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• Trump blasts trade deals, departing from GOP orthodoxy

  28-06-2016 23:58
  
  MONESSEN, Pa. — Donald Trump called for a new era of economic "Americanism" Tuesday, promising to restore millions of lost factory jobs by backing away from decades of U.S. policy that encouraged trad
  
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• The Latest: 5 more West Virginia counties get disaster nod

  28-06-2016 23:50
  
  LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) — The Latest on flooding that has devastated parts of West Virginia (all times local):
  
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• High court will hear dispute over service dog at school

  28-06-2016 23:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up an appeal from a 12-year-old Michigan girl with cerebral palsy who wasn't allowed to bring her service dog to school.
  
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• The Latest: Cameron: Everyone wants "clear model"

  28-06-2016 23:42
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on Britain's vote to leave the European Union (all times local):
  
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• Prosecutors: Dad, son fleeing police killed Utah rail worker

  28-06-2016 23:42
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A father and son on the run from police after tying up five women in a Utah basement abducted and killed a rail line worker, beating him so severely that he was unrecognizable wh
  
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• Dispatcher: 'My caller is no longer responding'

  28-06-2016 23:40
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Police dispatchers heard repeated gunfire, screaming and moaning from patrons of the Pulse nightclub who called to report that gunman Omar Mateen was opening fire inside the club,
  
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• Netherlands and Italy agree to split Security Council term

  28-06-2016 23:35
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Sweden and Kazakhstan won contested elections for coveted seats on the Security Council on Tuesday and the Netherlands and Italy ended a battle for another seat by agreeing to sp
  
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• New Jersey drivers brace for possible end of cheap gas

  28-06-2016 23:30
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's gas tax could jump from the country's second-lowest to one of the highest by Friday, and that has motorists across the state calculating the potential costs.
  
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• Suicide bombers target Istanbul airport, killing at least 28

  28-06-2016 23:29
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Several suicide bombers have hit Istanbul's Ataturk airport, killing at least 28 people and wounding some 60 others, Istanbul's governor and other officials said Tuesday.
  
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• Prosecutor tells of accuser's admitted lie, remorse

  28-06-2016 23:29
  
  MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The prosecutor in Vermont state Sen. Norman McAllister's aborted rape trial said Tuesday his accuser lied once in her testimony when asked about her relationship to another man,
  
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• Istanbul Governor: 28 Dead In Airport Attack

  28-06-2016 23:27
  
  Turkish officials say at least two explosions rock country's largest airport in Istanbul on Tuesday, leaving multiple people injured.
  
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• Trump declares era of 'Americanism,' hits Clinton on trade

  28-06-2016 23:22
  
  MONESSEN, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump called for a new era of economic "Americanism" Tuesday, promising to restore millions of lost factory jobs by backing away from decades of U.S. policy that encouraged
  
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• Advocates criticize Kentucky's proposed Medicaid overhaul

  28-06-2016 23:20
  
  BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Bobby Paisley's health insurance covers his vision and dental care. He knows, because he and his wife pay for it.
  
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• 73-Year-Old Creek County Man Arrested, Accused Of Raping Teen

  28-06-2016 23:19
  
  A 73-year-old man is behind bars, accused of raping a teenager.
  
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• EEOC: Landmark sex discrimination lawsuit settled

  28-06-2016 23:10
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says a landmark lawsuit alleging sex discrimination based on sexual orientation has been settled for more than $200,000.
  
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• New Jersey senator protests Puerto Rico bill on Senate floor

  28-06-2016 23:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey senator is monopolizing the Senate floor to protest legislation that would help Puerto Rico with its crippling debt.
  
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• Investigators: Atlanta officer shot kidnap suspect in leg

  28-06-2016 23:06
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say an Atlanta police officer shot a kidnapping suspect in the leg following a chase.
  
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• The Latest: Gov. Kasich to skip GOP convention in own state

  28-06-2016 23:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign. (all times EDT):
  
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• Authorities: Explosion, fire, rock plant; no one injured

  28-06-2016 22:53
  
  Two explosions and a fire rocked a natural gas plant in southern Mississippi, where flames shot out of the building for hours and one of the blasts could be felt up to 10 miles away, authorities said.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump's vision improbably resembles past

  28-06-2016 22:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump laid out an economic future Tuesday that improbably resembles the past, declaring "it will be American steel" that once again builds gleaming skyscrapers and fortifies t
  
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• Glenpool man acquitted in murder case charged with assaulting officers, drug possession

  28-06-2016 22:50
  
  Austin Nation, who was acquitted last year of murder charges tied to a 2014 fatal stabbing, is back in custody on allegations he assaulted OHP troopers who found illicit drugs and firearms in his car last week.
  
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• The Latest: Dispatchers heard shots, screams from Pulse

  28-06-2016 22:45
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the mass shooting at a gay Orlando nightclub that left 49 people dead (all times local):
  
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• Westbound I-44 Traffic Backed Up In Tulsa Construction Zone

  28-06-2016 22:27
  
  The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says semis trying to negotiate a construction zone curve on Interstate-44 at West 51st Street South slowed westbound traffic. 
  
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• NTSB Blames Weather, Pilot For Fatal Okmulgee County Plane Crash

  28-06-2016 22:22
  
  The National Transportation Safety Board blames weather and the pilot for a fatal plane crash in Okmulgee County in 2014.
  
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• Istanbul Airport Rocked By Explosions, Leaving Multiple Injuries

  28-06-2016 22:04
  
  Turkish officials say at least two explosions rock country's largest airport in Istanbul on Tuesday, leaving multiple people injured.
  
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• The Latest: Report: Blasts at Istanbul airport kill 10

  28-06-2016 22:01
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on the explosions at Istanbul's Ataturk airport (all times local):
  
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• Deadly California wildfires spark debate about development

  28-06-2016 21:58
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A speeding wildfire in California that turned hundreds of homes near Lake Isabella to piles of twisted rubble has forced a conversation about how to minimize destruction in the m
  
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• The Latest: Men whose wives, 4 kids killed in wreck ID'd

  28-06-2016 21:57
  
  GORMAN, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a deadly wreck on a highway north of Los Angeles (all times local):
  
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• Airport security fix: better training _ for humans and dogs

  28-06-2016 21:56
  
  GLYNCO, Ga. (AP) — Covering their ears, 192 future airport security officers watched from a grandstand as Larry Colburn detonates a plastic-explosives device like the one carried by the underwear bomb
  
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• Report: Turkish official says 10 killed in blasts at Istanbul airport

  28-06-2016 21:53
  
  ISTANBUL — A Turkish official says two attackers have blown themselves up at Istanbul's Ataturk airport after police fired at them.
  
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• Bixby City Council reconsiders development on land neighbors say was promised to them

  28-06-2016 21:45
  
  The 29-acre property near 131st Street and Sheridan Road contains a strip of land that is at the center of a lawsuit filed by residents of the neighboring Seven Lakes subdivision. Councilors were told it's possible they could be sued for denying the plat approval.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Overstatements in Trump's economic speech

  28-06-2016 21:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump laid out economic ideas in a speech in Pennsylvania on Tuesday that did not always deal squarely with economic realities. A look at some of his statements and how they c
  
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• Trying elected officials after ruling: It's complicated

  28-06-2016 21:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Supreme Court opinion setting aside the bribery conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will make it harder for Justice Department prosecutors to bring similar cases in th
  
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• NOAA reminding people not to touch or pick up seal pups

  28-06-2016 21:39
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — As harbor seals are being born in the Pacific Northwest this time of year, marine mammal advocates up and down the West Coast are urging people not to touch or pick up pups that come up
  
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• Man who went on mac and cheese tirade is arrested in Florida

  28-06-2016 21:38
  
  BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — A former University of Connecticut student who went on a drunken, obscenity-laced tirade about jalapeno-bacon macaroni and cheese has been arrested in Florida after an altercat
  
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• Mannford man accused of raping 14-year-old boy arrested in Creek County

  28-06-2016 21:35
  
  An arrest report alleges Herman Lee Flick, 73, held the boy, whose mother had briefly reported him missing, at knifepoint in his home at Keystone Loop in Mannford. 
  
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• Feds urge consumers to act quickly on Ikea dresser recall

  28-06-2016 21:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ikea is recalling 29 million chests and dressers that can easily tip over and trap children underneath. Six children have been killed and three dozen others injured in the past 27 ye
  
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• Advocates criticize Bevin's plan to overhaul Medicaid

  28-06-2016 21:33
  
  BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Health care advocates and consumers say Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's plan to overhaul the state's Medicaid program would disastrous and urged him to significantly alter his p
  
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• Mothers, 4 children killed in fiery wreck near Los Angeles

  28-06-2016 21:30
  
  GORMAN, Calif. (AP) — A fiery minivan wreck in northern Los Angeles County killed two mothers and their four children early Tuesday, while the two hysterical fathers of the families were held back fro
  
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• San Francisco media plan week of coverage on homeless crisis

  28-06-2016 21:19
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 70 media organizations in San Francisco plan to saturate online, TV and print publications this week with news stories about an issue that has stumped politicians and re
  
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• Psych exam ordered for man accused of threatening military

  28-06-2016 21:14
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a man charged with soliciting people to kill members of the military to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine if he's competent to stand trial.
  
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• Can you hear them now? New buoy listens for singing whales

  28-06-2016 21:11
  
  MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Scientists have deployed a buoy 22 miles off the coast of New York's Fire Island to monitor several species of great whales in "near real-time." The high-tech acoustic device will
  
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• Police: Teacher posed as teen girl using adult actress pics

  28-06-2016 21:05
  
  GILROY, Calif. (AP) — A California high school chemistry teacher has appeared in court on accusations that he posed as a teenage girl online using an adult film actress' photos to lure teen boys into
  
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• The Latest: Trump outlines steps to bring back jobs to US

  28-06-2016 20:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign. (all times EDT):
  
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• The Latest: State Dept: Benghazi outpost was no mistake

  28-06-2016 20:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest on the House GOP Benghazi report, released Tuesday (all times local):
  
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• Trump takes on trade deals in Pennsylvania speech

  28-06-2016 20:54
  
  MONESSEN, Pa. (AP) — Republican Donald Trump took aim at U.S. free trade deals in a speech delivered in Western Pennsylvania Tuesday that painted his likely Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as a champ
  
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• Tulsan exonerated after serving 20 years for murder conviction pleads guilty to assaulting jail inmate

  28-06-2016 20:45
  
  De'Marchoe Montez Carpenter and Marlon Deshun Phenix pleaded guilty to assaulting an inmate at the Tulsa Jail. Carpenter has been out of custody on $10,000 bond on the charge since May 9, when District Judge Sharon Holmes declared him innocent of the 1994 murder conviction for which he was imprisoned.
  
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• Two Trains In Fiery Wreck In Texas Panhandle

  28-06-2016 20:34
  
  Two trains have collided near Panhandle, Texas - northeast of Amarillo. Viewer photos show piles of train cars stacked up in the crash. 
  
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• Supreme Court rejects pharmacists' religious rights appeal

  28-06-2016 20:29
  
  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal from Washington state pharmacists who said they have religious objections to dispensing Plan B or other emergency con
  
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• Israel's security figures take aim at hard-line Netanyahu

  28-06-2016 20:18
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Long-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a potentially formidable challenge to his hard-line rule — not from Israel's civilian politicians but instead from its revered sec
  
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