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White House chief of staff John Kelly to leave at year's end
Washington, Dec 9 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that chief of staff John Kelly will leave his job by year's end amid an expected West Wing reshuffling reflecting a focus on the 2020 re-election campaign and the challenge of governing with Democrats reclaiming control of the House.
12 dead in bank robbery attempts, police shootout in Brazil
Rio De Janeiro, Dec 8 (AP/UNB) — At least 12 people, including two children, were killed Friday when police engaged in a shootout with bank robbers, according to authorities in northeastern Brazil.
Comey faces off with GOP over Clinton emails, alleged bias
Washington, Dec 8 (AP/UNB) — Former FBI Director James Comey spoke to House investigators behind closed doors for almost seven hours Friday, begrudgingly answering questions about the Justice Department's decisions during the 2016 presidential election.
US: Trump lawyer met Russian offering 'political synergy'
Washington, Dec 8 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, was in touch as far back as 2015 with a Russian who offered "political synergy" with the Trump election campaign and proposed a meeting between the candidate and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the special counsel said Friday.
Pentagon reveals US observation flight over Ukraine
Washington, Dec 7 (AP/UNB) — An unarmed U.S. Air Force plane with American and international observers flew a special flight over Ukraine Thursday in a show of solidarity after Ukraine's naval confrontation last month with Russia in the Black Sea, the Pentagon said.
Flag-waving crowds in Texas watch Bush's funeral train
New York, Dec 7 (AP/UNB) - Flag waving-crowds lined the tracks as a special funeral train carried the flag-draped body of former President George H.W. Bush to College Station, Texas, where he'll be buried on the grounds of his presidential library.
Floods, mudslides as storm wallops Southern California
Los Angeles, Dec 7 (AP/UNB) — The second storm in a week brought record-breaking rainfall to parched Los Angeles on Thursday, jamming traffic on Southern California highways and prompting evacuations in wildfire-scarred areas.
Trump expected to pick State spokeswoman for UN ambassador
Washington, Dec 7 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump is expected to nominate State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Clashing views color future of stalled N.Korea nuclear talks
South Korea, Dec 7 (AP/UNB) — To hear a beaming Donald Trump at his June summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore, the solution to North Korea's headlong pursuit of nuclear weapons, a foreign policy nightmare that has flummoxed U.S. leaders since the early 1990s, was at hand.
New study explains creation of deadly California 'firenado'
Redding, Dec 6 (AP/UNB) — A rare fire tornado that raged during this summer's deadly Carr Fire in Northern California was created by a combination of scorching weather, erratic winds and an ice-topped cloud that towered miles into the atmosphere, according to a study announced Wednesday.