California would take biggest hit under Senate Republicans' latest Obamacare repeal
WASHINGTON -- California, which has used the Affordable Care Act to extend health protections to millions of its residents... Read More
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Facebook comment during Slender Man trial was benign, prosecutor says
MILWAUKEE--A Facebook comment made on the live stream of jury deliberations in the Slender Man stabbing case was a benign bluff and was not based on any breach of the sequestration order, officials announced Friday.
As ...Read more
Franken says he won't run for president in 2020
AUSTIN, Texas -- Minnesota Sen. Al Franken delighted a huge and enthusiastic audience that filled Hogg Auditorium Friday to see him in person, and the adjacent Texas Union Theater to see him, seconds later, in simulcast, ...Read more
Trump pledges to campaign for Moore if Strange loses in Alabama
President Donald Trump traveled south Friday night to urge Alabamians to vote for Sen. Luther Strange. But he said he would campaign for Strange's opponent if Strange loses.
Strange, who was appointed to the seat, faces ...Read more
Protesters disrupt Comey's speech at Howard University
More than 50 students at Howard University in Washington protested former FBI Director James Comey's convocation address to students Friday.
After a delay, Comey delivered his speech and received a standing ovation. It ...Read more
Former Senate leader Bob Dole hospitalized for low blood pressure
WASHINGTON -- Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., last week for low blood pressure, Fox News reported.
Dole, 94, and his wife, former Sen. ...Read more
Lavrov blames 'small-minded' Obama for US-Russia divisions
UNITED NATIONS -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov lashed out at former President Barack Obama for planting a "time bomb" that has deepened the worst rift between the two powers since the Cold War and frustrated ...Read more
Carson praises Moore, breaking with Trump on Alabama Senate race
WASHINGTON -- A member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet appears to be breaking with him in the GOP runoff in the Alabama Senate race.
Hours before Trump traveled to the state to headline a rally for Sen. Luther Strange...Read more
Man who killed 8 at Orange County, Calif., salon sentenced to life in prison
SANTA ANA, Calif. -- A former tugboat captain who carried out Orange County's worst mass shooting was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison Friday for killing eight people at a Seal Beach salon in 2011.
The ...Read more
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An Act of War
Michael K. McMahan$4.99
When Lt. Travis Kelly kills a North Vietnamese officer near the Cambodian border in 1969, he tries hard to put the incident--and the rest of the Vietnam War--behind him. But like so many of Travis's experience in the war, this one comes continues to haunt him decades ...
Despite tense relations, US and Mexico come together for earthquake recovery
MEXICO CITY -- It's been a tough year for U.S.-Mexico relations.
The countries are locked in tense talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, and Mexican public opinion of the U.S. has plummeted as ...Read more
McCain delivers a potentially fatal blow to GOP effort to repeal Obamacare
WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., dealt a critical blow to Republicans' last-ditch attempt to roll back the Affordable Care Act on Friday, announcing he will not vote for sweeping repeal legislation that GOP leaders...Read more
Trump positioned to slap potentially crushing tariffs on solar industry
WASHINGTON -- U.S. trade officials on Friday empowered President Donald Trump to impose tariffs that could cut off the solar energy industry from the cheap foreign-made panels that have driven its explosive growth.
The ...Read more
Lin-Manuel Miranda kept 'half' his promise to Oscar Lopez Rivera about 'Hamilton' show
CHICAGO -- If you were holding out hopes that your unused "Hamilton" tickets would be for Lin-Manuel Miranda's much ballyhooed performance in Chicago, forget it.
Miranda excited speculation this summer when he tweeted ...Read more
Youthful Ardern electrifies Kiwi politics in knife-edge election
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Win or lose, Jacinda Ardern has electrified New Zealand politics.
In the space of just seven weeks, she has led her opposition Labour Party out of the wilderness and given it the chance of a ...Read more
Review: Lady Gaga invites all to share her pain in her new documentary
Less than 10 minutes into the 100-minute "Gaga: Five Foot Two," a cinema verite-style documentary about Lady Gaga that emulates Madonna's 1991 documentary "Truth or Dare," the "Poker Face" pop star complains that she's ...Read more
Movie review: Judi Dench rules (again) in the lopsided crowdpleaser 'Victoria & Abdul'
The English director Stephen Frears has an affinity for odd-couple comedies, particularly whenever Judi Dench gets involved. Their prior collaborations include "Mrs. Henderson Presents" (2005), in which Dench played a ...Read more
Woman barges into Kardashians' boutique with gun, returns later with 14-inch machete
LOS ANGELES -- A woman barged into the Kardashians' clothing boutique in West Hollywood on Thursday, pulling out a revolver and pointing it at the sales staff before returning later with a machete.
About 11:30 a.m., the ...Read more
Trump urges help for Myanmar's Rohingya amid violent crackdown
NEW YORK -- U.S. President Donald Trump has asked his national security advisers to find ways to help end violence that's driven hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh, according ...Read more
Frida the search dog gets her star moment
MEXICO CITY -- One of Mexico's most beloved rescuers wears wide protective goggles, a harness and two pairs of boots.
Frida is the star of the Mexican navy's Canine Unit. Throughout her career, the 7-year-old Labrador has...Read more
Ugandan president wants to hold the office for life, sparking protests in the streets
KAMPALA, Uganda -- After more than 31 years in power, 73-year-old Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is carefully planning for the 2021 elections, determined to run for office again.
It needs a deft manipulation: a change ...Read more
Everyday Mexicans relying on themselves for earthquake rescue
MEXICO CITY -- In the moments after the earthquake, they didn't cower, they mobilized.
By the tens of thousands, volunteers streamed toward the Mexico City neighborhoods most damaged by Tuesday's violent temblor. Some ...Read more
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