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Program puts homeless in residents’ backyards

PORTLAND, Ore. – Faced with an intractable homeless problem, officials in Portland are thinking inside the box. A handful of homeless families will soon move into tiny, government...

Wal-Mart purchases online clothing seller ModCloth

NEW YORK – Wal-Mart has bought trendy clothing seller ModCloth, part of a big push to pick up smaller online brands as it tries to make headway against Amazon. The company decline...

Trump wants a 30-foot wall at Mexican border

Budget includes $2.6 B down payment for structure

Republicans at odds over how to overhaul Medicaid

WASHINGTON – The House GOP health care bill has competition from other Republicans, a group of governors who’ve made their own proposal about how to overhaul Medicaid for the poor. They’re h...

To aid ferrets, vaccine treats planned for prairie dogs

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Feeding peanut butter kibbles to millions of prairie dogs – by flinging the treats from four-wheelers and dropping them from drones – could be the next big thing to help a s...

Trump budget clouds Public Broadcasting Act’s 50th year

LOS ANGELES – The federal act that created public broadcasting is marking its 50th year, but if President Donald Trump has his way, it could be a hollow celebration. Trump’s 2018 ...

Syrian rebels evacuate besieged Homs

HOMS, Syria – Scores of Syrian opposition fighters and their families began leaving the last rebel-held neighborhood in the central city of Homs on Saturday as part of a Russian-backed evacu...

Blasphemy charges create fear for Pakistani media

Law used to muzzle critics

Syria fires missiles at Israeli jets after airstrikes

JERUSALEM – Syria fired missiles at Israeli warplanes on a mission to destroy a weapons convoy destined for the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah prompting it to deploy its mi...

Trump, Merkel try to sidestep differences in first meeting

WASHINGTON – Though presenting a study in contrasts, President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel took a similar tack Friday in sidestepping differences after their first meeti...

Tillerson: Pre-emptive force an option with NKorea

SEOUL, South Korea – The United States signaled a tougher strategy toward North Korea on Friday that leaves open the possibility of pre-emptive military action and rejects talks with the com...

Turkey threatens to end migrant deal with EU amid spat

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Thursday to scrap a deal with the European Union to readmit migrants who have crossed illegally into Europe, amid a stan...