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Trump has now named half cabinet, with pick of general: What his team looks like
WASHINGTON – With the nomination of retired general James (Mad Dog) Mattis as his defence…
San Bernardino recalls terror attack with silence, speakers
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – At the moment when shooters unleashed terror on San Bernardino a…
Review: ‘Man Down’ waits too long to deliver worthy message
“Man Down” carries a poignant message about American veterans’ mental health needs, but you may…
Senate GOP shies from fight over Medicare
WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats are warning that Speaker Paul Ryan and President-elect Donald Trump are…
Radical Pirate Party to seek to form government in Iceland
LONDON – Iceland’s anti-authoritarian Pirate Party took the helm in talks to form a new…
Supreme Court takes up hospital pension dispute
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court will decide whether some of the nation’s largest health providers…
Costco to be investigated by government over compliance with drug-selling rules
TORONTO – Costco is being investigated by Ontario’s Ministry of Health for its compliance with…
Obama: Health care act is law, US can’t go backward
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is urging the public to help save his health care…
Six Flags CEO to speak during Michigan State commencement
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Six Flags Entertainment Corp. CEO John Duffey will speak during Michigan…
The Latest: Hundreds attend memorial for terror victims
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – The Latest on the one-year anniversary of the San Bernardino terror…
Foreigners, private health care and the annoyed auditor: fed politics this week
OTTAWA – Outrage was the predominant tone on Parliament Hill this week, despite the omnipresent…
Guns at zoos? Texas says no while struggling to tame rules
AUSTIN, Texas – More than a year after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott made firearms, including…
Final Senate seat to be settled in Louisiana Dec. 10 runoff
BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana’s last-in-the-nation U.S. Senate race has drawn donations from desperate Democrats…
Toronto doctor charged with first-degree murder in woman’s death
TORONTO – The director of the Ontario Medical Association is remembering a doctor whose body…
Gun-rights backers vow to ‘go on offence’ during Trump years
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Firearms enthusiasts who embraced Donald Trump’s campaign and his full-throated support…
12 people killed, 20 injured in bus crash in Siberia
MOSCOW – At least 12 people, including nine members of a children’s acrobatics team, were…
NY tweaks medical pot law but still no talk of legalization
ALBANY, N.Y. – New York is loosening restrictions in its nearly year-old medical marijuana law…
Complaint alleges animal cruelty at Marineland; park denies all accusations
A complaint that led Ontario’s animal welfare agency to investigate Marineland accuses the tourist attraction…
87 escape Kenya psych hospital as medics strike nationwide
NAIROBI, Kenya – At least 87 patients escaped from Kenya’s only psychiatric hospital after they…
Goals missed on obesity, food poisoning, despite gov’t push
NEW YORK – Progress in the U.S. against obesity, food poisoning, and infections spread in…
HUD nominee opposes programs that aided rise from poverty
WASHINGTON – Though Ben Carson frequently touts his up-from-the-bootstraps life story, Donald Trump’s nominee for…
Defendant in recovery doesn’t halt 9-11 case at Guantanamo
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – A U.S. military judge turned down a request Monday…
Bill speeding federal drug approvals clears Senate hurdle
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan bill to speed government drug approvals and bolster biomedical research cleared…
Texas releases abortion booklet citing refuted cancer links
AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas state agency has released a new edition of a booklet…