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The Latest: PBS cuts ties with Rose after misconduct claims

NEW YORK – Here is the Latest on sexual misconduct allegations against Charlie Rose (all times local): 1:35 p.m. PBS has ended its partnership with Charlie Rose, host o...

DATE: Nov 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New Mexico candidate denies past harassment allegations

SANTA FE – A rising star in the Democratic Party who gained national attention for tackling poverty in New Mexico said he will not drop out of the race for lieutenant governor despite renewe...

DATE: Nov 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Charlie Rose – the rise and plummet of a man who preached ‘character’ and ‘integrity’

Swallowed up in the baggy academic robes of Georgetown University, Charlie Rose stood before the school’s graduating class of 2015, shifting into the final moments of a commencement speech o...

DATE: Nov 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

The Latest: U.S. slaps new sanctions on N. Korean, Chinese firms

WASHINGTON – The Latest on the U.S. declaration of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism (all times local): 2 p.m. The United States has issued new sanctions on f...

DATE: Nov 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

The Latest: U.S. says Zimbabwe’s people want end to isolation

HARARE, Zimbabwe – The Latest on Zimbabwe’s political turmoil (all times local): 11:25 p.m. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert says the people of Zimbabwe...

DATE: Nov 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Warming to make thunderstorms larger and more frequent

WASHINGTON – Summer thunderstorms in North America will likely be larger, wetter and more frequent in a warmer world, dumping 80 percent more rain in some areas and worsening flooding, a new...

DATE: Nov 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Endangered orcas compete with seals, sea lions for salmon

SEATTLE – Harbor seals, sea lions and some fish-eating killer whales have been rebounding along the Northeast Pacific Ocean in recent decades. But that boom has come with a trade-off: They’r...

DATE: Nov 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Watch these bizarre flies dive underwater using bubbles like scuba suits

Mark Twain, when he traveled to California’s Mono Lake almost 150 years ago, became enchanted by aquatic flies. Mono Lake is peculiar - it’s three times saltier than the ocean and nearly as ...

DATE: Nov 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Yellen to step down from Federal Reserve board

WASHINGTON – Janet Yellen submitted her resignation from the Federal Reserve board to President Donald Trump on Monday, announcing that she will leave when her successor is sworn in as Fed c...

DATE: Nov 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Volvo to supply Uber with thousands of self-driving cars

HELSINKI (AP) — Volvo Cars said Monday it will sell tens of thousands of self-driving cars to Uber, which is expanding to become an operator and owner of its own car fleet. Volvo ...

DATE: Nov 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

US declares NKorea a terror sponsor; new sanctions expected

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced Monday the U.S. is putting North Korea’s “murderous regime” on America’s terrorism blacklist, despite questions about Pyongyang’s support for in...

DATE: Nov 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Melania Trump takes custody of White House Christmas tree

WASHINGTON – Melania Trump, and son, Barron, continued a time-honored, first lady tradition on Monday: receiving the official White House Christmas tree. A military band quartet p...

DATE: Nov 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World