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Puerto Rico without electricity, worries about failing dam

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A failing dam prompted emergency evacuations of two towns in northwest Puerto Rico on Friday as the U.S. territory struggled with flooding, an island-wide power black...

DATE: Sep 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Relatives keep vigil amid search for Mexico quake survivors

MEXICO CITY – Survivors were still being pulled from the rubble in Mexico City as rescue operations stretched into a fourth day Friday, spurring hope among desperate relatives gathered at th...

DATE: Sep 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘Obamacare’ repeal all but dead; McCain deals the blow

WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain declared his opposition Friday to the GOP’s last-ditch effort to repeal and replace “Obamacare,” dealing a likely death blow to the legislation and, perhaps, to...

DATE: Sep 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

In new setback, Uber to lose license to work in London

LONDON – Uber will lose its license to operate in London because it may be endangering public safety and security, the local regulator said Friday, in a severe blow to a company already faci...

DATE: Sep 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Closure at busy U.S.-Mexico border crossing promises headaches

SAN DIEGO – The busiest border crossing in the United States will close this weekend to the more than 40,000 cars that pass through it daily to Mexico. The closure between San Die...

DATE: Sep 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP health bill offers provisions aimed at helping 2 states

WASHINGTON – Provisions shoehorned into the Republican health care bill dangle extra money for Alaska and Wisconsin, home states of one GOP senator whose vote party leaders desperately need ...

DATE: Sep 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

SEC under fire for being hacked despite warnings on security

WASHINGTON – The Securities and Exchange Commission waited until Wednesday to disclose a hack of its corporate filing system that occurred last year. The disclosure raises questions about th...

DATE: Sep 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Appeals court sidesteps decision on U.S. fracking regulations

DENVER – A federal appeals court on Thursday sidestepped a decision on whether oil and gas regulations enacted by the Obama administration are legal, noting that the current administration p...

DATE: Sep 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pope admits church realized sex abuse problem ‘a bit late’

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Thursday acknowledged the Catholic Church was “a bit late” in realizing the damage done by priests who rape and molest children, and said that the decades-long...

DATE: Sep 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mexico shocked by news: Girl trapped in rubble didn’t exist

MEXICO CITY – Hour after excruciating hour, Mexicans were transfixed by dramatic efforts to reach a young girl thought buried in the rubble of a school destroyed by a magnitude 7.1 earthquak...

DATE: Sep 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S., Russian militaries hold unprecedented talks on Syria

WASHINGTON – Senior American and Russian military leaders met for an unprecedented, face-to-face session somewhere in the Middle East this week to discuss the growing tensions in the competi...

DATE: Sep 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

On work trips, DeVos flies on her own dime

WASHINGTON – Education Secretary Betsy DeVos flies on her personal plane at her own expense when she visits schools around the country, according to her office, as other Cabinet secretaries’...

DATE: Sep 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World