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Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan) on the Mueller report:

Nadler: Some of Trump's actions impeachable

House Judiciary chairman Jerrold Nadler said Sunday that some of President Donald Trump's conduct as ...

World Bomb blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in ...
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World Outrage after some French protesters urge suicides
PARIS (AP) — With French police suicides on the rise, Paris authorities are investigating yellow ...
11:57 AM
World Queen Elizabeth II turns 93 on Easter Sunday
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her 93rd birthday, which this year coincides with ...
11:25 AM
Nation The 20 Democrats, Republicans running for president in 2020
Read quick snapshots of the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates who have announced so far.
4/10/19
Dan Janison Janison: No such thing as 'sanctuary cities'
There are no true sanctuary cities in America, despite the term's frequent use on all ...
3:23 AM
Nation 20 years later, Columbine remembers 13 lost
LITTLETON, Colo. — Community members in suburban Denver marked the 20th anniversary of the Columbine ...
4/20/19
World Protests mix with Notre Dame mourning in Paris
PARIS — French yellow vest protesters set fires Saturday along a march through Paris to ...
4/20/19
World See stunning images from around the world
Take a peek at these jaw-dropping photos.
3/28/19
Obituaries Investigator who inspired 'Amityville Horror' dies
Worldwide paranormal investigator and author Lorraine Warren, whose decades of ghost-hunting cases with her late husband inspired such frightening films as "The Conjuring" series and "The Amityville Horror," has died. She was 92.
4/20/19
Nation Mueller wasn't buying Trump's 'fake news' claims
President Donald Trump and his team love to deride unfavorable stories as "fake news," but ...
4/20/19
Nation Storms in South kill girl in Florida, bring tornado threat
ATLANTA — A strong storm system barreling through the South killed an 8-year-old girl ...
4/20/19
Nation Calif. parents who tortured children get life in prison
One of their daughters, weeping, said in court that "My parents took my whole life from me but now I'm taking my life back."
4/19/19