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Ryan jabs Trump in comedy routine for NY elite
NEW YORK - House Speaker Paul Ryan poked fun at himself, the Senate’s top Democrat and even the Catholic church on Thursday night. But the top target of the speaker’s ribbing, as he faced ...
Oct 20, 2017
Trump's border wall models take shape in San Diego
SAN DIEGO - The last two of eight prototypes for President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall took shape Thursday at a construction site in San Diego. The prototypes form a tightly packed row o...
Oct 20, 2017
Orange is the new white? Unique amber wine creates buzz
BURDETT, N.Y. - The sloping vineyards of New York’s Finger Lakes region known for producing golden-hued rieslings and chardonnays also are offering a splash of orange wine. The colour comes not ...
Oct 20, 2017
Bipartisan plan to curb health premiums gets strong support
WASHINGTON - A bipartisan proposal to calm churning health insurance markets gained momentum Thursday when enough lawmakers rallied behind it to give it potentially unstoppable Senate support. But its...
Oct 20, 2017
Uninsured rate up to 12.3 per cent amid "Obamacare" turmoil
WASHINGTON - The number of U.S. adults without health insurance is up nearly 3.5 million this year, as rising premiums and political turmoil over “Obamacare” undermine coverage gains that ...
Oct 20, 2017
Obama tells Democrats to reject politics of division, fear
RICHMOND, Va. - Former President Barack Obama called on fellow Democrats to reject politics of “division” and “fear” while rallying on Thursday with party’s candidates fo...
Oct 20, 2017
UNICEF: Rohingya children refugees face 'hell on earth'
GENEVA - UNICEF says the children who make up most of the nearly 600,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in Myanmar are seeing a “hell on earth” in overcrowded, muddy and squalid r...
Oct 20, 2017
$50,000 payments help grieving Gaza families end blood feuds
BEIT LAHIA, Palestinian Territory - As the rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas begin to reconcile, families of loved ones killed in Gaza’s civil war a decade ago are also learning to get ...
Oct 20, 2017
Judge won't throw out ruling explaining Arpaio's conviction
PHOENIX - The judge in former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s now-pardoned criminal case has refused the retired lawman’s request to throw out all rulings in the case, including a blistering decision...
Oct 20, 2017
Trucker arrested for California bus crash that killed 13
INDIO, Calif. - A trucker charged with killing 13 people after a Southern California tour bus rear-ended his big-rig on a freeway last year was arrested Thursday in Georgia. Bruce Guilford, 51, of Geo...
Oct 20, 2017