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325-pound woman charged with killing girl by sitting on her
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A 325-pound (150-kilogram) Florida woman is charged with killing her 9-year-old cousin by sitting on the child as punishment. Source: AP
Trump says predecessors didn’t honor fallen; response heated
WASHINGTON (AP) — For U.S. presidents, meeting the families of military personnel killed in war is about as wrenching as the presidency gets. President Donald Trump’s suggestion Monday that his
Kurds withdraw as Iraqi forces push into disputed Kirkuk
KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) — Kurdish forces were withdrawing from Kirkuk on Monday as Iraqi federal forces moved in to the disputed city and seized oil fields and other infrastructure amid
Richard Wilbur, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, dies at 96
Richard Wilbur, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator who intrigued and delighted generations of readers and theatergoers through his rhyming editions of Moliere and his own verse on memory, writing
Death toll from blast in Somalia’s capital rises to 53
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The death toll from the most powerful bomb blast witnessed in Somalia’s capital rose to 53 as hospitals struggled to cope with the high number of
Ex-hostages back in Canada after harrowing raid to free them
SMITHS FALLS, Ontario (AP) — A couple held hostage for five years by a Taliban-linked extremist network in Afghanistan was safely back in Canada on Saturday after what the husband
Trump’s ‘Obamacare’ move shakes up health care and politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s abrupt move to cut off federal payments to insurers jolted America’s health care and political worlds alike, threatening to boost premiums for millions, disrupt
Las Vegas police shift timeline again in concert massacre
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas investigators offered a new version of events Friday in a shifting timeline surrounding the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history as they described how
Trump speech to vilify Iran over nuke deal, non-nuke issues
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to deliver a broad and harsh critique of Iran in a speech Friday declaring that the landmark Iran nuclear deal is not in
Calling it a beginning, Trump signs health care order
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated by health care failures in Congress, President Donald Trump directed his administration Thursday to rewrite some federal insurance rules as a beginning of renewed efforts to
