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The Latest: School board hopes ouster ends distractions
ALBANY, N.Y. – The Latest on the New York education commissioner’s decision to remove one-time…
Ex-NY governor hopeful who insulted Obamas kicked off board
BUFFALO, N.Y. – One-time Republican candidate for New York governor Carl Paladino, whose published insults…
Governor revamps panel to strengthen animal cruelty laws
WOLFEBORO, N.H. – Two months after authorities said they rescued more than 80 sick dogs…
Legal deal over harsh CIA interrogations marks a milestone
SPOKANE, Wash. – A settlement in a landmark lawsuit against two psychologists who helped design…
Agreement protects elk route, trout streams near Yellowstone
BILLINGS, Mont. – A mining company finalized agreements with conservation groups to transform an abandoned…
Austrians first in Europe to make bacon on industrial scale?
VIENNA – Austrians were making bacon thousands of years ago. And a researcher says they…
Monks visit Grand Junction during tour through United States
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – A group of five Buddhist monks from a monastery in southern…
Battling demons in a community looking to Trump for change
ABERDEEN, Wash. – In Grays Harbor County, a rural community on the coast of Washington…
Back to school: How mature students can fund continuing education
VANCOUVER – When Kear Porttris decided to pursue a university degree in 2010, he had…
Jailed Mexican ex-governor starts hunger strike
Mexico City prison officials say a former Mexican governor jailed on corruption charges has started…
Triplets born before Joplin tornado head to kindergarten
JOPLIN, Mo. – Triplets born prematurely just five days before a deadly tornado slammed Joplin,…
Trump won towns drowning in despair. Will he save them?
ABERDEEN, Wash. – One-hundred-fifty baskets of pink petunias hang from the light posts all over…
Citing Trump remarks, entire president’s arts council quits
NEW YORK – Another presidential advisory committee appears to be breaking up. Actor Kal Penn,…
UN completes first round of Syria polio vaccination campaign
BEIRUT – The United Nations says the first round of a vaccination campaign following a…
Cities seek creative ways to prevent car or van attacks
PARIS – From Barcelona to Times Square and beyond, extremists have used vehicles as deadly…
Markets Right Now: Health care, retailers weigh on US stocks
NEW YORK – The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m.…
Correction: Abortion-Oregon story
SALEM, Ore. – In stories Aug. 15 and July 5 about Oregon’s expansion of abortion…
California tightens rules on popular pesticide for farmers
SAN FRANCISCO – California is tightening the strictest rules in the nation on a pesticide…
Trump won places drowning in despair. Can he save them?
ABERDEEN, Wash. – One-hundred-fifty baskets of pink petunias hang from the light posts all over…
Evangelical advisers stay with Trump as others criticize him
NEW YORK – One of President Donald Trump’s most steadfast constituencies has been standing by…
Helicopter crew had life vests, air bottles during crash
HONOLULU – All five crew members aboard a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed over the…
Physicist Hawking criticizes UK health secretary on service
LONDON – Noted physicist Stephen Hawking has criticized Britain’s health secretary for what he described…
Kansas trial to examine bias claim against Kobach’s office
TOPEKA, Kan. – A former employee in Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s office alleges…
Liquor stores closed in Turkmenistan’s capital until October
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – Liquor stores have been closed down and alcoholic products taken off the…