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Bipartisan analysis: Senate bill would hike taxes for 13.8M

WASHINGTON – Promoted as needed relief for the middle class, the Senate Republican tax overhaul actually would increase taxes for some 13.8 million moderate-income American households, a bip...

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

Relatives meet to honor Jewish girl who died in Holocaust

FRANKFURT, Germany – More than two dozen relatives from around the world met for the first time on Monday at a memorial ceremony for Karolina Cohn, a Jewish girl from Frankfurt who perished ...

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

Menendez jury says it’s deadlocked; judge says to keep going

NEWARK, N.J. – The jury in the bribery trial of Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and a wealthy donor and friend told the judge it couldn’t reach a verdict on Monday on any of the 18 counts ...

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

Groups appeal dismissal of lawsuit over power plant, mine

FARMINGTON – Environmental groups are appealing the dismissal of their lawsuit that aimed to shut down a coal-fired power plant and adjacent mine near the Arizona-New Mexico border. ...

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

Trump turns to drug industry for his new health secretary

WASHINGTON – Turning to an industry he’s rebuked, President Donald Trump on Monday picked a former top pharmaceutical and government executive to be his health secretary. If conf...

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

Over 400 dead from earthquake in Iran-Iraq border area

TEHRAN, Iran – Rescuers dug with their bare hands Monday through the debris of buildings brought down by a powerful earthquake that killed more than 400 people in the once-contested mountain...

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

Protesters disrupt US fossil-nuclear event at climate talks

BONN, Germany – Protesters drowned out speeches by White House advisers and business representatives Monday at an event the U.S. government sponsored at the U.N. climate talks in Germany pro...

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

Study suggests women less likely to get CPR from bystanders

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests, and researchers think reluctance to touch a woman’s chest might be ...

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

When Russian meddling in the U.S. got so bad the ambassador got the boot

Russian meddling in American politics. Fake stories planted in the media. Accusations of financial doings under the table. Stolen correspondence, which becomes public. Unless it’s a forgery....

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

Biden on 2020: ‘not sure it’s the appropriate thing’ to do

WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Joe Biden said he is uncertain about a run for president in 2020, but indicated he’s looking for fresh blood to lead the Democratic Party back to the White...

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

Liz Smith, syndicated gossip columnist, dies at 94

Liz Smith, the syndicated gossip columnist whose mixture of banter, barbs, and bon mots about the glitterati helped her climb the A-list as high as many of the celebrities she covered, died ...

DATE: Nov 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bannon appeals to Jews to join war on GOP establishment

NEW YORK – President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist on Sunday called on American Jews to join his war on the Republican establishment. Steve Bannon appealed to the Zionist...

DATE: Nov 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World