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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.
Bush celebrated with praise and humor at cathedral farewell
Washington, Dec 5 (AP/UNB) — George H. W. Bush was celebrated with high praise and loving humor Wednesday as the nation bade farewell to the man who was America's 41st president and the last to fight for the U.S. in wartime. Three former presidents looked on at Washington National Cathedral and a fourth — George W. Bush — eulogized his dad.
Presidents club assembles for Bush funeral, Trump an outlier
Washington, Dec 5 (AP/UNB) — The death of George H.W. Bush is bringing together the five remaining members of an oh-so-exclusive fraternity — the presidents club. But for President Donald Trump, it may not be an entirely comfortable reunion, throwing him together with former occupants of the Oval Office who have given him decidedly mixed reviews.
A nation's farewell for George H.W. Bush
Washington, Dec 5 (AP/UNB) — The nation's capital bids its final farewell to the late president, George H.W. Bush, in a service of prayer and praise that is drawing together world envoys, Americans of high office and a guy from Maine who used to fix things in Bush's house on the water.
Trump wrong about illegal immigration costs
Washington, Dec 5 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump is spreading misleading numbers about the cost of illegal immigration.
After CIA briefing, senators lay blame on Saudi crown prince
Washington, Dec 5 (AP/UNB) — Breaking with President Donald Trump, senators leaving a briefing with CIA Director Gina Haspel on Tuesday said they are even more convinced that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman was involved in the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Mueller recommends no prison for Flynn, citing cooperation
Washington, Dec 5 (AP/UNB)— President Donald Trump's former national security adviser provided so much information to the special counsel's Russia investigation that prosecutors say he shouldn't do any prison time, according to a court filing Tuesday that describes Michael Flynn's cooperation as "substantial."