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Clinton warns that Trump would plunge economy into recession

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that Donald Trump would send the U.S. economy back into recession, warning his “reckless” approach would hurt workers still trying to recover fr...

DATE: Jun 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Colorado boy improving after mountain lion attack

DENVER – A Colorado boy attacked by a mountain lion near Aspen was improving in a Denver hospital after his mother snatched him from the jaws of the wild cat, his family said Monday. ...

DATE: Jun 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

UN says refugee population hits record high

GENEVA – Imagine the entire population of France uprooted from their homes, forced to flee danger, persecution or starvation. The U.N. refugee agency says more people than that – 65 million ...

DATE: Jun 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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12 girls discovered at 51-year-old man’s home FEASTERVILLE, Pa – 51-year-old Lee Kaplan of Feasterville, Pennsylvania faces charges that include statutory sexual assault, The Associated Pres...

DATE: Jun 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

A divided Senate answers Orlando with gridlock on gun curbs

WASHINGTON – A divided Senate blocked rival election-year plans to curb guns Monday, eight days after the horror of Orlando’s mass shooting intensified pressure on lawmakers to act but knott...

DATE: Jun 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Global coral bleaching event expected to last through 2016

Honolulu conference examines growing problem

DATE: Jun 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Orlando gunman spoke in ‘chilling, calm and deliberate manner’ during 911 call

ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando gunman Omar Mateen identified himself as an Islamic soldier in calls with authorities during his rampage and demanded to a crisis negotiator that the U.S. “stop bombi...

DATE: Jun 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Attorney General says Mateen investigation moving forward

ORLANDO, Fla. – Although the killer is known, the investigation continues into what motivated and enabled Omar Mateen to carry out the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. ...

DATE: Jun 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

UK referendum campaign resumes in earnest with vote near

LONDON – Britain’s long and difficult referendum campaign has resumed in earnest after a three-day halt caused by the killing of Labour Party lawmaker Jo Cox in a brazen knife and gun attack...

DATE: Jun 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fire scares Los Angeles as larger blazes burn across West

Fire south of Albuquerque sends smoke as far as Denver

DATE: Jun 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Donald Trump stuck on GOP’s California dream

WESTMINSTER, Calif. – Bob Dole thought he could win California with a “fishhook” strategy. George W. Bush came armed with $15 million. John McCain was bullish, too. They all lost. ...

DATE: Jun 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World