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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…
Democrats, Obama part on spending bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — In unlikely alliance, the Obama White House and House Republicans joined forces Thursday in a furious attempt to pass a $1.1 trillion governmentwide spending bill over clamorous protests from Demo…
'Pineapple Express' drenches California
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A powerful storm churned down the West Coast Thursday, bringing strong gales and much-needed rain and snow that caused widespread blackouts in Northern California and whiteouts in the Sierra N…
Father captured on bridge; four sons safe
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A three-day search for a man wanted for questioning in his wife’s disappearance and the abduction of their four young sons ended dramatically Thursday when police officers tackled him on a freeway …
Malala's moment: Nobel winner speaks out
OSLO, Norway (AP) — The Pakistani teenager stood on the stage of Oslo City Hall as the youngest Nobel Peace laureate, smiling as she listened to the thunderou…
CIA fights back after Senate torture report
WASHINGTON — Top spies past and present campaigned Wednesday to discredit the Senate’s investigation into the CIA’s harrowing torture practices after 9/11, battling to define the historical record and deter potenti…
Support for $1.1 trillion spending bill wavers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Exposed to the light of day, a year-end, $1.1 trillion spending bill drew vociferous objections from liberals and milder criticism from conservatives on Wednesday while lawmakers readied a brief, …
Health insurance sign-ups increase
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says sign-ups picked up last week under the president’s health care law.
New HPV vaccine boosts protection against cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. has received approval for an updated version of its Gardasil vaccine that protects against an additional five strains of the virus that causes most cases of cervical…
California braces for severe storm
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Crews in Northern California cleared storm drains and residents loaded up on sandbags Wednesday ahead of a powerful storm expected to pack hurricane-force winds capable of toppling trees and po…
Humpback whales increasing in waters near NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Maybe they want to sing on Broadway.
Mother, two young sons die in plane crash
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Residents of a suburban community adjacent to a small, regional airport said they don’t give much thought to the jets that fly over their homes daily.
Senate report: Harsh CIA tactics didn't work
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States brutalized scores of terror suspects with interrogation tactics that turned secret CIA prisons into chambers of suffering and did nothing to make America safer after the 9/11 att…