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Putin calls Trump ‘lively’

Welcomes call for closer ties

DATE: Dec 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Some Iran sanctions may be lifted soon

Kerry says country meeting terms of treaty sooner than expected

DATE: Dec 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

VA steps up for injured veterans Agency to pay for robotic legs that can help paralyzed vets walk

Paralyzed Army veteran Gene Laureano cried when he first walked again with robotic legs at a New York clinic as part of research sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs. But when the...

DATE: Dec 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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New Orleans to move Confederate statues NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans’ leaders on Thursday made a sweeping move to break with the city’s Confederate past when the City Council voted...

DATE: Dec 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Exec who jacked up price of a life-saving drug is arrested

NEW YORK – Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager vilified for buying a pharmaceutical company and jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug more than fiftyfold, was arrested Thursday...

DATE: Dec 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New Orleans council votes to remove Confederate monuments

NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans City Council has voted in favor of removing prominent Confederate monuments along some of its busiest streets – a sweeping move by a city seeking to break with ...

DATE: Dec 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Buyer of rifles used in massacre charged in terrorism case

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The man who bought the assault rifles used by his friend in the San Bernardino massacre was charged Thursday with terrorism-related counts for plotting an earlier attack ...

DATE: Dec 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

School threats prompt proposals for tougher penalties

HARTFORD, Conn. – Taking a harder line on crimes no longer seen as juvenile pranks, state lawmakers around the U.S. are proposing stiffer penalties for people who threaten schools at a time ...

DATE: Dec 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Yellen calls hike sign of confidence

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates from record lows set at the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, a shift that heralds modestly higher rates on some loans. ...

DATE: Dec 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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Mistrial declared in Freddie Gray trial BALTIMORE – A judge declared a hung jury Wednesday after the panel couldn’t reach a decision in the manslaughter trial of a Baltimore polic...

DATE: Dec 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fed finally lifts key interest rate from near zero

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates after seven years of record lows. But it’s signaling that further rate hikes will likely be made slowly as the economy strengthens ...

DATE: Dec 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

California decides self-driving cars will need to have driver behind wheel

LOS ANGELES – California unveiled precedent-setting draft rules Wednesday that would slow the public’s access to self-driving cars of the future until regulators are confident the technology...

DATE: Dec 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.