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US Will Bar Americans From Visiting North Korea, Tour Groups Say
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The US government will soon prohibit American citizens from traveling to North Korea, according to two tour groups that cater to Western tourists who want to visit the secreti...
Syndicated Author Jul 21, 2017

Six Burundi Teens Missing From DC Robotics Competition Rumored to be Seeking Asylum, Coach Says
MCLEAN, VA (AP) — The coach for six teens from Burundi who disappeared after an international robotics competition in Washington says he heard rumors that they might try to stay in the Un...
Syndicated Author Jul 21, 2017

Exxon Sues to Stop $2M Fine for Sanctions Breach
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the United States punishing Exxon Mobil for violating U.S. sanctions on Russia with a $2 million fine (all times local): 3:30 p.m. Exxon Mobil is suing the U.S. governm...
Syndicated Author Jul 20, 2017

Linkin Park Singer Chester Bennington Dead at 41
CALIFORNIA — (CNN) Chester Bennington, the lead singer of the rock band Linkin Park, was found dead Thursday according to a spokesman for the LA County Coroner. He was 41. The coroner’s of...
Syndicated Author Jul 20, 2017

If He Could Have A Re-Do, Trump Says He Wouldn’t Have Hired Sessions
WASHINGTON — (CNN) President Donald Trump said in an interview published Wednesday that he would not have chosen Jeff Sessions to be his attorney general had he known Sessions would recuse himse...
Syndicated Author Jul 20, 2017

WATCH: Did A Baltimore Cop’s Body Cam Catch Him Planting Drugs?
BALTIMORE — (CNN) New video casts a glaring light on Baltimore Police practices as the department and city grapple with a distrustful public and record-setting violent crime. The video reportedl...
Syndicated Author Jul 20, 2017

REPORT: CIA Is No Longer Funding Anti-Assad Rebels In Syria
WASHINGTON — (CNN) US President Donald Trump has ordered the CIA to discontinue a program of arming and training anti-Assad rebels in Syria, according to a report in the Washington Post which ci...
Syndicated Author Jul 20, 2017

WATCH: With Brain Cancer, McCain Faces His Toughest Battle Yet
WASHINGTON — (CNN) John McCain has always lived for the fight. Now he’s facing his toughest battle. The Arizona Republican senator has often seemed indestructible, despite the best efforts...
Syndicated Author Jul 20, 2017

Illinois Sheriff IDs Another Victim of John Wayne Gacy
CHICAGO (AP) - An Illinois sheriff's office said Wednesday that it has identified a Minnesota runaway as one of the victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said in a new...
Syndicated Author Jul 19, 2017

What Next For Healthcare? GOP Senators Heading To White House Today
WASHINGTON — (CNN) Soon after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell admitted defeat Tuesday in his bid to jam the repeal-and-replace Obamacare bill through the Senate, President Donald Trump, d...
Syndicated Author Jul 19, 2017
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