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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 â€“ 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 â€“ 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

List of men in media accused of sexual misconduct

NEW YORK — Since The New York Times published allegations of sexual harassment and assault against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein in October, multiple men in entertainment, media and polit...

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

Eni receives federal permit for US Arctic offshore drilling

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A subsidiary of an Italian energy company has received a federal permit to drill the first oil exploration wells in U.S. Arctic waters in two years. The federa...

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

Remains of ancient sea cow unearthed on California island

The Associated Press VENTURA, Calif. – Scientists say they’ve unearthed fossil remains of a sea cow that lived in the shallow waters off Southern California’s Channel Islands some...

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

Citing probes, military agency bars access to Flynn records

WASHINGTON – The Defense Intelligence Agency is refusing to release a wide array of documents related to former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, saying that turning them over could i...

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

Air Force: Several dozen criminal histories not given to FBI

WASHINGTON – The Air Force said Tuesday that in addition to failing to alert the FBI to the criminal history of the former airman who massacred 26 people at a Texas church on Nov. 5, it has ...

DATE: Nov 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World