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Baptism by ice: Alaskans make annual plunge into frigid lake

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – More than a thousand people in Alaska dressed up as elves or in other elaborate costumes, while some stripped down to barely anything to take part in a polar plunge. ...

Trump aides: Russian meddling does it matter?

President-elect weighs in on Twitter

GOP electors cite rural voice in Electoral College

ATLANTA – As members of the Electoral College prepare to choose Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, some Republican electors say they are defending rural and small-town ...

The mystery of ‘St. Grand’

Secret donor drops bundles of cash into Salvation Army kettles

Want a hippopotamus for Christmas?

The story of an Oklahoma City girl who got one

Tapestry returning to Germany

DALLAS – Growing up, Cathy Hinz and her five siblings would run up and down the stairs at their Minneapolis home, one hand on the banister, the other skimming a memento hanging on the wall t...

Winter storm slams parts of U.S.

A winter storm of snow, freezing rain and bone-chilling temperatures socked the nation’s mid-section and East Coast on Saturday, causing hundreds of accidents on icy roads and putting a crim...

Trump’s Cabinet selections signal a bold shift after Obama

Several have never served in government

Pope eats with homeless on 80th birthday

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis celebrated an active if low-key 80th birthday on Saturday, sharing breakfast with eight homeless people before celebrating Mass with cardinals as greetings poured...

China promises to return U.S. drone

Why seizure is so provocative

Car bomb kills 13 Turkish soldiers on bus

ISTANBUL – A suicide car bomber set off an explosion Saturday that demolished a public bus transporting off-duty soldiers in Turkey’s central province of Kayseri, killing 13 troops and wound...

The Electoral College is unlikely to upend Trump victory

WASHINGTON – There’s more hustle than hope behind an effort to derail Donald Trump’s presidency in the Electoral College. Republican electors are being swamped with pleas to buck ...