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Officials take stock of national trail uniting 3 countries

DEMING, N.M. (AP) – Out in the Bootheel near the border fence east of the Big Hatchet Mountains of Hidalgo County, a simple headstone marks the official southern terminus of a trail reaching...

DATE: Aug 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Harvey shows how planetary winds are shifting to create bigger disasters

Meteorologists explain that Hurricane Harvey stalled off the Texas coast because two high-pressure atmospheric masses – huge bookends made out of air – have squeezed it in place, and there h...

DATE: Aug 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump: ‘All options are on table’ after North Korea launch

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to reassert an American military threat against North Korea, saying that “all options are on the table” in response to its launch of a miss...

DATE: Aug 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Business leaders want Mexican wolves in Grand Canyon area

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. â€“ More than 60 business leaders have urged the federal government to release endangered Mexican gray wolves into the Grand Canyon area in northern Arizona and eastern Utah...

DATE: Aug 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Houston gets a small break from rain as Trump heads to Texas

HOUSTON – Four days after Harvey made landfall as the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in 13 years, it was still pounding Southeast Texas with rain. Here are some things happening on the g...

DATE: Aug 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Scientists say warming makes storms, like Harvey, wetter

WASHINGTON – By the time the rain stops, Harvey will have dumped about 1 million gallons of water for every man, woman and child in southeastern Texas – a soggy, record-breaking glimpse of t...

DATE: Aug 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Already-pardoned Arpaio asks judge to undo conviction

PHOENIX – Fresh off his presidential pardon, an emboldened Joe Arpaio on Monday lashed out at his critics and the judge who found him guilty of a crime as his attorneys went to court to thro...

DATE: Aug 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

North Korea fires missile over Japan in aggressive test

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea fired a ballistic missile from its capital Pyongyang that flew over Japan before plunging into the northern Pacific Ocean, officials said Tuesday, an especia...

DATE: Aug 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

More chaos in Houston as floodwaters rise to roof lines

HOUSTON – Floodwaters reached the roof lines of single-story homes Monday, and people could be heard pleading for help from inside as Harvey kept pouring rain on Houston after a chaotic week...

DATE: Aug 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kenya bans plastic bags, may fine violators up to $38,000

NAIROBI, Kenya – A ban on plastic bags came into force Monday in Kenya and those found violating the new regulation could be receive maximum fines of $38,000 or a four-year jail term. ...

DATE: Aug 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tense, peaceful exchanges among Berkeley rallies protesters

SAN FRANCISCO – Hundreds of protesters gathered in Berkeley on Sunday for a “Rally Against Hate” in response to a planned right-wing protest that raised concerns of clashes and prompted a la...

DATE: Aug 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rescuers pluck hundreds from rising floodwaters in Houston

HOUSTON – Tropical Storm Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into the nation’s fourth-largest city Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground and overw...

DATE: Aug 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World