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EPA chief jets to Morocco to help promote fossil fuel use

WASHINGTON – The head of the Environmental Protection Agency flew to Morocco this week to help encourage the North African kingdom to import liquefied natural gas from the United States, pro...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

California firefighters gain on blaze amid wind threat

LOS ANGELES – Southern California firefighters on Wednesday continued working to contain the fifth largest fire in the state’s history but warned that some communities are still at risk and ...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Republicans criticize Mueller’s probe, but want him to stay

WASHINGTON – House Republicans ratcheted up criticism of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian meddling Wednesday, questioning whether there was bias on his team of lawyers but...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Top Google searches in 2017: Matt Lauer, eclipse, bitcoin

SAN FRANCISCO – Matt Lauer. Bitcoin. DACA. Monkey selfies. Jeremy Lin’s hair. Do-it-yourself eclipse glasses. Tom Petty’s death. National anthem protests in the NFL. And “Cash Me Outside.” ...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Justice official defends Mueller, sees no cause for firing

WASHINGTON – Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, facing congressional questions about anti-Donald Trump text messages exchanged between two FBI officials assigned to the Russia probe, de...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Santa Fe educators, students face unsettling reality of school shootings

SANTA FE (AP) – Ray Griffin still recalls his reaction to the news that a colleague had been wounded during a shooting spree 30 years ago at a private school in Arizona. “Some kid...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith named to fill Franken seat

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton appointed fellow Democrat Lt. Gov. Tina Smith on Wednesday to replace Sen. Al Franken until a special election in November, setting up his long-t...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Global warming boosted Hurricane Harvey’s rainfall by at least 15%, studies find

NEW ORLEANS – Hurricane Harvey’s historic deluge in Texas showed clear signs of human-caused climate change, with rainfall at least 15 percent heavier and the likelihood of such a calamity t...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Democrat Doug Jones declared winner over Roy Moore in Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Democrat Doug Jones has won the special election to fill a Senate seat in Alabama, according to exit polls and returns – a shocking upset in a solidly Republican state, in...

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

The latest: Moore supporters optimistic as polls close

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The latest on Alabama’s U.S. Senate election (all times local): 7:10 p.m. Republican Roy Moore’s supporters are expressing optimism as polls close in...

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

After bitter campaign, Alabama Senate race goes to voters

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The bitter Senate race in deeply conservative Alabama went to the voters Tuesday as they chose between an embattled but well-known Republican accused of child molestation ...

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

The latest: Sen. Gillibrand says Trump tweet ‘sexist smear’

WASHINGTON – The latest on President Donald Trump and allegations of sexual misconduct (all times local): 11:25 a.m. The political money website OpenSecrets.org says Pr...

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

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