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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...

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, ...

After Warmbier’s death, US weighs travel ban on North Korea

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is considering banning travel by U.S. citizens to North Korea, officials said Tuesday, as outrage grew over the death of American student Otto Warmbier ...

Back to Iowa, Trump faces some disgruntled independents

DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa independents who helped Donald Trump win the presidency see last year’s tough-talking candidate as a thin-skinned chief executive and wish he’d show more grace. ...

Senate steers toward showdown vote next week on health bill

WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans steered toward a potential showdown vote on their long-awaited health care bill next week, despite indications that they’ve yet to solidify the 50 GOP votes t...

Suspect shot after explosion at Brussels train station

BRUSSELS – Soldiers shot a suspect in the heart of Brussels after a small explosion at a busy train station Tuesday night continued a week of extremist attacks in the capitals of Europe. ...

Southwest celebrates first day of summer with heat wave

PHOENIX – The first day of summer is forecast to bring some of the worst heat the southwestern U.S. has seen in years. The forecast calls for 119 degrees in Phoenix, where some fl...

US student freed by North Korea in a coma dies at 22

CINCINNATI – Otto Warmbier, an American college student who was released by North Korea in a coma last week after almost a year and a half in captivity, died Monday, his family said. ...

Police vehicle rammed on Champs-Elysees in ‘probable’ terrorist attack; driver dies

PARIS – A car exploded as it crashed into a police vehicle on Paris’s famed Champs Élysées on Monday, fatally wounding its driver, in what authorities called a probable terrorist attack. ...

Leaping into water tanks to escape Portugal’s deadly fires

NODEIRINHO, Portugal – Survivors emerged Monday with stories of leaping into water tanks and other dramatic escapes from the forest fires scorching central Portugal, and authorities came und...

Seattle police kill woman that family says was pregnant

Woman confronted officers with a knife

Black gun owners worried by acquittal

Officer in Castile case found not guilty