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DC gala shooting suspect aired grievances against Trump in writings to family
The man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner railed against Trump adminis…
Outbreak raises questions about medical tool
Wal-Mart workers to get pay raises
Man with buried bodies gets life in prison
Court ruling puts Obama's immigration work on hold
WASHINGTON — The White House will suspend plans to begin giving more than 4 million immigrants here illegally work permits as it pursues an appeal of a Texas federal judge’s ruling that temporarily blocks President…
W. Va. oil train still burning
MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. (AP) — Oil cars were still burning more than a day after a train carrying 3 million gallons of North Dakota crude derailed in a West Virginia snowstorm, shooting fireballs into the sky.
Ukraine battles persist before cease-fire deadline
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Fierce fighting surged Friday in eastern Ukraine as Russian-backed separatists mounted a major, sustained offensive to capture a strategic railway hub ahead of a weekend cease-fire deadlin…
Should we call the cosmos first?
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Astronomers have their own version of the single person’s dilemma: Do you wait by the phone for a call from that certain someone? Or do you make the call yourself and risk getting shot down?
Oregon governor quits
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber resigned Friday, giving in to mounting pressure to abandon his office amid suspicions that his fiancee used her relationship with him to land contracts for her green-e…
City to post signs about attacking owl
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — MSNBC host Rachel Maddow inspired Oregon’s capital to post new warning signs in a park where four runners reported attacks from an angry ow…
Obama war power plan in search of its first supporter
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans said Thursday that President Barack Obama’s request to authorize the use of force against the Islamic State group is too weak to do the job, and the House’s Democratic leader said the…
Talks produce Ukraine peace deal
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The peace deal reached Thursday for Ukraine, if it holds, would be a partial win for both Moscow and Kiev: Ukraine retains the separatist eastern regions and regains control of its border wit…
Legislators file bill to renew timber county payments
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A bill to renew federal subsidies to timber counties has been filed in the Senate.
'60 Minutes' newsman Bob Simon, 73, dies in NYC crash
NEW YORK (AP) — CBS says longtime ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Bob Simon has been killed in New York City car crash.
SpaceX launches observatory on 3rd try
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched an observatory inspired by former Vice President Al Gore toward a solar-storm lookout point a million miles away Wednesday.
Students given 'Fifty Shades of Grey' puzzles
MONESSEN, Pa. (AP) — Parents in a Pennsylvania school district are turning 50 shades of red over word search puzzles given to middle school students based on an erotic novel and movie.