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October 16, 2018

The Latest: Trump hears from Georgia farmers on hurricane

The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to areas hit by Hurricane Michael (all times local): 6:30 p.m. President Donald ...

October 16, 2018

Suspicious envelope causes ricin scare at Sen. Collins' home

A hazardous materials team was dispatched to the home of Republican Sen. Susan Collins on Monday after her husband received ...

October 16, 2018

Families search for the missing in the hurricane's aftermath

Joanne Garone Behnke has replayed every possible scenario in her mind a hundred times. Maybe her 79-year-old aunt sought ...

October 16, 2018

Sen. Warren: DNA test shows I have Native American heritage

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday released the results of a DNA analysis that she said indicated that she has some Native ...

October 16, 2018

In Florida, a slow wait for news on hurricane's death toll

In Florida, a grim task is unwinding slowly: Finding out many people were killed in Hurricane Michael. The storm that ravaged ...

October 16, 2018

Trump marvels at hurricane damage, hears stories of struggle

Michael Rollins shook President Donald Trump's hand Monday at the front door of his hurricane-ravaged home in the Florida ...

October 16, 2018

McCaskill brings in another $8.5M for Senate re-election bid

Data released Monday shows Missouri's Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill brought in $7.8 million in roughly two months for ...

October 15, 2018

Salesforce vs. Twitter in San Francisco homeless tax fight

San Francisco has come to be known around the world as a place for aggressive panhandling, open-air drug use and sprawling ...

October 15, 2018

West Coast military installations eyed for US fuel exports

The Trump administration is considering using West Coast military installations or other federal properties to open the way ...

October 15, 2018

Harvard: Race can only help, never harm, applicants' chances

Harvard University intentionally uses a vague "personal rating" to reject Asian-American applicants in favor of students from ...

October 15, 2018

Trump suggests 'rogue killers' murdered journalist Khashoggi

In a comment that could give Saudi officials a route to climb down from outright denials, President Donald Trump suggested ...

October 15, 2018

Senate aide pleads guilty to lying to FBI

A former Senate intelligence committee employee pleaded guilty Monday to lying to the FBI about contact he had with a ...

October 15, 2018

The Latest: Trump suggests 'rogue killers' in writer case

The Latest on the disappearance of a Saudi journalist in Turkey and the U.S. reaction (all times local): 9:50 a.m.

October 15, 2018

Massachusetts MGM casino earns $27M during 1st month open

MGM has reported nearly $27 million in revenue during the first full month of operation at its Massachusetts casino.

October 15, 2018

Germany deports convicted 9/11 accomplice home to Morocco

A Moroccan man convicted of helping Mohamed Atta and the other Hamburg-based Sept. 11 suicide pilots as they plotted attacks ...

October 15, 2018

GOP plays blame game while fighting to save House majority

Republicans have begun to concede defeat in the evolving fight to preserve the House majority. The party's candidates may not ...

October 15, 2018

Michael lays bare Panhandle's weaker building codes

Unlike in South Florida, homes in the state's Panhandle did not have tighter building codes until just 11 years ago; it was ...

October 15, 2018

Syria reopens vital crossing with Jordan, UN post with Golan

President Bashar Assad's government received a major boost Monday as Syria's commercial gateway with Jordan and a crossing ...

October 15, 2018

Supreme Court won't take up lead paint issue from California

The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that required paint companies to fund the removal of lead paint from ...