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Ancient penguin was as big as a (human) Pittsburgh Penguin

NEW YORK – Fossils from New Zealand have revealed a giant penguin that was as big as a grown man, roughly the size of the captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The creature was slig...

DATE: Dec 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Albuquerque officer honored for adopting baby from opioid addicted mom

ALBUQUERQUE – A police officer who persuaded a pregnant woman he found using heroin to let him adopt her unborn child has been honored by the city of Albuquerque. Officer Ryan Hol...

DATE: Dec 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pentagon to allow transgender people to enlist in military

WASHINGTON – Transgender recruits will be allowed to enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1, the Pentagon said Monday, as President Donald Trump’s ordered ban suffered another legal setback...

DATE: Dec 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ash falls like snow as celebrities flee California community

LOS ANGELES – Ash fell like snow and heavy smoke had residents gasping for air Monday as a huge Southern California wildfire exploded in size, becoming the fifth largest in state history and...

DATE: Dec 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Celebrity enclave under threat from California wildfire

The Associated Press LOS ANGELES – The Latest on California wildfires: 8:45 a.m. A growing Southern California wildfire is threatening the wealthy seaside enclave of Mo...

DATE: Dec 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pipe bomb strapped to man explodes in NYC subway, injuring 4

NEW YORK – A man with a pipe bomb strapped to his body with Velcro and zip ties set off the crude device in the subway near Times Square on Monday, injuring him and three other people at the...

DATE: Dec 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

8.8 million Americans face big tax hike if Republicans scrap the medical deduction

Anne Hammer is one of millions of elderly Americans who could face a substantial tax hike in 2018 depending on the final negotiations over the Republican tax bill. In her retireme...

DATE: Dec 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Peace laureate urges world to ‘see the light’ and ban nukes

MOSCOW (AP) – A survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima compared her struggle to survive in 1945 to the objectives of the group awarded this year’s Nobel’s Peace Prize during a formal pr...

DATE: Dec 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New evacuations as huge Southern California fire flares up

LOS ANGELES – A flare-up on the western edge of Southern California’s largest and most destructive wildfire sent residents fleeing Sunday, as wind-fanned flames churned through canyons and d...

DATE: Dec 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Boycotts, protests to greet Trump on Mississippi visit

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – President Donald Trump’s celebration of the heroes of the civil rights movement is set to go on without at least one leader from that era who plans to be a no-show fo...

DATE: Dec 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Snow slows or shuts down much of normally sunny Deep South

ATLANTA – Snowfall shrouding much of the Deep South began tapering off early Saturday, but freezing temperatures kept roads slick and thousands without electricity throughout the region whil...

DATE: Dec 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump signs 2-week spending bill to avoid shutdown

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Friday signed a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and keep the federal government running through Dec. 22. The president signed t...

DATE: Dec 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World