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Franken says he let ‘a lot of people down’ with his behavior

WASHINGTON – A contrite Al Franken said Monday he knows he “let a lot of people down” – the people of Minnesota, Senate colleagues and staff – amid accusations of sexually inappropriate beha...

DATE: Nov 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Royal romance: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle to wed next year

LONDON – Newly engaged Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Monday lifted the secrecy that had shrouded their 18-month romance, revealing they met on a blind date, bonded during a camping trip ...

DATE: Nov 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senators consider automatic tax hikes if revenue falls short

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are considering a trigger that would automatically increase taxes if their sweeping legislation fails to generate as much revenue as they expect. It’s an effo...

DATE: Nov 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Old, meet new: Drones, high-tech camera revamp archaeology

ENFIELD, N.H. – Scanning an empty field that once housed a Shaker village in New Hampshire, Jesse Casana had come in search of the foundations of stone buildings, long-forgotten roadways and...

DATE: Nov 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lawsuit challenges Trump’s pick for consumer financial bureau

President Donald Trump’s appointment of his budget director as interim director of a consumer financial protection agency championed by Democrats was challenged in a lawsuit filed in federal...

DATE: Nov 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gorsuch establishes conservative cred in 1st year on court

WASHINGTON – More than 2,000 conservatives in tuxedos and gowns recently filled Union Station’s main hall for a steak dinner and the chance to cheer the man who saved the Supreme Court from ...

DATE: Nov 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tens of thousands stranded as Bali volcano closes airport

KARANGASEM, Indonesia – Indonesian authorities raised the alert for a rumbling volcano on Bali to the highest level on Monday, stranding tens of thousands of travelers as ash clouds forced t...

DATE: Nov 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syria: At least 23 civilians killed ahead of UN talks

BEIRUT – Government airstrikes and shelling outside the Syrian capital killed at least 23 civilians, activists reported Sunday, as fighting in the area showed no signs of letting up ahead of...

DATE: Nov 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Conyers steps aside from Judiciary post amid sex allegations

WASHINGTON – Michigan Rep. John Conyers, under investigation over allegations he sexually harassed female staff members, said Sunday he will step aside as the top Democrat on the House Judic...

DATE: Nov 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Veterans are key as surge of states OK medical pot for PTSD

NEW YORK – It was a telling setting for a decision on whether post-traumatic stress disorder patients could use medical marijuana. Against the backdrop of the nation’s largest Vet...

DATE: Nov 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump chooses legislative agenda over GOP repulsion of Moore

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – President Donald Trump said Sunday that electing a Democrat as Alabama’s next senator “would be a disaster,” making clear the success of his legislative agenda outwei...

DATE: Nov 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Franken ashamed amid groping claims, will return to work

MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota Sen. Al Franken said he feels “embarrassed and ashamed” amid allegations that he groped several women, but said he looks forward to returning to work on Monday and gr...

DATE: Nov 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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