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Girlfriend of Las Vegas killer says he left her in the dark

LAS VEGAS – The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman said Wednesday that she had no inkling of the massacre he was plotting when he sent her on a trip abroad to see her family. Mari...

DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

White House seeks $29B for disaster aid, flood insurance

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration on Wednesday asked Congress for $29 billion in disaster aid to cover ongoing hurricane relief and recovery efforts and to pay federal flood insurance cl...

DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Federal government: No threatened species listing for walrus

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will not list the Pacific walrus as a threatened species based on diminished Arctic Ocean sea ice, concluding that the mar...

DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Solemn Trump in Vegas: ‘America truly a nation in mourning’

LAS VEGAS – Solemn in the face of tragedy, President Donald Trump visited hospital bedsides and a vital police base in stricken Las Vegas on Wednesday, offering prayers and condolences to th...

DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Once an obscure device, ‘bump stocks’ are in the spotlight

ATLANTA – The Las Vegas gunman possessed a little-known device called a “bump stock” that was not widely sold – until now. Originally created with the idea of making it easier for...

DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Amazon must pay $295 million in back taxes, EU says

BRUSSELS – Amazon has to pay $295 million in back taxes to Luxembourg, the European Union ordered Wednesday, in its latest attempt to tighten the screws on multinationals it says are avoidin...

DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

143 arrested after protest blocks St. Louis highway traffic

ST. LOUIS – Police arrested 143 people after protesters blocked traffic on a busy highway near downtown St. Louis as part of the ongoing demonstrations against the acquittal of a white forme...

DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nobel-winning technique like “Google Earth for molecules”

NEW YORK – Three researchers won a Nobel Prize on Wednesday for developing a microscope technique that lets scientists see exquisite details of the molecules that drive life – basically prov...

DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Only days after massacre, Vegas party resumes on the Strip

LAS VEGAS – The fountains at the Bellagio casino went off like clockwork, the water swaying and pulsating in time to Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA.” Two faux showgirls in pin...

DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Judge reinstates Obama-era rule on methane emissions

Trump administration effort to eliminate regulation fails

DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Las Vegas gunman’s girlfriend returns to U.S. for questioning

LAS VEGAS – The Las Vegas gunman’s girlfriend returned to the U.S. overnight after a weekslong trip abroad and was met by investigators seeking to question her for clues to what drove Stephe...

DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tillerson: I never considered leaving post of top diplomat

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared Wednesday that he never considered abandoning his job as President Donald Trump’s top diplomat, disputing what he called “erroneous” re...

DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World