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UN agency expects warming to get worse

‘Human footprint’ more evident, agency says

DATE: Nov 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

EU chief warns Turkey about political crackdown

BRUSSELS – A top European Union official warned Turkey on Tuesday that its crackdown on political opponents and the media go against EU values and give the impression that it no longer wants...

DATE: Nov 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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Stocks notch biggest gain in 8 months The U.S. stock market rebounded from a nine-day losing streak Monday, posting its biggest gain in eight months and driving the Dow Jones industrial aver...

DATE: Nov 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Occupiers acquittal puts feds on heels

PORTLAND, Ore. – The U.S. Attorney’s office in Oregon has taken a beating since a jury acquitted seven defendants of conspiracy and weapons charges in an armed takeover at a federal wildlife...

DATE: Nov 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Afghans wonder how U.S. vote will affect them

KABUL – Few countries have been as affected by the twists and turns of recent U.S. foreign policy as Afghanistan. Once supported by Washington as a Cold War proxy, it was abandoned to civil ...

DATE: Nov 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump, Clinton throw jabs near finish

42.5 million votes cast by Monday afternoon

DATE: Nov 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Quake near Oklahoma oil hub causes substantial damage

CUSHING, Okla. – A magnitude 5.0 earthquake centered near one of the world’s key oil hubs brought down building facades and shattered windows in a central Oklahoma city, rendering century-ol...

DATE: Nov 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Janet Reno, former U.S. attorney general, dies

MIAMI – Shy and admittedly awkward, Janet Reno became a blunt prosecutor and the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general and was also the epicenter of a relentless series of political ...

DATE: Nov 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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Emanuel denies improper email use CHICAGO – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel used personal email accounts and a personal email domain to communicate with government officials and political figure...

DATE: Nov 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

IS hits elsewhere as Mosul battle rages

MOSUL, Iraq – Iraq’s special forces worked Sunday to clear neighborhoods on the eastern edge of Islamic State-held Mosul as bombings launched by the extremist group elsewhere in the country ...

DATE: Nov 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump, Clinton sprint across U.S.

FBI reconfirms decision not to charge Clinton in email case

DATE: Nov 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Parent group in Spain calls for weekend homework boycott

MADRID – Some Spanish parents are having their children boycott weekend homework in November, saying they get too much. The CEAPA federation of 12,000 parental associations says t...

DATE: Nov 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World