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Rescuers dig for bodies after landslide wipes out village in China

BEIJING – China mounted a major rescue effort Saturday with 112 people still missing after a landslide caused by torrential rain destroyed a mountain village in the southwestern province of ...

DATE: Jun 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.K. fire safety crisis expands; hundreds evacuated in London

LONDON – Britain’s fire-safety crisis expanded substantially Saturday as London officials scrambled to evacuate four massive public housing towers because of concerns about flammable externa...

DATE: Jun 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

California governor stops parole for Charles Manson follower

LOS ANGELES – California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday night blocked parole for Charles Manson follower and convicted killer Bruce Davis. Brown’s rejection issued late Friday night i...

DATE: Jun 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Workers help woman find necklace buried in waste

OXFORD, N.J. – A New Jersey woman has been reunited with her special necklace that was thrown in the trash after she went to a hospital, thanks to a group of hardworking sanitation workers. ...

DATE: Jun 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Five GOP senators now oppose health bill

More than two against it would sink it

DATE: Jun 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

A 2nd mistrial: Jury deadlocks in Ohio cop’s murder retrial

CINCINNATI – A mistrial was declared Friday in the murder retrial of a white University of Cincinnati police officer after the jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked on charges in the fatal ...

DATE: Jun 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Super rich do super well in Senate’s GOP health bill

Obama slams bill meant to replace ACA

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

President Trump says he has no ‘tapes’ of Comey conversations

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Thursday that he does not have “tapes” of his private conversations with then-FBI Director James Comey, finally ending a mystery of his own creation ...

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

In Iowa, Trump rallies base, celebrates GOP resilience

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa –Struggling to advance his agenda in Washington, President Donald Trump traveled to the Midwest on Wednesday for a raucous rally with his loyal supporters – the kind of ev...

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

Tropical Storm Cindy: Drenching rains, flood threat on coast

NEW ORLEANS – Tropical Storm Cindy sent drenching rain bands over the north Gulf Coast on Wednesday, swamping low-lying coastal roads and pushing a waterspout ashore in one beachfront commun...

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

Georgia race provides a wake-up call for both Democrats and Republicans

For all the money spent and the endless pre-election analysis about the meaning of it all, the special congressional election in Georgia’s 6th District produced a status quo result. Republic...

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

FBI: Gunman acted alone in shooting of congressman

WASHINGTON – A gunman acted alone when he shot and wounded a top House Republican and four other people on a northern Virginia baseball field, the FBI said Wednesday. Tim Slater, ...

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