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As Iowa looms, GOP wonders: does Trump have fans, or voters?

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – It’s the No. 1 question headed into the primary season: Does Donald Trump merely have fans, or does the national front-runner for the Republican presidential nominati...

DATE: Jan 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

More quakes rattle Oklahoma but state avoids tough measures

OKLAHOMA CITY – In Oklahoma, now the country’s earthquake capital, people are talking nervously about the big one as human-made quakes get stronger, more frequent and closer to major populat...

DATE: Jan 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Will global woes and sinking stocks lead to recession?

Most economists confident U.S. will weather the storm

DATE: Jan 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clinton, Sanders clash on guns, health care, Wall Street

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Turning up the temperature, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled repeatedly in Sunday night’s presidential debate over who’s tougher on gun control and Wall Street a...

DATE: Jan 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Triumph or travesty, US-Iran ties warming over nuclear deal

WASHINGTON – Diplomatic triumph or travesty, America’s relationship with one of its most intractable foes took two giant leaps forward this weekend when Iran released four Americans in a pri...

DATE: Jan 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Russia says West ‘politicizing’ humanitarian crisis in Syria

UNITED NATIONS – Russia dismissed a Security Council meeting Friday on the siege of Syrian towns as “unnecessary noise” that politicizes a humanitarian crisis and risks derailing upcoming pe...