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Far-right Trump retweets draw UK rebuke, but visit still on

LONDON – In a rare rebuke to Britain’s closest ally, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump was wrong to retweet videos posted by a le...

DATE: Nov 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lawyer: Conyers has no plan to resign amid harassment claims

DETROIT – Embattled U.S. Rep. John Conyers has no plans to resign amid allegations that the congressman sexually harassed several women when they worked on his staff, his lawyer said Wednesd...

DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Garrison Keillor fired for ‘inappropriate behavior’

MINNEAPOLIS – Garrison Keillor, whose stories of small-town characters entertained legions of public radio listeners for 40 years on “A Prairie Home Companion,” became another celebrity fell...

DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Supreme Court frets over erosion of privacy in digital age

WASHINGTON – Worried about the erosion of privacy amid technological advances, the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it might restrain the government’s ability to track Americans’ movements t...

DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Arrest of suspected killer puts Tampa neighborhood at ease

TAMPA, Fla. – After enduring almost two months of fear, a Tampa neighborhood breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday after authorities announced the arrest of a suspected serial killer, a recent...

DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Haley: N. Korea ‘brings us closer to war’ the U.S. doesn’t seek

WASHINGTON – The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday that North Korea’s latest launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile – which some observers believe could reach the...

DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Speculation rising about royal title for Meghan Markle

LONDON – With a royal wedding in the works, speculation is rising about the title that will be bestowed on Meghan Markle when she marries Prince Harry in the spring. Will the Amer...

DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump stokes anti-Muslim sentiment; censured here and abroad

WASHINGTON – Stoking the same anti-Islam sentiments he fanned on the campaign trail, President Donald Trump on Wednesday retweeted a string of inflammatory videos from a fringe British polit...

DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Denver museum receives 6,000 duck-billed dinosaur bones

DENVER – A collection of more than 6,000 dinosaur bones from Wyoming has been donated to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. The Denver Post reported Tuesday that the donatio...

DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New Mexico plans improvements along San Juan River

FARMINGTON – New Mexico wildlife managers say they will be making improvements along the San Juan River downstream of Navajo Lake State Park. The state Game and Fish Department ...

DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Facing tax vote in Senate, Trump seizes on cultural fights

WASHINGTON – Facing a critical Senate vote on his tax overhaul and a crush of December deadlines, President Donald Trump is instead putting the spotlight on a volatile collection of extraneo...

DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Matt Lauer is fired at NBC, accused of crude misconduct

NEW YORK – “Today” show host Matt Lauer was fired for what NBC on Wednesday called “inappropriate sexual behavior” with a colleague and was promptly confronted with a published report accusi...

DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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