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Senate GOP tax bill would delay biz cut, undo deductions

WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans revealed the details of their sweeping tax legislation Thursday, including a one-year delay in plans for a major corporate tax cut despite strident opposition...

DATE: Nov 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Jumbo air tanker wins protest, may fight more U.S. wildfires

BOISE, Idaho – A giant passenger jet converted to fight wildfires was grounded this year by U.S. officials during much of what turned out to be an especially destructive U.S. fire season, bu...

DATE: Nov 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Police ticket protester for projecting image on courthouse

BOULDER – A protester was cited for trespassing after projecting an image of skull and crossbones with the words “ban fracking” onto a wall of the Boulder County Courthouse. The D...

DATE: Nov 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Judge rules New Mexico workers can take paid leave to vote

SANTA FE – In a ruling that could have implications for government agencies and private businesses, New Mexico’s state workers will get paid while taking time off to vote in any election. ...

DATE: Nov 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Despite Trump’s scorn, early ‘Obamacare’ sign-ups top 600,000

WASHINGTON – Despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to take down “Obamacare,” more than 600,000 people signed up for coverage the first week of open enrollment, the government said Thursda...

DATE: Nov 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

The latest on tax legislation: House about-face on deduction for adoption

WASHINGTON – The Latest on Republican tax overhaul legislation (all times local): 2:02 p.m. House Republicans are restoring the adoption tax credit to their overhaul le...

DATE: Nov 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Analysis: Trump, in China, opts against confrontation

BEIJING – President Donald Trump pulled his punches. On the home turf of the rising superpower he once declared was “raping” the United States on trade, Trump on Thursday abandone...

DATE: Nov 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Stellar encore: Dying star keeps coming back big time

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Death definitely becomes this star. Astronomers reported Wednesday on a massive, distant star that exploded in 2014 – and also, apparently back in 1954. Thi...

DATE: Nov 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Seattle elects first woman mayor in nearly a century

SEATTLE – The booming liberal city of Seattle will get its first woman mayor since the 1920s after former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan defeated urban planner Cary Moon for the office left open...

DATE: Nov 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Inside Betsy DeVos’ efforts to shrink the Education Department

The department’s workforce has shrunk under Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who has said she wants to decrease the federal government’s role in education, including investigations and enfor...

DATE: Nov 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump administration officials meet GOP senators on tax bill

WASHINGTON – Top administration officials met privately with Republican senators Wednesday as Senate GOP tax writers put finishing touches on their high-stakes bill cutting levies on people ...

DATE: Nov 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lawyers push to halt Mexican citizen’s execution in Texas

HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Attorneys for a Mexican citizen on death row in Texas for the abduction and slaying of his 16-year-old cousin more than two decades ago looked to the U.S. Supreme Court a...

DATE: Nov 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World