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Multiple people hurt, at least one dead in suspected terror acts in London

LONDON – A van driving at high speed mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge on Saturday night before the occupants got out and began stabbing patrons at nearby bars and restaurants, witness...

DATE: Jun 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

75 years after Midway, U.S. Navy hero honored

ALBANY, N.Y. – C. Wade McClusky Jr. faced a tough decision on June 4, 1942: turn his low-on-fuel U.S. Navy air squadron around or keep searching for the Japanese fleet headed for Midway. He ...

DATE: Jun 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Unlike others, Putin doesn’t criticize Trump about decision

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is not getting criticism for his climate stance from at least one world leader: Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin offered his reaction to...

DATE: Jun 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

UN asks for billions to avert hunger crises, but money doesn’t arrive

NAIROBI, Kenya – At the beginning of this year, the United Nations made one of its boldest requests ever for funding. It needed billions of dollars to fund a humanitarian response, said Secr...

DATE: Jun 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Paris pullout is a hurdle for Rex Tillerson’s diplomacy

WASHINGTON – As President Donald Trump announced America’s withdrawal from a global climate change pact, infuriating allies far and wide, the man charged with defending the decision to the w...

DATE: Jun 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Police carry drug kits to save K-9s from opioid overdoses

BOSTON – Police dogs simply follow their noses to sniff out narcotics. But inhaling powerful opioids can be deadly, so officers have a new tool to protect their four-legged partners: naloxon...

DATE: Jun 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. employers add modest 138K jobs; rate dips to 4.3%

WASHINGTON– U.S. employers pulled back on hiring in May by adding only 138,000 jobs, though the gains were enough to help nudge the unemployment rate down to a 16 year-low. The La...

DATE: Jun 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump pulling U.S. from global climate pact, dismaying allies

President says accord hurt American businesses

DATE: Jun 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senate to hear from Comey

Dems raise new Sessions questions

DATE: Jun 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

White House informing allies Trump will abandon climate pact

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will announce Thursday that the U. S. will withdraw from the Paris global climate pact, according to a White House official, congressional officials and o...

DATE: Jun 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Weather forecasts improve, under the radar

WASHINGTON – Make fun of the weatherman if you want but modern forecasts have quietly, by degrees, become much better. Meteorologists are now as good with their five-day forecasts...

DATE: Jun 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Feeling insulted, Mexican to market ‘Trump’ toilet paper

MEXICO CITY – A Mexican businessman offended by President Donald Trump’s insults to his countrymen is seizing on a possible oversight in the magnate’s branding plans. Corporate la...

DATE: May 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World