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Russia’s dog-loving leader gets another puppy as gift

MOSCOW – Another summit, another dog. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday added a puppy to the litter of canine companions he’s received as gifts. This one is a Central ...

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

In historic shift, Boy Scouts to expand girls’ participation

NEW YORK – In its latest momentous policy shift, the Boy Scouts of America will admit girls into the Cub Scouts starting next year and establish a new program for older girls based on the Bo...

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

Climber kills himself after girlfriend’s avalanche death

Just two weeks before renowned climber Hayden Kennedy killed himself following the death of his girlfriend in an avalanche in Montana, he wrote on a climbing blog that he had watched too man...

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

New Mexico AG: Transgender people deserve equal protections

SANTA FE – New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas says gender identity discrimination threatens millions of people living and working in the United States and that they deserve every pr...

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

Father of JonBenet Ramsey sues CBS for special about her death

BOULDER – The father of JonBenet Ramsey has filed a lawsuit against CBS and the people involved with a two-part special about her unsolved murder. The Boulder Daily Camera reporte...

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

Pressure mounts for Vegas police to explain response time

Pressure mounted Wednesday for Las Vegas police to explain how quickly they reacted to what would become the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history after two hotel employees reported...

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

AP-NORC Poll: North Korea nuke advances spook most Americans

WASHINGTON – North Korea’s nuclear weapons development is spooking most Americans, and two-thirds of them say President Donald Trump’s war of words with the isolated nation’s leader is makin...

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

2 Baltimore officers accept disciplinary action in Gray case

BALTIMORE – Two Baltimore police officers agreed to be disciplined for their roles in the arrest of Freddie Gray, a young black man who died in custody, an attorney for the officers said Tue...

DATE: Oct 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

N. Korean hackers stole U.S., S. Korean wartime plans

TOKYO – North Korean hackers stole a huge trove of classified U.S. and South Korean military documents last year, including a plan to “decapitate” the leadership in Pyongyang in the event of...

DATE: Oct 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Police received report of erratic student with weapon

DALLAS – A Texas Tech University student confessed to killing a campus police officer who had been booking him on a drug possession charge, telling detectives he had done “something illogica...

DATE: Oct 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Smoke, ash from wildfires blanket California cities

SAN FRANCISCO – Millions of Californians on Tuesday saw their lawns covered in ash and air filled with smoke as firefighters battled ferocious wildfires in the northern and southern parts of...

DATE: Oct 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Poll: Most don’t want young immigrants deported

WASHINGTON – Just 1 in 5 Americans want to deport young immigrants brought to the United States as children and now here illegally, the focus of a politically fraught debate between the Whit...

DATE: Oct 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World