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US current account deficit expands to $116.8 billion
WASHINGTON - The U.S. deficit in the broadest measure of trade rose to the highest level in a year during the first quarter. The Commerce Department said Tuesday the deficit in the U.S. current accoun...
Jun 20, 2017
INSIDE WASHINGTON: Writing a bill in private not unusual
WASHINGTON - It’s extraordinary for legislation as sweeping as the Senate Republican health care bill to be written behind closed doors, suddenly hatched and then whisked through Congress with l...
Jun 20, 2017
Radio host says his criticisms of Trump cost him his job
PALMYRA, Pa. - A Pennsylvania radio host has resigned after being asked by radio management not to criticize President Donald Trump on air. Bruce Bond tells Pennlive.com (http://bit.ly/2rycgKH ) he...
Jun 20, 2017
AP sources: Spicer seeks more strategic role at White House
WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Sean Spicer is seeking to take on a more strategic role that would give him a limited presence in the daily press briefings that have made him a prominent face...
Jun 20, 2017
Senate steers toward showdown vote next week on health bill
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans steered toward a potential showdown vote on their long-awaited health care bill next week, despite indications that they’ve yet to solidify the 50 GOP votes they&...
Jun 20, 2017
Myanmar court gives exorcist death for killing 3 children
YANGON, Myanmar - A court in Myanmar sentenced a self-styled exorcist to death on Tuesday for killing three children during a ritual he carried out after telling their parents their offspring were pos...
Jun 20, 2017
European court rules in favour of Russian gay activists
MOSCOW - The European Court for Human Rights on Tuesday ruled that Russia’s law banning dissemination of so-called gay propaganda to minors violates the right to freedom of expression. In the fi...
Jun 20, 2017
UPS workplace shooting survivor found exit blocked by killer
SAN FRANCISCO - A survivor of the shooting at a San Francisco UPS warehouse says he was standing at his usual spot during a morning meeting when he heard a loud pop like a firecracker behind him. When...
Jun 20, 2017
Pope honours 'rebel' priests censured for commitment to poor
BOZZOLO, Italy - Pope Francis made a pilgrimage to northern Italy on Tuesday to honour two 20th-century parish priests whose commitment to the poor and powerless brought them censure from the Vatican....
Jun 20, 2017
South Africa-born lawyer who defended Mandela dies
JOHANNESBURG - The Nelson Mandela Foundation has paid tribute to the late Joel Joffe, a South Africa-born human rights lawyer who defended Mandela during a 1960s trial at which the anti-apartheid lead...
Jun 20, 2017