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Yosemite Valley (National Park Service Photo)

Scores of additional homes evacuated in Calif. fire

MARIPOSA, Calif. (AP) — Scores of additional homes have been evacuated, as firefighters continue to battle a wildfire near the main route into Yosemite National Park in the Sierra foothills. State fire spokesman Daniel Berlant [...]

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US to begin meetings with Taliban

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — American officials say U.S. representatives will begin formal meetings with the Taliban in a few days at the group’s new office opening in Qatar. Senior Obama administration officials, speaking on condition [...]

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City Council to consider banning single-use plastic bags

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote today on whether to ban single-use plastic bags. The council’s Energy and Environment Committee Monday approved the language and environmental findings of [...]

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LA teacher arrested after wife’s stabbing death

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have arrested a teacher who allegedly chased down and stabbed his estranged wife to death on a San Fernando Valley street. Officer Sara Faden says 46-year-old Michael Rodney [...]

2013/06/17

Nelson Mandela, former South Africa President. (AP Photo)

Mandela’s wife thanks world for ‘love, generosity’

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In tweets, songs, telephone calls, cards and more, messages of love have come from across South Africa and the world for 94-year-old Nelson Mandela, giving the family comfort and hope as he [...]

2013/06/17

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CA insurance commissioner: Bar Anthem from health exchange

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s insurance commissioner wants to exclude Anthem Blue Cross from the state’s new health exchange for small businesses, saying it’s made excessive rate hikes. Dave Jones says three increases this year [...]

2013/06/14

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California set to pass on-time budget

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California lawmakers are expected to approve on an on-time Democratic spending plan that includes a historic change in the school funding system to help poor and minority students. Lawmakers are expected [...]

2013/06/14

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Lawmakers: Terrorists change tactics after leaks

WASHINGTON (AP) – Two senior Republican lawmakers say terrorists are already changing their behavior after leaks about classified U.S. data gathering programs. Rep. Mike Rogers offered no details, but says the revelations might also “make [...]

2013/06/14

Michael Karkoc (St. Paul Pioneer / AP video still)

Commander in SS-led unit living in US

BERLIN (AP) — A top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living [...]

2013/06/14

Newtown, Connecticut Town Seal

Moment of silence marks 6 months since Newtown

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Newtown held a moment of silence Friday for the victims of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School at a remembrance event that doubled as a call to action on gun [...]

2013/06/14

Collapsed deck at Shucker's Bar & Grill, North Bay Village, Miami, Florida. (AP Photo)

Deck collapses at popular Miami-area sports bar

NORTH BAY VILLAGE, Fla. (AP) — The outdoor deck at a popular Miami-area sports bar partially collapsed during the NBA Finals, sending dozens of people into the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay. The accident occurred [...]

2013/06/14

(AP Photo)

Obama steps up military aid to Syrian rebels

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s decision to authorize lethal aid to Syrian rebels marks a deepening of U.S. involvement in the two-year civil war. But U.S. officials are still grappling with what type and [...]

2013/06/14

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