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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

Florida man back at Supreme Court with 1st Amendment case

MIAMI – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a First Amendment case brought by a Florida man who previously won a landmark ruling from the justices on whether his floating home was a...

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

New Russia probe details likely to dominate Sessions hearing

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Jeff Sessions returns to Capitol Hill this week amid growing evidence of contacts between Russians and associates of President Donald Trump, bracing for an onsl...

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

Arizona State professor resigns after Catholic diocese reveals dark secret

Jaime Lara kept his scandalous past hidden for 25 years. During that time, he became a renowned medievalist specializing in the intersection of the arts and religion. He published numerous b...

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

‘Hannity’ fans smash Keurig brewers over pulled ads

The Associated Press NEW YORK – A decision by Keurig to stop advertising on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program has supporters of the conservative host destroying the company’s coffee...

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

Polish president sharply condemns weekend nationalist march

WARSAW, Poland – The Polish president has sharply condemned expressions of xenophobia and racism at a weekend march by nationalists, saying there is no place in the country for anti-Semitism...

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

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