the necessary radar equipment to search for Queen Nefertiti’s tomb amid a new theory that it could…
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White House expresses concern over Secret Service report
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah speaks, said Thursday that Homeland Security Department Director Jeh Johnson had apologized to him again on Wednesday after it…
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Hurricane Joaquin gains force near Bahamas, heads toward U.S.
A strengthening Hurricane Joaquin approached the central islands of the Bahamas on Wednesday evening, following a projected track that could take it near the U.S. East Coast by the weekend.Vernon…
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Russia airstrikes in Syria raising questions in West
The United States says it welcomes Russia’s decision to launch airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria. Russia Wednesday called on other nations to coordinate their efforts to strike forces…
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McALESTER, Okla. – Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin postponed at the last minute Wednesday the execution of an inmate who claims he’s innocent, after prison officials said one of the three…
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Only woman on Georgia’s death row executed; 1st in 70 years
Georgia death row inmate Kelly Renee Gissendaner Wednesday apologized to her husband’s family for her role in his death shortly before she was executed at the state prison in Jackson,…
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Abbas says Palestinians no longer bound by pacts with Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday denounced Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech to the United Nations General Assembly announcing the Palestinian statement was no longer bound by agreements it had…
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South Dakota tribe plans first pot resort in U.S.
But those enterprises have not been immune to competition and the lingering effects of the Great Recession, so the small tribe of 400 is undertaking a new venture – opening…
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Obama, Castro look to boost new ties
Cuban official wants U.S. to act faster on lifting trade embargo
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NEW YORK – Edward Snowden, who has confounded U.S. officials since his abrupt departure from the country two years ago, has just found a new megaphone in Twitter. The former…
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DUBLIN – Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams and six other suspected IRA veterans will face no charges over the outlawed group’s 1972 abduction, slaying and secret burial of a…
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Clinton calls for ending tax on ‘Cadillac’ health plans
Clinton Critics say the tax will raise costs for consumers, while supporters see it as a brake on wasteful health-care spending. Clinton’s effort is part of a series of changes…