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Florida officials seek fed money for Zika MIAMI – Florida mosquito control officials worry they won’t be able to keep up their efforts to contain the bugs that carry Zika without federal fun...

Oceanographer says Flight 370 could be north of search area

CANBERRA, Australia – The oceanographer whose calculations helped an American adventurer find potential debris from Flight 370 said Thursday the Malaysia Airlines jetliner could have crashed...

Convention protesters dispute police account of flag-burning

CLEVELAND – The organizers of a flag-burning outside the Republican convention that resulted in 17 arrests said Thursday that a man holding an American flag was never on fire and that police...

Trump: America’s in crisis – and he’ll fix it ‘fast’

CLEVELAND – Declaring America in crisis, Donald Trump pledged to cheering Republicans and still-skeptical voters Thursday night that as president he will restore the safety they fear they’re...

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Texas ordered to rewrite voter ID law AUSTIN, Texas – Texas’ strict voter ID law discriminates against minorities and the poor and must be weakened before the November elections, a federal a...

Police detain protesters at convention

Clashes keep some from getting into GOP gathering

Turkey declares emergency state

President says plotters may still be active

Parents won’t sue Disney over son’s death by gator

ORLANDO, Fla. – The parents of a toddler killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World said Wednesday that they don’t plan to sue the Florida theme park resort over the death. Matt ...

Ted Cruz booed lustily

Texas senator refuses to endorse Donald Trump

Pence tries to unite at convention

CLEVELAND – Delegates at the Republican National Convention thunderously booed Ted Cruz for refusing to endorse Donald Trump Wednesday – clouding an evening intended to highlight vice presid...

Asylum-seeker goes on rampage

Attack on German train could renew worries about refugees

Pence tries to rally backing for Trump

VP pick says businessman ‘reminds me’ of Ronald Reagan