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Toronto Blue Jays place outfielder Anthony Alford on 10-day disabled list
MILWAUKEE - The Toronto Blue Jays placed Anthony Alford on the 10-day disabled list Wednesday with a wrist injury and recalled fellow outfielder Dwight Smith from triple-A Buffalo. Alford picked up hi...
May 24, 2017
N.S. political leaders focus on health care in election's final days
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Tories and NDP have pinpointed health care as the Liberals’ Achilles heel as the election campaign enters its final days, hoping to convince voters it is in crisis ...
May 24, 2017
Alaska aquiver: State hosts plate tectonics research effort
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska averages 40,000 earthquakes per year, with more large quakes than the other 49 states combined, and America’s shakiest state is about to have its ground examined like ...
May 24, 2017
NATO rolls out the red carpet, buffs its image for Trump
BRUSSELS - NATO is not only rolling out the red carpet for President Donald Trump in Brussels Thursday, the military alliance - which Trump once declared obsolete - has been busy repackaging its image...
May 24, 2017
Detroit plays tough in accidental shootings involving kids
DETROIT - The father raced to the bedroom, cried out and punched the walls. “Oh, my God. What did y’all do?” he screamed. Christopher Head found his 9-year-old son, Daylen, dead in a...
May 24, 2017
Many states have laws intended to keep kids away from guns
Many states have adopted laws that make it a crime for adult gun owners to allow children to access or possess their firearms, particularly when they are used to injure. In some cases, these laws are ...
May 24, 2017
States rejecting bills intended to keep guns away from kids
In state after state, proposals that would create or toughen laws intended to keep kids from getting ahold of unsecured guns have stalled - caught up in a debate over whether they are effective preven...
May 24, 2017
Accidental shootings involving kids often go unpunished
DURHAM, N.C. - Amy Pittman learned on her first day in jail to bottle up her grief. As soon as she arrived, guards took her shoelaces so she wouldn’t try to hang herself. Cry too much or scream ...
May 24, 2017
Longtime Trump attorney set to aid president amid probe
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s longtime attorney is joining a still-forming legal team that will guide the president through intensifying investigations into Russian interference in the U.S. electi...
May 24, 2017
GOP senators say tough report complicates health care bill
WASHINGTON - Republicans senators conceded Thursday that a scathing analysis of the House GOP health care bill had complicated their effort to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care law....
May 24, 2017