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Science Says: What makes something truly addictive
CHICAGO – Now that the world’s leading public health group says too much Minecraft can…
Trump’s migrant policy: First blowback, then about-face
WASHINGTON – As a crisis of migrant children separated from their families provoked national outrage,…
Trump’s Mideast team gets close-up view of peace obstacles
AMMAN, Jordan – On their current Mideast tour, senior Trump administration officials are getting a…
The Latest: Interior links reorganization plan to Obama
WASHINGTON – The Latest on the Trump administration’s proposal to reorganize the federal government (All…
Arkansas court clears way for medical pot program’s launch
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the…
Report: Man facing drug charges works with migrant children
MIAMI – A Florida man facing felony drug possession charges says he’s been working at…
WHAT’S HAPPENING: A struggle for next steps on immigration
A day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that stopped the separations of…
Final session for 90-year-old state lawmaker and WWII vet
ALBANY, N.Y. – Bill Larkin spent 23 years in the U.S. Army before starting a…
Another US worker confirmed hurt by mystery Cuba incidents
WASHINGTON – Medical tests have confirmed that one additional U.S. Embassy worker has been affected…
Pentagon agrees to provide space for 20,000 migrant children
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon will make space available on military bases for as many as…
UK police arrest man after he claims to have a bomb
LONDON – Police say London’s Charing Cross station, a major commuter hub, was closed for…
Charles Krauthammer, conservative columnist and pundit, dies
NEW YORK – Charles Krauthammer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and pundit who helped shape and…
African wild dogs make comeback at Mozambican wildlife park
GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK, Mozambique – The African wild dogs are back. There are just 14…
Summer camp illness sends 33 kids, 3 adults to hospital
LAKE PLACID, Fla. – Authorities say 33 children and three adults were hospitalized after falling…
Maryland office park killing suspect sentenced in Delaware
WILMINGTON, Del. – A man accused of shooting five co-workers, killing three, at a granite…
The Cincinnati Zoo’s last white tiger, Popsy, dies at 22
CINCINNATI – The Cincinnati Zoo’s last white tiger has died. Zoo officials said Thursday that…
Canadians warned to look out for invasive giant hogweed that burns, blinds
Canadians are being warned to look out for a dangerous, invasive plant that can cause…
Gaza officials: 20 Palestinians wounded at Israeli border
GAZA, Palestinian Territory – Gaza’s Health Ministry says 20 Palestinians have been wounded by Israeli…
Belmont worker dies of suspected rare rodent-borne virus
New York state health officials believe a backstretch worker at Belmont Park died from a…
Drug spoon sculpture placed outside drugmaker headquarters
STAMFORD, Conn. – An 800-pound, nearly 11-foot-long steel sculpture of a bent and burned drug…
Quebec health minister announces pilot project to transfer patients by air
MONTREAL – Quebec’s health minister announced on Friday an 18-month pilot project to transfer patients…
Social media is the new heart of political protests
CHICAGO – The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. marching arm-in-arm with other civil rights activists.…
Whale strikes Alaska ferry, may have suffered mortal injury
JUNEAU, Alaska – Authorities in Alaska say a whale struck the side of a state…
Police forces welcome delay in pot rules implementation as they prep for legal weed
TORONTO – Law enforcement agencies are welcoming a delay in the implementation of the country’s…