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It’s Boy Scouts vs. Girl Scouts

NEW YORK – Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts pledge to be friendly and helpful. But their parent organizations may find that promise hard to keep as they head into a potentially bitter competition ...

DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Official says Vegas hotel didn’t immediately report gunfire

Mandalay Bay hotel officials didn’t notify police about a shooting in a hallway inside the high-rise until after Stephen Paddock opened fire on the crowd at a country music festival outside,...

DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Captive for 5 years, U.S.-Canadian family freed in Pakistan

WASHINGTON – Five years after being taken hostage in Afghanistan, an American woman and her Canadian husband are free, along with their three children, all born in captivity. They were relea...

DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Grim search for victims of California fires

Wildfires grow to size of NYC

DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump’s health care end run reflects frustrations

WASHINGTON – Frustrated over setbacks in Congress, President Donald Trump wielded his rule-making power Thursday to launch an end run that might get him closer to his goal of repealing and r...

DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Merck scraps disappointing experimental cholesterol drug

TRENTON, N.J. – Merck has decided to abandon efforts to market a closely watched experimental cholesterol medicine after mediocre test results. Merck’s decision Wednesday to not s...

DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Spain gives ultimatum to Catalonia: Back down or be punished

MADRID – Spanish authorities gave Catalonia’s separatist leader five days to explain whether his ambiguous statement on secession was a formal declaration of independence and warned Wednesda...

DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump threatens NBC but experts see no real risk to licenses

NEW YORK – President Donald Trump is threatening NBC’s broadcast licenses because he’s not happy with how its news division has covered him. But experts say his threats aren’t likely to lead...

DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

North Korean diplomat describes nukes as ‘sword of justice’

MOSCOW – Russian state news agency Tass says North Korea’s foreign minister has described his nation’s nuclear weapons as a “sword of justice.” Tass quoted North Korean Foreign Mi...

DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

County officials vote to repeal Chicago-area soda tax

CHICAGO – The Chicago-area’s penny-per-ounce tax on soda and sweetened drinks was repealed Wednesday after a monthslong conflict that included a court battle and millions of dollars’ worth o...

DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rainbow flag flies at US monument, but not on federal land

NEW YORK – Gay rights activists who worked to get a rainbow flag installed permanently at the newly created Stonewall National Monument are upset the National Park Service says the flag isn’...

DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Self-driving cars: Not ready yet, but new rules open a path

LOS ANGELES – Although consumers can’t yet get a self-driving car for themselves, the technology’s long and windy road to market is getting shorter. A public rollout is not immine...

DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World