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WASHINGTON (TNS) — The monstrous flames ripping through Northern California in recent days have burned communities to the ground, killed dozens of people caught in their path and wreaked havoc on a regional economy.
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As the U.S. obesity rate has galloped toward 40 percent, doctors, drug designers and dispirited dieters have all wondered the same thing: What if a pill could deliver the benefits of weight-loss surgery, but without the knife?
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WASHINGTON (TNS) — President Donald Trump moved Thursday to scale back rules on health insurance across the country in the administration’s most ambitious effort to date to use its regulatory powers to undermine the Affordable Care Act.
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WASHINGTON (TNS) — Interior Department manager Joel Clement figured his new bosses in the Trump administration might disapprove of his climate change-focused work protecting Alaskan villages from rising seas.
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Ten years ago tomorrow: A 20-year-old off-duty sheriff's deputy went on a shooting rampage in Crandon, Wisconsin, killing six people, including his ex-girlfriend, before taking his own life as police closed in.
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WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Supreme Court heard a strong argument Tuesday for reining in partisan gerrymandering — at least if it’s extreme enough to allow one party’s politicians to keep themselves in power for a decade.
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WASHINGTON (TNS) — Here is what’s around the corner: Smart digital billboards will detect the make, model and year of oncoming vehicles and project ads tailored to the motorist.
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WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Supreme Court opens its term Monday focused on whether to shield conservative Christians from gay rights laws and whether to rein in the partisan gerrymandering that Republicans have used in recent years to tighten their...

With the national uninsured rate back on the rise, after dipping to a record low of 8.6 percent in the first quarter of 2016, the personal-finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2017's Uninsured Rates by City and by…
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After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon promises the American people peace, and narrowly wins the U.S. presidency. The subject will be covered in part seven of Ken Burns' new 10-episode documentary, "The Vietnam War." The episode, "The Veneer...

MINNEAPOLIS — Alexa, forget my grocery list and morning traffic reports. Tell me about CPR. Alexa, Amazon’s voice-activated digital assistant for the home, has learned a new skill — dispensing medical information about first aid from one of the...

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (TNS) — After a year of scouring the depths of Lake Michigan with a sonar-equipped fishing boat, Steve Radovan finally got a hit on the gray-scale monitor in the captain’s cabin in May 2016.
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Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart. The subject will be covered in part six of Ken Burns' new 10-episode documentary, "The Vietnam War." The episode, "Things Fall Apart" will air Sept. 24.
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AUSTIN, Texas (TNS) — Minnesota Sen. Al Franken delighted a huge and enthusiastic audience that filled Hogg Auditorium Friday to see him in person, and the adjacent Texas Union Theater to see him, seconds later, in simulcast, to kick off…
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WASHINGTON (TNS) — They have a blueprint and principles. They’ve held countless strategy sessions for what could be the biggest tax overhaul in decades.
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Despite their president day popularity, emojis started in 1998 with one man: A 25-year-old mobile phone carrier employee who created the first set of 176 in one month as he rushed to meet a deadline.
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