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Attorney General Sessions doesn’t recall talk with Carter Page

WASHINGTON – The Latest on testimony by Attorney General Jeff Sessions (all times local): 10:45 a.m. Attorney General Jeff Sessions says that he does not remember speak...

DATE: Nov 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senate GOP intent on scrapping health mandate in tax bill

WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans are intent on scrapping the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that Americans get health insurance, targeting a repeal of the individual mandate to help financ...

DATE: Nov 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Land policies to be tested in Bundy standoff trial in Vegas

LAS VEGAS – Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy was cast Tuesday as the leader of a conspiracy to enlist armed militia members to force the federal agents, “at the end of a gun,” to abandon efforts ...

DATE: Nov 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Company plans to build hyperloop test track east of Denver

DENVER – Colorado transportation officials have partnered with a company to explore the possibility of building a futuristic system that would move passengers and freight at speeds of up to ...

DATE: Nov 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

1st alligator snapping turtle in decades spotted in Illinois

CHICAGO – A scientist searching for a young male alligator snapping turtle that was put in a Southern Illinois creek at least a year ago instead grabbed a 22-pound adult female, raising hope...

DATE: Nov 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Oil prices are up now, but surge might be short-term

Oil prices have jumped by about one-third since the summer on signs of stronger economic growth around the world and fear of instability in the Middle East. So far, however, the r...

DATE: Nov 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure in new guidelines

ANAHEIM, Calif. – New guidelines lower the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition, which now plagues nearly half of U.S. adults. ...

DATE: Nov 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rohingya desperate to flee Myanmar are turning to swimming

SHAH PORIR DWIP, Bangladesh – Nabi Hussain owes his life to a yellow plastic oil container. The 13-year-old Rohingya boy couldn’t swim, and had never even seen the sea before flee...

DATE: Nov 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Russian billionaire files application seeking testimony of British spy behind Trump dossier

A Russian tech billionaire is asking a U.K. court to compel testimony from a former British intelligence officer who compiled the now-famous dossier on Donald Trump’s alleged links to Russia...

DATE: Nov 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

UK Scrabble group bans star player for breaking tile rule

LONDON – The Association of British Scrabble players banned one of its star players for three years after an independent investigation concluded that he had broken rules in the popular word ...

DATE: Nov 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New sex assault allegation hits Moore; withdrawal calls grow

WASHINGTON – A second woman abruptly emerged Monday to accuse Roy Moore of sexually assaulting her as a teenager in the late 1970s, this time in a locked car, further roiling the Alabama Rep...

DATE: Nov 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

2 wheels good, 4 wheels bad? ATV owners protest in Greece

ATHENS, Greece – Hundreds of four-wheel motorbike owners, most from Greek holiday resorts, blocked traffic Monday outside the country’s Transport Ministry to protest a proposed vehicle ban. ...

DATE: Nov 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World