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Iran to probe state-built homes destroyed by deadly quake

SARPOL-E-ZAHAB, Iran – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani launched an investigation Tuesday into why government housing built by his hard-line predecessor collapsed while others withstood a po...

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

Washington GOP boosts pressure on Alabama party on Moore

WASHINGTON – Washington Republicans tightened pressure Tuesday on Alabama’s GOP to keep a defiant Roy Moore from being elected to the Senate next month, with many voicing hope that President...

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

Facebook investment in New Mexico data center tops $1B

ALBUQUERQUE – Facebook is going much bigger with an under-construction data center in New Mexico, announcing plans Tuesday to build another four buildings and boost its total investment to m...

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

Gunman targeted neighbors then continued rampage

RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. – A Northern California man killed two neighbors with whom he had been feuding before he went on a shooting rampage Tuesday at apparent random sites – including...

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

Retired U.S. general says nuclear launch order can be refused

WASHINGTON – A retired Air Force general told the Senate on Tuesday that an order from President Donald Trump or any of his successors to launch nuclear weapons can be refused by the top off...

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

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