Established Wyoming GOP senator may have insurgent challenger
AP - WASHINGTON -- Blackwater Worldwide founder Erik Prince is considering a Republican primary challenge to Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, a senior member of the Senate GOP leadership team, in a race...
View ArticleIstanbul prosecutors charge amnesty group with aiding terrorists
AP - ISTANBUL -- The Istanbul prosecutor's office is charging Amnesty International's Turkey chief and 10 others for allegedly belonging to and aiding terror groups with the completion of an indictment...
View ArticleSyrian Kurds find reasons for optimism
AP - BEIRUT -- Adnan Hassan, a Syrian Kurd, finally has hope for himself and his people. Two years ago, Islamic State militants nearly wiped out his hometown, Kobani, along Syria's border with Turkey...
View ArticleMassive rally held
AP - BARCELONA, Spain -- Hundreds of thousands of people rallied Sunday in downtown Barcelona to protest against the plans of Catalonia's regional government to secede from the rest of Spain. The march...
View ArticleBystander rape-intervention programs on rise
AP - STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Training programs around the country are trying to teach bystanders to stop sexual assault, and now is when they have to be especially alert. Campus sexual-assault reports...
View ArticleHarvey continues to punish Texas coast with tourism drop
AP - PORT ARANSAS, Texas -- Born and raised in this Texas Gulf Coast beach town, James Wheeler Jr. finds himself sawing plywood and hanging sheet rock at a time when he normally would be leading...
View ArticleSentiment growing for doing away with Columbus Day
AP - NEW YORK -- Is it time to say arrivederci to Christopher Columbus? A movement to abolish Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day has gained momentum in some parts of the U.S., with...
View ArticleTrump, Corker uncork a heated exchange
AP - WASHINGTON -- An enraged President Donald Trump and a prominent Republican senator who fears the country could be edging toward "chaos" engaged in an intense and vitriolic back-and-forth bashing...
View ArticleLiving in a world where mass murders persist
AP - We live in an age of mass murders. Sometimes we can explain the carnage -- the bloody outcome of a grievance, the casualties of terrorism -- and sometimes we cannot. But always, we are stricken....
View ArticleItems being returned week after Las Vegas shooting tragedy
AP - LAS VEGAS -- The abandoned baby strollers, shoes, phones, backpacks and purses strewn for days across the huge crime scene of the Las Vegas massacre were slowly being returned to their owners...
View ArticleA weakened Hurricane Nate brings flooding, power outages to Gulf Coast
AP - BILOXI, Miss. -- Hurricane Nate brought a burst of flooding and power outages to the U.S. Gulf Coast before weakening rapidly Sunday, sparing the region the kind of catastrophic damage left by a...
View ArticleYankees 1, Indians 0: Greg Bird Preserves Yankees' Season, Toppling the...
New York Times - In what was an unusually reflective moment for Girardi, he addressed the possibility that he would not return as manager in 2018.
View Article'Outlander' Season 3, Episode 5: Our Separate Ways
New York Times - Will Claire go back to Jamie? We're just waiting for her to admit to herself what we already know.
View ArticleLas Vegas Shooter Purchased 33 Firearms in Just the Last Month; Gun Shop...
CNN - Investigators are still trying to pin down Stephen Paddock's motive for opening fire on thousands of country music fans in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and wounding nearly 500 in the worst mass...
View Article5 Tips to Help You Figure Out What to Do With Your Life
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View ArticleWhat's on TV Monday: 'The Islands and the Whales' and 'Valor'
New York Times - "The Islands and the Whales" examines a controversial, centuries-old tradition. And "Valor" is the latest military drama to hit the small screen.
View ArticleColts celebrate Manning's return with win over 49ers
AP - INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indianapolis Colts scrapped the Peyton Manning playbook Sunday. Instead, they relied on ball control and patience.
View ArticleMarie Kondo is back with a manga about decluttering
AP - Just when it seemed Marie Kondo had spread her gospel on the "life-changing magic" of decluttering as far is it could go, the author ? whose two previous books remain
View ArticleCurry scores 40, Warriors rout Wolves, 142-110, in Shanghai
AP - Stephen Curry brought fans to their feet in China with a performance ripped right out of his MVP highlight reel.
View ArticleStates to halt vehicle registration renewal for failing to pay tolls
AP - LOUISVILLE -- Officials say Kentucky plans to halt 16,000 drivers from renewing their vehicle registrations for repeatedly failing to pay Ohio River bridge tolls.
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