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Al-Qaida set to gain as Islamic State disintegrates

BEIRUT – Over several nights in September, some 10,000 men, women and children fled areas under Islamic State control, hurrying through fields in northern Syria and risking fire from governm...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ultra-personal therapy: Gene tumor boards guide cancer care

SAN DIEGO – Doctors were just guessing a decade ago when they gave Alison Cairnes’ husband a new drug they hoped would shrink his lung tumors. Now she takes it, but the choice was no guesswo...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House, Senate intel committees receive briefing from Google

WASHINGTON – Google has briefed the House and Senate intelligence committees ahead of two Nov. 1 hearings that will examine Russian efforts to influence U.S. elections through social media. ...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Harry Potter exhibit marks 20th anniversary of first book

LONDON – Harry Potter fans owe a debt of gratitude to Alice Newton. Alice was 8 years old when her father, a Bloomsbury Publishing executive, brought home a new manuscript for her...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Democrats slam GOP budget on taxes, health care cuts

WASHINGTON – The Republican-led Senate rejected Democratic attempts to spare health programs for the poor and elderly from cuts, absorbing political hits as the price for advancing a $4 tril...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Former Menendez staffer contradicts prosecution testimony

NEWARK, N.J. – A former staffer for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez gave testimony at his bribery trial Wednesday that differed from the prosecution’s version of events. Karissa Willhite t...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Wildfires worsen housing crunch in famously costly Bay Area

SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Even before fire wiped out the home she rented for 17 years, Suzanne Finzell had thought about leaving this city on the edge of the San Francisco Bay Area because of ris...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Weinstein accuser feels ‘doubly crucified’ by Italy reaction

ROME – Italian actress and filmmaker Asia Argento says being sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein “smashed all my dreams” and “changed the perception I had of myself.” Argento r...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Wooing Amazon with sun, fun ... and giant buttons

BOSTON – Mayors from Toledo to Tulsa are so eager to woo Amazon’s much-vaunted second headquarters that they’re brandishing bourbon, selling the sun, whispering sweet nothings to the company...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Russian TV star Sobchak declares her presidential bid

MOSCOW – A Russian celebrity TV host shook up the country’s political scene Wednesday by announcing her presidential bid, a move that would likely boost public interest in the race but could...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Former drug czar nominee Marino defends role in opioid law

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s former nominee to be the nation’s drug czar is defending his role in writing a law that critics say weakened the government’s authority to stop companie...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Thousands march over ‘Somalia’s 9/11;’ attack details emerge

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali intelligence officials shared a detailed account of the country’s deadliest attack, while thousands marched Wednesday in Mogadishu in a show of defiance against t...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World