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Trump: Homeland Security secretary nominee needs ‘no on-the-job training’

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Thursday introduced his choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security, a former staffer at the sprawling post-9/11 federal agency who he says will...

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

Ryan blasts states that send billions to federal government

WASHINGTON – The top House Republican on Thursday blasted high-tax states that deliver billions to the federal government as he faced a backlash from rank-and-file GOP lawmakers over a sweep...

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

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