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Afghan Taliban deny former hostage's claims of murder, rape
[ad_1] PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Taliban spokesman denied on Sunday accusations by a Canadian man that one of his children had been murdered and his wife raped while they were being held captive by…
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California 'horror' fires burn on, 40 dead in one week
[ad_1] SANTA ROSA (Reuters) – Authorities hope weaker winds will help more than 10,000 firefighters battle the deadliest blazes in California history, which have killed at least 40 people and destroyed thousands of structures in…
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California 'horror' fires kill at least 40, deadliest in state history
[ad_1] SANTA ROSA, Calif. (Reuters) – Fast-moving fires spread by shifting winds forced thousands more Californians to evacuate their homes on Saturday as the death toll from the deadliest blaze recorded in the state’s history…
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California fires kill at least 38 as winds fuel 'unwieldy beast'
[ad_1] SANTA ROSA, Calif. (Reuters) – Thousands more Californians evacuated their homes on Saturday as fierce wildfires spread due to constantly shifting winds, and officials expected the official death toll of 38 to rise with…
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Latino workers flee California wine country fires for shelters, beaches
[ad_1] PETALUMA, Calif./SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – At the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds north of San Francisco, Spanish is the language that dominates many conversations about shelters, work and how to survive the California wine country wildfires, one…
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Fierce winds stir deadly California wildfires as teams search for victims
[ad_1] SONOMA, Calif. (Reuters) – Fierce winds were expected to stir wildfires and test firefighters on Saturday in Northern California where the most lethal outbreak of wildfires in state history has killed 35 people and…
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Five arrested in Georgia, including two law enforcement officers, over 1983 murder
[ad_1] (Reuters) – A decades-old investigation in the U.S. state of Georgia into the murder of a black man in 1983 culminated in the arrest of five white people on Friday, including two law enforcement…
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Las Vegas police say no delay in massacre response
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Las Vegas police presented a third version on Friday of the timeline of events for the Las Vegas gunman who killed 58 people and himself, saying they responded immediately to the deadliest…
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Trump ends key insurance subsidies, vows to dismantle Obamacare
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday pledged to dismantle Obamacare “step by step” after he scrapped subsidies to health insurers that help low-income Americans pay out-of-pocket medical expenses, a move that…
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Trump scraps key Obamacare subsidies, urges Democrats to fix 'broken mess'
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday urged Democrats to make a deal with him on healthcare after he scrapped billions of dollars in Obamacare subsidies to private health insurers for low-income Americans…
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FAA orders A380 engine inspections after Air France incident
[ad_1] SINGAPORE (Reuters) – U.S. aviation authorities have ordered visual inspections of fan hubs in engines used on some Airbus SE A380 jets after an engine came apart on an Air France flight last month,…
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Trump nails Obamacare with decision to cut off billions in subsidies
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump moved to undermine Obamacare dramatically late on Thursday by cutting off subsidies to health insurance companies for low-income patients, sparking threats of legal action and concern of…
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North Carolina prison on lockdown after fiery escape attempt
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Authorities locked down a North Carolina prison on Thursday after fires were set during an escape attempt that left 10 people injured, but no inmate succeeded in breaking out of the facility,…
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Frustrated by Congress, Trump signs order to weaken Obamacare
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order to make it easier for Americans to buy bare-bones health insurance plans, using his presidential powers to undermine Obamacare after fellow Republicans in…
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Hundreds missing, 23 dead as dry gusts fan California wildfires
[ad_1] SONOMA, Calif. (Reuters) – Firefighters struggled to halt the spread of wildfires that have killed at least 23 people in Northern California and dry, gusty winds threatened on Thursday to push flames into the…
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At least 23 dead, hundreds missing, as winds fan California fires
[ad_1] SONOMA, Calif. (Reuters) – Firefighters struggled overnight to halt the spread of wildfires known to have killed 23 people in North California, preparing for winds to shift after one town threatened by flames evacuated…
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At least 23 dead, hundreds missing as winds fan California wildfires
[ad_1] SONOMA, Calif. (Reuters) – Firefighters facing a resurgence of high winds on Wednesday struggled to halt wildfires that have killed at least 23 people, destroyed 3,500 structures and left hundreds missing in chaotic evacuations…
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Trump vows tax plan to boost economy; poll cites views on wealthy
[ad_1] HARRISBURG, Pa./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday told workers that they would win under his tax plan, saying it would help the middle class and boost the economy, though critics say it…
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Trump nominates White House aide for homeland security post
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will nominate Kirstjen Nielsen, who as top aide to his White House chief of staff has sought to instill order in Trump’s team, to lead the U.S. Department…
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U.S. justices question Arab Bank liability in militant attacks
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday signaled concern about allowing companies to be sued under American law for human rights abuses abroad in a case involving allegations that Arab Bank…
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Trump suggests challenging TV network licenses over 'fake news'
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump suggested challenging licenses for NBC and other broadcast news networks on Wednesday, a salvo that followed reports his own secretary of state had called him a “moron” after…
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U.S. House panel approves $36.5 billion for hurricane, wildfire relief
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives’ Appropriations Committee has approved $36.5 billion in emergency funding for relief and recovery from the recent devastating hurricanes and wildfires, a spokeswoman for the committee’s chairman…
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Wildfires kill 15, damage 1,500 homes in California wine country
[ad_1] SANTA ROSA, Calif. (Reuters) – Fast-moving wildfires still raging across Northern California’s wine country had killed 15 people, left some 150 missing and destroyed 1,500 homes, wineries and other structures as of Tuesday afternoon,…
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Supreme Court tosses one of two travel ban challenges
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out an appeals court ruling that struck down President Donald Trump’s previous temporary travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority nations countries that has now expired.…
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New timeline in Vegas shooting raises questions on police response
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Las Vegas police faced new questions on Tuesday about their response to this month’s mass shooting at an outdoor concert, a day after a county sheriff disclosed the gunman shot a security…
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Fog gives California firefighters an edge on blaze that killed 13
[ad_1] SANTA ROSA, Calif. (Reuters) – Firefighters on Tuesday battled 17 wildfires that have killed at least 13 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Northern California’s wine country, as a drop in winds and…
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U.S. top court rejects convicted coal executive's appeal
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Massey Energy Co Chief Executive Officer Donald Blankenship’s bid to overturn his conviction stemming from a 2010 West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 coal miners ended on Tuesday as…
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Las Vegas gunman fired on security guard before mass shooting
[ad_1] (Reuters) – The Las Vegas gunman opened fire on a security guard six minutes before he rained down bullets on a crowd and killed 58 people, officials said on Monday in a change to…
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Student shoots police officer dead at Texas Tech in Lubbock
[ad_1] (Reuters) – A student shot a police officer to death at Texas Tech University in Lubbock on Monday, and the campus was placed on lockdown before the suspect was arrested, officials said. Texas Tech…
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One person shot at Texas Tech university, campus on lockdown
[ad_1] (Reuters) – A person was shot on Monday at the Texas Tech University police division in Lubbock and the campus was placed on lockdown, according to police and a Twitter message from the university.…





