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In chaotic meeting, Charlottesville votes to shroud statues

Some protesters demand mayor’s resignation

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

Officials say Trump’s Afghan plan involves 3,900 more troops

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s plan to end America’s longest war and eliminate Afghanistan’s rising extremist threat involves sending up to 3,900 additional U.S. troops, senior offici...

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

US notes NKorea ‘restraint,’ points to possible dialogue

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday commended North Korea for recent restraint in its provocations and said it could point the way to a possible dialogue with the U.S. ...

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

Analysis: Trump promises victory, but his plan is murky

Four thousand more troops expected to be deployed soon

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

Coal CEO expected Trump help, but administration said no

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has rejected a coal industry push to win a rarely used emergency order protecting coal-fired power plants, a decision contrary to what one coal executiv...

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

Historic eclipse turns day into night across the U.S.

Millions of Americans gazed in wonder through telescopes, cameras and disposable protective glasses Monday as the moon blotted out the sun in the first full-blown solar eclipse to sweep the ...

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

Barcelona fugitive shot dead outside city wearing bomb belt

SUBIRATS, Spain – A man thought to be the driver in the Barcelona van attack was shot dead by Spanish police Monday after authorities announced he also was suspected of killing the owner of ...

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

Navy chief orders probe into Pacific fleet after collisions

SINGAPORE – The U.S. Navy ordered a broad investigation Monday into the performance and readiness of the Pacific-based 7th Fleet after an early morning collision between the USS John S. McCa...

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

US warship collides with tanker near Singapore; 10 missing

SINGAPORE (AP) – A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer collided with a tanker early Monday in waters east of Singapore and the Strait of Malacca, and at least 10 sailors are missing. ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hospital officials: Nearly 500 dead in Sierra Leone mudslides

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Churches across Sierra Leone held special services Sunday in memory of those killed in mudslides and flooding earlier this week, as hospital officials announced the ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kasich urges Trump to end staff chaos and ‘settle it down’

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. – Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich urged President Donald Trump on Sunday to stop the staff chaos at the White House and “settle it down.” Strategist Steve Banno...

DATE: Aug 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Boston, cradle of liberty, braces for spirited protests

BOSTON – Conservative activists and leftist counterprotesters prepared for a confrontation on Boston Common that could draw thousands a week after a demonstration in Virginia turned deadly. ...

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