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In terror-wary NYC, security tight for Thanksgiving parade

NEW YORK – Sand-filled sanitation trucks and police sharpshooters will mix with glittering floats and giant balloons at a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade that comes in a year of terrible mass...

DATE: Nov 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Good night, night: Light pollution increasing around globe

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The world’s nights are getting alarmingly brighter – bad news for all sorts of creatures, humans included. A German-led term reported Wednesday that light p...

DATE: Nov 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Weinstein’s Impact: List of men 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 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Zimbabwe’s incoming leader returns home to cheers

HARARE, Zimbabwe – Poised to become Zimbabwe’s next president, a former confidant of ousted leader Robert Mugabe on Wednesday promised “a new, unfolding democracy” and reached out to the wor...

DATE: Nov 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Did you ‘like’ Russian propaganda? Facebook will clue you in

NEW YORK – Facebook says it will show users if they followed or ‘liked’ Russia propaganda accounts on its service or on Instagram. The company said Wednesday it will launch a port...

DATE: Nov 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cold War drama caught on video as N. Korean soldier escapes

SEOUL, South Korea – It’s 3:11 p.m. on a cold, gray day on the North Korean side of the most heavily armed border in the world, and a lone soldier is racing toward freedom. His da...

DATE: Nov 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump SoHo to shed ‘Trump’ amid reports of sagging business

NEW YORK – The Trump SoHo hotel is dropping the name it shares with the U.S. president. The Trump Organization said Wednesday that it is ending its licensing deal with the New Yor...

DATE: Nov 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Democrats face hot-potato politics of sexual predation, too

WASHINGTON – Democrats have been quick to support the “me too” chorus of women – and some men – who have stepped up to allege sexual misconduct and name names. But now “me too” stains the De...

DATE: Nov 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Olympic gymnastics ex-doctor pleads guilty to sex charges

LANSING, Mich. – A former sports doctor accused of molesting at least 125 girls and young women while he worked for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University pleaded guilty Wednesday to m...

DATE: Nov 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Uber reveals cover-up of hack affecting 57M riders, drivers

SAN FRANCISCO – Uber is coming clean about its cover-up of a year-old hacking attack that stole personal information about more than 57 million of the beleaguered ride-hailing service’s cust...

DATE: Nov 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Climate activist convicted after pipeline protest in Montana

FORT BENTON, Mont. – An activist who was trying to call attention to climate change was found guilty of criminal charges on Wednesday for closing a valve last year on a pipeline carrying cru...

DATE: Nov 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New Mexico Legislature seeks anti-harassment training

SANTA FE – New Mexico legislative leaders have begun a review of workplace sexual harassment guidelines and preventative training, as decade-old accusations roil a state senator’s campaign f...

DATE: Nov 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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