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149 killed as 7.1 magnitude quake fells buildings in Mexico

MEXICO CITY – A powerful earthquake shook central Mexico on Tuesday, collapsing buildings in plumes of dust and killing at least 149 people. Thousands fled into the streets in panic, and man...

DATE: Sep 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senate leader praises revived GOP health law repeal drive

WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday praised the revived Republican effort to uproot former President Barack Obama’s health care law, giving a public boost to a pro...

DATE: Sep 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Giant antennas in New Mexico search for cosmic discoveries

ALBUQUERQUE â€“ Astronomers are using an array of giant dish antennas in the New Mexico desert for a yearslong project aimed at producing the sharpest radio view ever made of a wide swath of...

DATE: Sep 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Israeli PM praises Trump’s speech at UN

NEW YORK – President Donald Trump has concluded his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, a speech of more than 40 minutes marked by tough talk for North Korea and Iran. ...

DATE: Sep 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

UN chief: Nuclear threat at highest level since Cold War

UNITED NATIONS – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the world’s leaders Tuesday that the threat of a nuclear attack is at its highest level since the end of the Cold War and “fie...

DATE: Sep 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hurricane Maria smashes Dominica, now menaces Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Hurricane Maria barreled toward Puerto Rico on Tuesday night after wreaking widespread devastation on Dominica and leaving the small Caribbean island virtually incomm...

DATE: Sep 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Young immigrants shout down Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi

SAN FRANCISCO – Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the U.S. House, was shouted down Monday by young immigrants at an event in her hometown of San Francisco to drum up support for legislation ...

DATE: Sep 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cat 5 Hurricane Maria threatens storm-battered Caribbean

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Hurricane Maria intensified into a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm Monday as it surged toward islands in the eastern Caribbean, and forecasters warned it mi...

DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Evidence of spills at toxic site during floods

PASADENA, Texas – The U.S. government received reports of three spills at one of Houston’s dirtiest Superfund toxic waste sites in the days after the drenching rains from Hurricane Harvey fi...

DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

US immigrants sue over Trump’s end of deportation protection

SAN FRANCISCO – Six immigrants brought to the United States as children who became teachers, graduate students and a lawyer sued the Trump administration on Monday over its decision to end a...

DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Vladimir Putin watches as Russia’s military turn up the firepower

LUGA, Russia – Russia moved into the main phase of the largest military exercises in years on Monday with a barrage of firepower to repel an imaginary, invading force resembling NATO as Russ...

DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

US jets drop live bombs in a new, massive show of force aimed at North Korea

The Pentagon deployed a formation of 14 bombers and fighters over the Korean Peninsula on Sunday that also included South Korean and Japanese aircraft, the latest show of force in response t...

DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World