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Obamas donate swing set to shelter

WASHINGTON – The swing set that President Barack Obama installed on the South Lawn for his young daughters eight years ago has a new home. The White House said Friday that the Oba...

DATE: Jan 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bear sightings up in Conn.

HARTFORD, Conn. – Keep an eye on the picnic basket. Bear sightings are surging across Connecticut. The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection says there were abou...

DATE: Jan 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bezos is buyer of biggest house in D.C.

WASHINGTON – D.C.’s Kalorama neighborhood just keeps getting swankier: Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has bought the former Textile Museum, a 27,000 square-foot property...

DATE: Jan 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

During Mardi Gras season, when do you eat the king cake?

NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans is a city strong on traditions, and few inspire as much passion as the king cakes of Mardi Gras season. Do you eat Haydel’s, Gambino’s or Randazzo’s? Fillings and t...

DATE: Jan 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Protesters denounce Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, plans

Rallies spring up across the U.S.

DATE: Jan 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Millennials are falling behind their boomer parents

Generation has more debt, less income

DATE: Jan 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Coin modeled after society’s evolution

Lady Liberty an African American woman on new $100 gold coin

DATE: Jan 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pope meets Palestinian leader

Vatican calls Jerusalem holy

DATE: Jan 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

ISIS launches new assault on besieged eastern city in Syria

BEIRUT – Islamic State militants launched their biggest assault in a year on government-held areas of the contested city of Deir el-Zour Saturday, attacking from several fronts and triggerin...

DATE: Jan 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World