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Why Dump Trump effort faces likely defeat at GOP convention

WASHINGTON – A diverse Republican band of Donald Trump haters, conservatives and other rebels have set their sights on derailing the billionaire’s march to their party’s presidential nominat...

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Panel warns problems still exist at VA clinics WASHINGTON – A congressional commission says the Department of Veterans Affairs’ health operations still have “profound deficiencies,” two year...

Ryan suggests House won’t vote on Dems’ gun-curb proposals

WASHINGTON – The House won’t vote on proposed Democratic gun curbs, Speaker Paul Ryan suggested Tuesday as the rekindled election-year clash over firearms showed no sign of resolution. Democ...

No charges recommended in Clinton email probe, FBI says

WASHINGTON – The FBI won’t recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server while secretary of state, agency Director James Comey said Tuesday, liftin...

Suicide bombers launch Saudi strikes

Islamic State suspected in latest attacks

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Trump blames ‘dishonest media’ for latest flap WASHINGTON – Donald Trump is blaming the press for the fuss over an anti-Hillary Clinton tweet that appeared to depict the Star of David atop ...

For dogs terrified of fireworks, new drug aims to take the edge off the Fourth of July

Dexmedetomidine suppresses flight-or-fight response

3 students at U.S. universities among those killed in Bangladesh attack

NEW DELHI – One was about to enter business school. Another brought an international outlook to the halls of Berkeley. And the last, while being a U.S. citizen, claimed Dhaka as home. ...

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Man hurt in Central Park stepped on explosive NEW YORK – A 19-year-old man suffered a serious injury to his left foot in Central Park on Sunday, police said, and the man’s friends told autho...

Obama campaign machine revving up to elect Clinton

WASHINGTON – The vaunted data-driven machine that twice got President Barack Obama elected is revving up to help elect Hillary Clinton, as Democrats look to recreate the tactical advantage t...

Deadliest attack in a year kills 115 in central Baghdad

BAGHDAD – A devastating truck bombing on a bustling commercial street in downtown Baghdad killed 115 people early Sunday, brutally underscoring the Islamic State group’s ability to strike th...

Elie Wiesel, author, Nobel laureate, dies at 87

Holocaust survivor ‘a messenger to mankind’