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Broadband privacy rules approved despite industry pushback

NEW YORK – Federal regulators have approved new broadband privacy rules that make internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon ask customers’ permission before using or sharing much o...

Jury acquits leaders of Oregon standoff of federal charges

PORTLAND, Ore. – The leaders of an armed group who seized a national wildlife refuge in rural Oregon were acquitted Thursday in the 41-day standoff that brought new attention to a long-runni...

U.S. cracks down on call-center scams

61 indicted for scamming thousands out of $300 million

Police arrest pipeline protesters

Authorities plan to remain in area to prevent their return

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Man held in Trump vandalism case LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles police arrested a man suspected of using a sledgehammer to destroy Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s star on the Hol...

United Way loses its ranking as America’s largest charity

NEW YORK – United Way, ranked as America’s largest charity for all but one of the past 25 years, has been emphatically knocked from that spot by Fidelity Charitable, the leader of a rapidly ...

Pentagon suspends Guard repayments

Department wants to set up ‘one-stop place’ to review who must repay bonuses

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Police may remove pipeline protesters CANNON BALL, N.D. – Law enforcement officials said on Wednesday they are poised to remove about 200 protesters trying to halt the completion of the Dako...

Cruz hints at blocking court nominee

LOVELAND, Colo. – Speaking to reporters after a campaign rally for a Republican U.S. Senate candidate here, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said there was “precedent” for a Supreme Court with fewer ...

Witnesses describe terror in Iraq

ISIS militants forcing villagers to be human shields in Mosul

Report: Women won’t earn as much as men for 170 years

GENEVA – The global gap in earnings between men and women will not be closed for another 170 years if current trends continue, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum. ...

Diplomats say U.S. will abstain on UN vote on Cuba embargo

WASHINGTON – The United States on Wednesday will abstain for the first time from a UN resolution criticizing America’s economic embargo against Cuba, according to diplomats familiar with the...