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A weakened Nate brings flooding, power outages to Gulf Coast

BILOXI, Miss. – Hurricane Nate brought a burst of flooding and power outages to the U.S. Gulf Coast before weakening rapidly Sunday, sparing the region the kind of catastrophic damage left b...

DATE: Oct 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lost items from Las Vegas shooting returned to some who fled

LAS VEGAS – The abandoned baby strollers, shoes, phones, backpacks and purses strewn for days across the huge crime scene of the Las Vegas massacre were slowly being returned to their owners...

DATE: Oct 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Indigenous Peoples Day? Italians say stick with Columbus

NEW YORK – Is it time to say arrivederci to Christopher Columbus? A movement to abolish Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day has gained momentum in some parts o...

DATE: Oct 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Many in country music mum over gun issues after Vegas deaths

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – When singer Meghan Linsey first started her country duo Steel Magnolia, a partnership with the National Rifle Association was suggested as a way to grow their audience. ...

DATE: Oct 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Turkey shells Syria’s northern Idlib province

BEIRUT – Turkish forces on Sunday shelled areas along its border with Syria’s northwestern province, an area dominated by al-Qaida-linked militants, as Turkey’s president says an operation i...

DATE: Oct 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Coming to terms with yet another mass murder

We live in an age of mass murders. Sometimes we can explain the carnage – the bloody outcome of a grievance, the casualties of terrorism – and sometimes we cannot. But always, we ...

DATE: Oct 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Snowstorm could dump a foot in central Colorado, Wyoming

DENVER â€“ Winter storm warnings have been posted for central Colorado and southeast Wyoming with more than a foot of snow predicted in some mountain areas. The area under the win...

DATE: Oct 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Testy tweeting free-for-all between Trump, GOP Sen. Corker

WASHINGTON – An enraged President Donald Trump and a prominent Republican senator who fears the country could be edging toward “chaos” engaged in an intense and vitriolic back-and-forth bash...

DATE: Oct 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hurricane Nate makes landfall at mouth of Mississippi River

NEW ORLEANS –Hurricane Nate came ashore at the mouth of the Mississippi River on Saturday and pelted the central Gulf Coast with wind and rain as the fast-moving storm steamed toward the Mis...

DATE: Oct 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nate strengthens to hurricane as it bears down on northern Gulf Coast, New Orleans

Intensifying Hurricane Nate is closing in on the northern U.S. Gulf Coast. Southeast Louisiana, including vulnerable New Orleans, lies in the path – although the worst conditions may end up ...

DATE: Oct 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump reaches out to Democrats in bid for ‘great’ health law

WASHINGTON – Trying to revive health care talks, President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday that he had spoken to the Senate’s Democratic leader to gauge whether the minority party was interest...

DATE: Oct 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Car hits pedestrians outside London museum; some injured

LONDON – British emergency services raced to London’s Natural History Museum after a car struck pedestrians Saturday outside the building. Police said a number of people were injured and one...

DATE: Oct 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World