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Putin shows new Russian nuclear weapons: 'It isn't a bluff'
MOSCOW - An underwater drone armed with a nuclear warhead powerful enough to sweep away coastal facilities and aircraft carriers. A hypersonic vehicle impossible to intercept as it flies in a cloud of...
Mar 01, 2018
Oscar-nominated short depicts real school shooting 911 call
LOS ANGELES - With the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School still fresh in the minds of many in the country, a pre-Oscars event Wednesday at the SoHo House in Los Angeles took on a more se...
Feb 28, 2018
Man arrested for trespassing at Sean Hannity's NY home
CENTRE ISLAND, N.Y. - A 72-year-old former dentist claiming to be writing a book about Sean Hannity has been arrested for trespassing at the Fox News host’s home on Long Island. Jan Gilbert, of ...
Feb 28, 2018
Novelist Jennifer Egan named new president of PEN America
NEW YORK - Jennifer Egan, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, has been named the new president of PEN America. PEN told The Associated Press on Wednesday night that Egan will succeed fellow author An...
Feb 28, 2018
Walmart sets age of 21 to buy firearms, ammunition
NEW YORK - Walmart announced Wednesday that it will no longer sell firearms and ammunition to people younger than 21 and would also remove items resembling assault-style rifles from its website. The m...
Feb 28, 2018
In public spat, Trump taunts Sessions, AG doesn't keep quiet
WASHINGTON - Harshly criticized yet again by his boss, Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday abandoned his usual stony silence and pushed back against President Donald Trump for saying Sessions&...
Feb 28, 2018
Paramount delays airing 'Heathers' after Parkland shooting
NEW YORK - Paramount Network says it will delay airing a television reboot of “Heathers” following the Florida high school shooting that left 17 dead. Paramount says in a Wednesday stateme...
Feb 28, 2018
In Oscar best-picture race, an unprecedented nail biter
NEW YORK - Even supposing the right envelope is read at the end of Sunday night’s Oscars, the night’s final moment should be one of high drama. Usually by now, a consensus favourite has em...
Feb 28, 2018
NewsAlert: White House communications director Hope Hicks resigns
WASHINGTON - An Associated Press source says White House communications director Hope Hicks, one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s most loyal aides, is resigning. More coming. The Associated Pres...
Feb 28, 2018
White House communications director Hope Hicks resigning
WASHINGTON - White House communications director Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump’s most trusted and longest-serving aides, abruptly announced her resignation Wednesday, leaving a void ...
Feb 28, 2018