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Some expect rush of GOP hopefuls vying for Sen. Flake's seat
PHOENIX - U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake’s decision to bow out of a re-election fight could spur a rush of other Republican candidates who hope to take on his only announced challenger in the Arizona prim...
Oct 25, 2017
Oil pipeline opponent uses 'necessity defence' - What is it?
BISMARCK, N.D. - An American Indian activist and former U.S. congressional candidate in North Dakota accused of inciting a riot during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline says he’ll ...
Oct 25, 2017
German woman writes apology to US man who lost home to Nazis
MAPLEWOOD, N.J. - Peter Hirschmann has often recounted his own story of fleeing Germany as a teenager to escape Adolf Hitler’s persecution of the Jews, then joining the U.S. Army to fight the Na...
Oct 25, 2017
White House welcomes Senate vote killing consumer rule
WASHINGTON - The White House is welcoming a congressional measure killing the ability of millions of Americans to band together to sue bank or credit card companies to resolve financial disputes in a ...
Oct 25, 2017
2 Crimean Tatar leaders freed from prison, flown to Turkey
MOSCOW - Two prominent Crimean Tatar leaders who were imprisoned in Russian-occupied Crimea have been released and flown to Turkey, Ukraine’s president said Wednesday. President Petro Poroshenko...
Oct 25, 2017
Writer rallies community to fix spelling on soldier's grave
STOCKTON SPRINGS, Maine - A Maine writer has rallied a community to help fix a spelling error on the gravestone of a soldier stationed in the state in the 1800s. Children’s book author Angeli Pe...
Oct 25, 2017
After independence vote, Kurdish leaders feel under siege
IRBIL, Iraq - Just a month ago, Iraq’s Kurds were celebrating their symbolic vote for independence as a historic step toward their decades-old dream of statehood, with enough energy reserves to ...
Oct 25, 2017
Tillerson in India to highlight US strategy in South Asia
NEW DELHI - Combating terrorism and India’s role in war-torn Afghanistan dominated talks between U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his Indian counterpart Wednesday as Tillerson highlight...
Oct 25, 2017
Malaysia airport video shows 4 men accused in Kim's killing
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia - Prosecutors showed a Malaysian court airport security videos on Thursday that detail the movements of four North Korean suspects who allegedly planned and helped two women - now ...
Oct 25, 2017
Fatal shootings at Grambling State not random, sheriff says
GRAMBLING, La. - Authorities searched Wednesday for a suspect in a shooting that killed a Grambling State University student and his friend after an altercation on the Louisiana college’s campus...
Oct 25, 2017