USA-and-Canada
Trump returning to Ohio to rally Republican voters
Cincinnati, Oct 12 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump is returning to Ohio to try to boost GOP candidates in a Republican-dominated area.
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Former planning minister sentenced in rail crash: Argentina
Buenos Aires, Oct 11 (AP/UNB) — A court convicted a former Argentine federal planning minister Wednesday of contributing to a deadly 2012 train crash by failing to oversee the operations of commuter railways.
7 years ago
US increases pressure on Saudis over writer's disappearance
Washington, Oct 11 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump demanded answers Wednesday from Saudi Arabia about the fate of a missing Saudi writer as lawmakers pushed for sanctions and a top Republican said the man was likely killed after entering a Saudi consulate in Turkey.
7 years ago
Michael charges into Southeast after slamming north Florida
Panama City, Oct 11 (AP/UNB)— The most powerful hurricane on record to hit Florida's Panhandle left wide destruction and at least two people dead and wasn't nearly finished Thursday as it crossed Georgia, now as a tropical storm, toward the Carolinas, that are still reeling from epic flooding by Hurricane Florence.
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Trump administration opposes Chicago police-reform plan
Chicago, Oct 10 (AP/UNB) — The Trump administration on Tuesday sharply criticized a draft plan hammered out between the nation's third-largest city and the state of Illinois that envisions far-reaching reforms of Chicago's 12,000-officer force under close federal court supervision.
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UN's Nikki Haley to leave in latest Trump shake-up
Washington, Oct 10 (AP/UNB) — In the latest shake-up for President Donald Trump's turbulent administration, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley abruptly announced Tuesday she is resigning at the end of the year, raising fresh questions about the Trump team and about the outspoken diplomat's own political ambitions.
7 years ago
UN Ambassador Haley resigning; she gives no reason
Washington, Oct 09 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is leaving the administration at the end of the year. Trump spoke as he and Haley met in the Oval Office, shortly after word came of her plans to resign.
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Death toll in Haiti earthquake rises to 15; 333 injured
Port-De-Paix, Oct 9 (AP/UNB) — The death toll from a 5.9 earthquake that hit Haiti over the weekend rose to 15 people with 333 injured, authorities said Monday, as thousands of people slept outdoors fearing aftershocks would topple their cracked homes.
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1 killed, 5 hurt when unfinished Dallas town house collapses
Dallas, Oct 9 (AP/UNB) — A construction worker is dead and five co-workers are hospitalized with injuries after a three-story town house they were building in Dallas collapsed during a thunderstorm.
7 years ago
Trump says he has no plans to fire Rosenstein
Washington, Oct 9 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump has declared a reprieve for Rod Rosenstein, saying he has no plans to fire his deputy attorney general.
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