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Hurricane Maria lashes Puerto Rico with force not seen in ‘modern history’

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hurricane Maria roared ashore on Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the strongest storm…

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America’s opioid problem is so bad it’s cutting into U.S. life expectancy

Prosecutors in New York announced this week that an August drug raid yielded 140 pounds of fentanyl, the…

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New health-care plan stumbles under opposition from governors

WASHINGTON - The suddenly resurgent Republican effort to undo the Affordable Care Act was dealt a major blow…

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Texas House Speaker Straus faces possible GOP censure

AUSTIN — Texas House Speaker Joe Straus won a number of high-profile legislative battles in this year, but…

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Attorneys general in Appalachia pressure, sue health insurers over opioids

HUNTINGTON, W. Va. — The nation’s advancing opioid epidemic has officials and lawmakers in the most impacted states…

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‘Genetic editing’ seen as key for increased wheat yields, despite fewer acres

Rick Siemer has seen the recent data showing the fewest number of planted wheat acres in our nation’s…

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‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Maria churns toward Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico; Jose to scrape Northeast coast

The wicked 2017 hurricane season began delivering more punishing blows Tuesday as Hurricane Maria racked across the Caribbean…

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In UN speech, Trump calls Kim Jong Un ‘Rocket Man’ and threatens to ‘totally destroy North Korea’

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned the United Nations that the world faces "great peril" from gathering…

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Environmental, outdoor groups vow to fight national monument reductions

Environmental and outdoor recreation groups threatened Monday to sue if President Donald Trump adopts Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's…

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‘Alt-right,’ ‘troll’ and ‘dog whistle’ among new entries added to Merriam-Webster dictionary

More than 250 new words have been added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, from old terms now imbued with…