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Trump's blow to 'Obamacare' jolts health consumers, politics
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s abrupt move to cut off federal payments to insurers jolted America’s health care and political worlds alike on Friday, threatening to boost premiums f...
Oct 16, 2017
San Francisco Bay Area cancels events as smoke chokes region
SAN FRANCISCO - Smoke from the wildfires north of San Francisco plunged air quality levels in the Bay Area to the same unhealthy level as China’s notoriously polluted capital, sending people to ...
Oct 16, 2017
Trump won't pull out of 'worst' Iran nuclear deal - for now
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday angrily accused Iran of violating the landmark 2015 international nuclear accord, blaming the Iranians for a litany of sinister behaviour and hitting thei...
Oct 16, 2017
Amid Trump ambiguity on NKorea, is US practicing for war?
WASHINGTON - Do the ominous rhetoric from President Donald Trump and repeated flights by U.S. strategic bombers over the Korean Peninsula mean Washington is readying for what many feel is unthinkable ...
Oct 16, 2017
Man builds 2-story 'Star Wars' vehicle replica for Halloween
PARMA, Ohio - A two-story, “Star Wars”-inspired Halloween yard display in Ohio should be enough to make any trick-or-treating Darth Vader proud. Nick Meyer has built a replica four-legged ...
Oct 16, 2017
After bombing, Somalia fears renewed al-Shabab onslaught
KAMPALA, Uganda - As the toll rises above 300 from one of the world’s deadliest attacks in years, the al-Shabab extremist group has sent a powerful signal that the international focus on extremi...
Oct 16, 2017
Collins: Trump should back effort to resume health subsidy
WASHINGTON - A key moderate Republican is urging President Donald Trump to support a bipartisan Senate effort to reinstate insurer payments, calling his move to halt the subsidies an immediate threat ...
Oct 16, 2017
Hurricane Ophelia's remnants to batter UK, Ireland
LONDON - Authorities in Ireland have closed schools, courts and government buildings amid concerns about potential damage from the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia. Ireland’s meteorological service...
Oct 16, 2017
McCain condemns 'half-baked, spurious nationalism' in speech
PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Sen. John McCain jabbed Monday night at unnamed pushers of isolationist politics, saying at his National Constitution Center Liberty Medal ceremony in Philadelphia that abandoning ...
Oct 16, 2017
Thousands in Puerto Rico shelters after hurricane
TOA BAJA, Puerto Rico - Arden Dragoni and his family lost everything when Hurricane Maria ravaged across Puerto Rico last month. Only a few walls of their wooden home still stand. Their clothes, furni...
Oct 16, 2017