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US to Americans: Stay away from Cuba after health 'attacks'
WASHINGTON - The United States delivered an ominous warning to Americans on Friday to stay away from Cuba and ordered home more than half the U.S. diplomatic corps, acknowledging neither the Cubans no...
Sep 29, 2017

Vanuatu orders evacuation of island with rumbling volcano
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Vanuatu officials on Thursday ordered the complete evacuation of an island in the Pacific archipelago where a rumbling, belching volcano is threatening to blow. Boats were so...
Sep 29, 2017
12th death from nursing home that lost power, AC during Irma
MIAMI - A 12th patient has died after being taken from an overheated Florida nursing home that lost its air conditioning during Hurricane Irma, officials confirmed on Friday. Dolores Biamonte, 57, die...
Sep 29, 2017

Nebraska court ends beer sales near South Dakota reservation
LINCOLN, Neb. - Four Nebraska beer stores criticized for selling millions of cans each year next to an American Indian reservation where alcohol is banned will remain closed after the state Supreme Co...
Sep 29, 2017
Over 130,000 flee menacing volcano on Bali tourist island
BALI, Indonesia - More than 130,000 people have fled the region around the Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, fearing it will soon erupt. The disaster mitigation agency̵...
Sep 29, 2017
Trump to promote tax plan in address to manufacturers group
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will promote his plan for a sweeping rewrite of the tax code to an audience eager for the proposed change. Trump is set to address the National Association of Manuf...
Sep 29, 2017

Tillerson carries full agenda as he prepares to visit China
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is making his second trip to China since taking office in February, and relations between the two world powers have rarely mattered so much. The stan...
Sep 29, 2017
Farmers say Maria wrecked bright spot of Puerto Rico economy
For 21 years Hector Alejandro Santiago spread joy throughout Puerto Rico with the poinsettias, orchids and other ornamental plants he raised and sold to major retailers including Costco, Walmart and H...
Sep 29, 2017
Bali volcano danger signs unabated week after high alert
KARANGASEM, Indonesia - A week after authorities put Bali’s volcano on high alert, tremors that indicate an eruption is coming show no sign of abating, swelling the exodus from the region to at ...
Sep 29, 2017
This old outhouse: Privy tied to Paul Revere is excavated
BOSTON - No. 1 if by land, No. 2 if by sea? Archaeologists are excavating what they believe was the site of an outhouse next door to Paul Revere’s home - and the privy, as the colonists politely...
Sep 29, 2017