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Tillerson: N. Korea diplomacy continues until 1st ‘bomb drops’

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday that diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving the North Korean crisis “will continue until the first bomb drops.” That state...

DATE: Oct 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Oil rig explodes in Louisiana lake, injuries reported

KENNER, La. – An oil rig exploded Sunday night in Lake Pontchartrain in St. Charles Parish, a Louisiana police department said. Kenner Police Department spokesman Sgt. Brian McGre...

DATE: Oct 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Yellen sounds upbeat on economy, signaling likely rate hike

WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Sunday sketched a bright outlook for the U.S. economy and for inflation prospects in coming months, saying the impact of the recent hurrica...

DATE: Oct 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Somalia reels from deadliest blast

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Maryan Abdullahi’s father had been preparing to fly to Somalia’s capital on Sunday to attend the happiest moment in his daughter’s life: her graduation day. I...

DATE: Oct 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

France gave Harvey Weinstein its highest honor; now it wants it back

PARIS – As it continues to brew, the Weinstein scandal has now reached France. In a lengthy televised interview Sunday night, President Emmanuel Macron announced that he has asked...

DATE: Oct 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Chill in the air as McConnell prepares to meet with Trump

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump blames the Senate’s GOP leader for the health overhaul failure, hints at tantalizing deals with Democrats and watches his former strategist work to bulldo...

DATE: Oct 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

California firefighters say their ‘gaining upper hand’

SANTA ROSA, Calif. – With the winds dying down, fire officials said Sunday they have apparently “turned a corner” against the wildfires that have devastated California wine country and other...

DATE: Oct 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Election produces likely right turn, young leader in Austria

VIENNA – Austria’s 31-year-old foreign minister declared victory for his party Sunday in a national election that set him up to become Europe’s youngest leader and puts the country on course...

DATE: Oct 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hopes and plans destroyed overnight by deadly wildfires

SONOMA, Calif. – It was just another Sunday night. Sure, the wind was kicking up, but for hundreds of thousands of people in California’s wine country, their minds were on the week ahead: sc...

DATE: Oct 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Wildfires, now up to 100 miles wide, threaten more wineries

SONOMA, Calif. – The California wildfires raced toward wineries and the historic town of Sonoma on Saturday, chasing hundreds more people from their homes and threatening to roll back firefi...

DATE: Oct 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rescued hostages home in Canada, getting medical exams

TORONTO – Former hostage Joshua Boyle returned Saturday to his parents’ home in Canada where he said full medical exams were being arranged for him and his family after they were rescued fro...

DATE: Oct 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

More Californians ordered to flee as gusting winds spread wildfires

SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Northern California officials ordered a new round of mandatory evacuations overnight for parts of the Sonoma Valley and eastern Santa Rosa, as gusty winds returned, revi...

DATE: Oct 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World