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House GOP launches probes into Obama-era uranium deal, Clinton email inquiry

WASHINGTON – Leading House Republicans announced on Tuesday two new probes, one into how the Obama administration’s Justice Department handled a deal that gave Russia control over 20 percent...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Masked man ‘forcefully’ grabs woman at Halloween-themed maze

LITTLETON – A woman visiting a Halloween-themed Colorado corn maze says a man in all black, wearing a white mask, jumped out from the corn stalks and demanded she dance with him, touch him, ...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Deputies: N.M. man drove golf cart while drunk, flipped it over

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A New Mexico man is facing charges after authorities say he drove a golf cart while drunk and crashed it into a fence. The Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office said...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GAO: Climate change already costing U.S. billions in losses

WASHINGTON – A non-partisan federal watchdog says climate change is already costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars each year, with those costs expected to rise as devastating storms, flo...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. general: Many questions remain about Niger attack

WASHINGTON – The U.S. special forces unit ambushed by Islamic militants in Niger didn’t call for help until an hour into their first contact with the enemy, the top U.S. general says, conced...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Down and out in D.C.: What can be done about diplomatic dumps?

WASHINGTON – The large building at the corner of 22nd and R streets in downtown Washington, D.C., sticks out like a wart in the otherwise upscale neighborhood. Plywood covers the windows, sl...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Judge: Trump’s health care cuts don’t pose immediate threat

SAN FRANCISCO — California and other states have protected consumers from the Trump administration’s decision to cut off “Obamacare” health care subsidies, a federal judge said Monday, so pe...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Choices: Amazon says it got 238 entries for 2nd headquarters

NEW YORK – Amazon will be sorting through 238 proposals from cities and regions in the United States, Canada and Mexico that are hoping to land the company’s second headquarters and the inve...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Britain to give Canada the shipwrecks of explorer Franklin

LONDON – Britain announced Monday it will give Canada the shipwrecks of British explorer John Franklin, who perished with his crew while trying to chart the Northwest Passage through the Arc...

DATE: Oct 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. general lays out Niger attack details; questions remain

WASHINGTON – The U.S. special forces unit ambushed by Islamic militants in Niger didn’t call for help until an hour into their first contact with the enemy, the top U.S. general said Monday,...

DATE: Oct 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump awards Medal of Honor to Vietnam-era Army medic

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Monday turned a Medal of Honor ceremony for a Vietnam-era Army medic who risked his life to help wounded comrades into a mini homework tutorial for the...

DATE: Oct 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

In Asia, Trump to warn North Korea but not likely visit DMZ

NEW YORK – For all of President Donald Trump’s overheated talk about North Korea’s Kim Jung Un and the country’s nuclear program, Trump will likely not make the customary presidential visit ...

DATE: Oct 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World