Nation/World
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World
Fireball at ruptured Mexico oil pipeline kills 66
MEXICO CITY — Forensic experts attempted to separate and count charred heaps of corpses in ...
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Nation
Trump 'appreciates' Mueller's statement on report
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller's office has issued a rare public statement disputing ...
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Commentary
Opinion: Media's bias should be toward democracy
The belief that constitutional democracy is superior to other forms of government rests in part ...
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Nation
Trump offers temporary 'Dreamers' deal for border wall
In a bid to break the shutdown stalemate, President Donald Trump offered to extend temporary protections for young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children and those fleeing disaster zones in exchange for his border wall.
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Politics
LI delegation reacts along party lines to Trump plan
Long Island’s congressional delegation reacted along party lines to President Donald Trump's border security plan, ...
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Dan Janison
Janison: Mitch in the middle of shutdown show
The shutdown of several government agencies spawned a lot of "takes-two-to-tango" talk. The "two" in ...
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World
Survivors: Up to 117 migrants missing in capsizing off Libya
ROME — Three survivors of a rubber dinghy that sank in the Mediterranean Sea off ...
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Nation
Trump plans to make 'major announcement' on shutdown, border
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said he will be making a "major announcement" on the ...
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Nation
George W. Bush treats Secret Service detail to pizza
DALLAS — Former President George W. Bush treated his Secret Service detail to pizza to ...
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Nation
White cop who shot black teen gets nearly 7 years
CHICAGO — The white Chicago police officer who gunned down a black teenager in 2014 ...