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WASHINGTON (AP) A political research firm behind a dossier of allegations about President Donald Trump’s connections to Russia is balking at subpoenas from the House intelligence committee, with a lawyer for the firm questioning the legitimacy of the panel’s probe …
Read MoreHere’s a look at the news for Oct. 16. Hurricane Ophelia hits Ireland Thousands of people in Ireland lost power this weekend as Hurricane Ophelia, once hovering near the Caribbean, struck Ireland, according to BBC. Winds on the southern coast …
Read MoreWASHINGTON President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged Monday to work together on the GOP goal of overhauling federal taxes, proclaiming that despite reports to the contrary their relationship is just fine. “We’re probably now closer than …
Read MoreMuch like Northern California, the country of Portugal has been engulfed in wildfires this past week. Here’s what you need to know. Casualties: At least 31 people are dead, BBC reported Monday. The wildfires have left more than 50 people …
Read MoreAs tax reform is now a front-page headline, a number of people have written to the editor urging retention or expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). It is efficient, and it provides a significant benefit to lower-income families, …
Read MoreBAGHDAD Three weeks after Iraq’s Kurdish region held a controversial referendum on independence, Iraqi forces entered the disputed northern city of Kirkuk on Monday, forcing Kurdish fighters to withdraw. Here’s what you need to know: WHY? Kirkuk has found itself …
Read MoreFORT BRAGG, N.C. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured and held by the Taliban for five years after walking away from his post in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty Monday to desertion and misbehavior-before-the-enemy charges that could put him behind bars …
Read MoreBARCELONA, Spain A Monday morning deadline came and went without the president of the Catalonia region clarifying whether he had declared independence from Spain, and the Spanish government says he now has until Thursday to backtrack on any steps the …
Read MoreAn employee of a district attorney’s office in Texas was busted at work for allegedly stealing $1.2 million worth of fajitas in a nine-year period, according to The Brownsville Herald. The employee worked in the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office’s …
Read MoreLOS ANGELES Thousands of women are identifying themselves as victims of sexual harassment or assault following a call to action propelled by actress Alyssa Milano in the wake of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s downfall over of allegations of sexual misconduct …
Read MoreSANTA ROSA, Calif. Like tens of thousands of other evacuees, Wilbert Johnson woke up to a phone call. Unlike most, he didn’t flee to shelter as the incinerating inferno hurtled toward his Santa Rosa neighborhood. Instead, the devoted 67-year-old auto …
Read MoreBERLIN (AP) Almost the entire cohort of chicks from an Adelie penguin colony in the eastern Antarctic was wiped out by starvation last summer in what scientists say is only the second such incident in over 40 years. Researchers said …
Read MoreWASHINGTON — At least seven Cabinet-level officials, and a smattering of aides, appear to have abused their access to publicly funded travel. Collectively, these bureaucrats billed taxpayers for millions of dollars worth of private jets, military flights, spousal travel and …
Read MoreWASHINGTON — The American consumer is the great engine of growth for the $19 trillion U.S. economy, representing nearly 70 percent of spending. If the consumer is confident and happy, chances are that the economy is satisfactory or robust. On …
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving the North Korean crisis “will continue until the first bomb drops.” But it was only recently that President Donald Trump tweeted that Tillerson was “wasting his time” …
Read MoreMOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) The death toll from the most powerful bomb blast witnessed in Somalia’s capital rose to 231 with more than 275 injured, making it the deadliest single attack ever in this Horn of Africa nation, said a senator. …
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