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U.S. report contradicts Trump team

WASHINGTON – A massive U.S. report concludes the evidence of global warming is stronger than ever, contradicting a favorite talking point of top Trump administration officials, who downplay ...

DATE: Nov 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Taking a look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Pres...

DATE: Nov 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bergdahl spared from prison

Trump calls sentence ‘disgrace’

DATE: Nov 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. rate for gun deaths up for second straight year

NEW YORK — The U.S. rate for gun deaths has increased for the second straight year, following 15 years of no real change, a government report shows. Roughly two-thirds of gun deat...

DATE: Nov 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Democrats angry at report of Clinton’s influence over DNC

WASHINGTON – Many Democrats expressed outrage Thursday at allegations from a former party chairwoman that an agreement with the Democratic National Committee gave the presidential campaign o...

DATE: Nov 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Frizzy-haired, smaller-headed orangutan may be new great ape

Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia – A remote population of frizzy-haired orangutans on the Indonesian island of Sumatra seems to be a new species of primate, scientists say. ...

DATE: Nov 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Collision worries prompt Navy review of all staff, ships

WASHINGTON – Concerned about widespread training and leadership failures in the Pacific fleet that triggered two deadly ship collisions, the Navy’s top officer said Thursday that he’s asked ...

DATE: Nov 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Muslims in N.J. city fear another backlash after latest attack

PATERSON, N.J. – In the halal bakeries and markets that line Main Street, and in mosques that have been part of the community for decades, a familiar dread has taken hold after the latest te...

DATE: Nov 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Menendez jury hears competing theories in closing arguments

NEWARK, N.J. – Jurors in the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez heard competing narratives during closing arguments Thursday, with the prosecution calling him the “personal senator” of a wea...

DATE: Nov 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Russia hackers pursued Putin foes, not just US Democrats

WASHINGTON – It wasn’t just Hillary Clinton’s emails they went after. The hackers who disrupted the U.S. presidential election last year had ambitions that stretched across the gl...

DATE: Nov 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP senators say fate of ‘dreamers’ must wait for next year

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and Republican senators agreed not to deal with a needed fix for young immigrants in must-pass year-end spending legislation, according to some GOP lawmak...

DATE: Nov 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump nominates Jerome Powell to be next Fed chairman

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump tapped Jerome Powell on Thursday to replace Janet Yellen as Fed chair when her term ends in February, choosing a moderate member of the Fed’s board who ha...

DATE: Nov 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World