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• Trump considering move to end trade agreement with South Korea

  03-09-2017 23:52
  Continuing to push against other nations over trade deals that he feels are unfair to American workers, President Donald Trump confirmed on Saturday that he has been speaking to top aides about ending a trade agreement with South Korea, and that he may make that move as early as next week. Asked during a stop in Texas where he seeing damage from Hurricane Harvey if he was talking with advisers about such a move regarding South Korea, Mr. Trump said yes.
  
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• At Sunday services, messages of hope after Harvey's wrath

  03-09-2017 23:52
  
  Debris and muck were all that remained where homes once stood, tens of thousands spent the night in shelters, and others would weather another long day without safe drinking water or electricity. Yet, in churches across storm-ravaged South Texas, parishioners…
  
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• The Latest: California governor declares disaster over fire

  03-09-2017 23:38
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on heat and wildfires in the Western United States (all times local):
  
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• Controlled burn at chemical plant, power off in west Houston

  03-09-2017 23:34
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities started a controlled burn Sunday of highly unstable compounds at a Houston-area chemical plant that flooded because of Harvey. Utility crews went door-to-door to shut off power and warn those still at homes in the western…
  
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• The Latest: Man who died in Burning Man fire identified

  03-09-2017 23:33
  BLACK ROCK CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Latest on the man who died at the Burning Man festival (all times local):
  
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• Merkel, rival Schulz spar over Turkey in TV election debate

  03-09-2017 23:32
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her center-left rival, Martin Schulz, locked horns over how to deal with Turkey in their only televised debate Sunday, three weeks before the country's general election.
  
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• Mattis on NKorea: a response 'effective and overwhelming'

  03-09-2017 23:28
  
  Transcript of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' statement on North Korea, delivered Sunday after a security meeting at the White House with President Donald Trump and other officials:
  
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• OKC Firefighters Get Special Thanks From Young Texas Hurricane Victims

  03-09-2017 23:16
  
  Oklahoma City Firefighters have been down helping in Houston and some young storm victims are showing their appreciation.      
  
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• Obama offers accolades, advice in farewell letter to Trump

  03-09-2017 23:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Before he left office in January, President Barack Obama offered his successor accolades and advice in a private letter that underscored some of his concerns as he passed the baton.
  
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• Houston-area officials say they have started a controlled burn at Arkema chemical plant to limit further damage

  03-09-2017 23:07
  HOUSTON (AP) — Houston-area officials say they have started a controlled burn at Arkema chemical plant to limit further damage.
  
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• City settles lawsuit stemming from alleged sex assault

  03-09-2017 22:53
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Records show a 2015 lawsuit accusing Hartford school officials of negligence in the alleged sexual assault of a special education student has been settled for $235,000.
  
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• Man rescued from the flames at Burning Man festival has died

  03-09-2017 22:41
  A Nevada sheriff says the man who ran into the flames at the Burning Man festival's signature burning ceremony has died.
  
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• Dozens of Oregon hikers rescued amid wildfires

  03-09-2017 22:13
  
  HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) — Two busloads of hikers in Oregon were reunited with their friends and family Sunday morning after they were forced to spend the night in the mountains east of Portland when a wildfire closed their trail…
  
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• Defense chief says US "not looking to the total annihilation" of North Korea, but "we have many options to do so.''

  03-09-2017 21:27
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense chief says US "not looking to the total annihilation" of North Korea, but "we have many options to do so."
  
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• Dedication set for renamed Yale residential college

  03-09-2017 21:27
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University is holding a dedication ceremony for a residential college that's being renamed in honor of a pioneering mathematician.
  
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• Wildfires surge amid scorching heat across US West

  03-09-2017 21:22
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Smoke filled the sky and ash rained down across Los Angeles Sunday from a destructive wildfire that the mayor said was the largest in city history — one of several blazes that sent thousands fleeing homes…
  
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• Pentagon chief: Threats to US, allies 'will be met with a massive military response ... both effective and overwhelming'

  03-09-2017 21:22
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon chief: Threats to US, allies 'will be met with a massive military response ... both effective and overwhelming'
  
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• Boston rally to honor man who inspired ice bucket challenge

  03-09-2017 21:19
  BOSTON (AP) — The man who inspired the ice bucket challenge is being honored at Boston City Hall.
  
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• New floods possible in west Houston amid Harvey recovery

  03-09-2017 21:14
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities went door-to-door Sunday in parts of storm-battered Houston, warning that more flooding was coming, while a nearby city that lost its drinking water system struggled to restore service and officials kept watch on a crippled chemical…
  
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• Trump raises stakes in escalating North Koreans nuke crisis

  03-09-2017 21:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump raised the stakes Sunday in an escalating crisis over North Korea's nuclear threats, suggesting drastic economic measures against China and criticizing ally South Korea as he convened his national security team to consider the…
  
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• Cleveland unions refuse to hold flag at Browns opening game

  03-09-2017 21:02
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Members of unions representing Cleveland police officers and paramedics have said they won't hold a large U.S. flag during pregame ceremonies prior to next Sunday's Cleveland Browns season opener after a group of Browns players knelt during…
  
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• Police: Pregnant woman, 2 young boys killed in house fire

  03-09-2017 20:54
  HAMBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a pregnant woman and her two young children were killed in a fast-moving house fire in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Ex-Temple student is murder suspect in missing student case

  03-09-2017 20:27
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former Temple University student was charged Sunday with murder in the disappearance of a current student whose remains authorities believe were those investigators found this weekend on property linked to the suspect.
  
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• Mnuchin: Congress Must Tie Harvey Aid To Raising Debt Limit

  03-09-2017 20:24
  
  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday called on Congress to combine a $7.9 billion disaster relief package for Harvey with a contentious increase in the nation's debt limit, saying it was time to "put politics aside" so storm victims in Texas can get the help they need. 
  
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• Police: Huge WWII-era bomb successfully defused in Frankfurt

  03-09-2017 20:14
  
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Bomb disposal experts defused a huge unexploded World War II-era bomb in the German financial capital Frankfurt that forced the evacuation of more than 60,000 residents, police said Sunday.
  
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• Texas expects EPA to 'get on top of' toxic water risk

  03-09-2017 19:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday he expects the Environmental Protection Agency "to get on top" of the threat of possible water contamination after an Associated Press report of highly toxic waste sites flooded in the Houston…
  
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• Germany's Merkel, rival Schulz square up for only TV debate

  03-09-2017 19:38
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her center-left rival, Martin Schulz, are poised to hold their only televised debate Sunday, three weeks before the country's general election.
  
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• Helen Mirren hits the road in 'The Leisure Seeker' in Venice

  03-09-2017 19:33
  
  VENICE, Italy (AP) — The Italian nights are getting cooler as fall approaches, and there's something autumnal about many of the movies at the Venice Film Festival this year.
  
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• The Latest: EU calls on U.N. to adopt further NK sanctions

  03-09-2017 19:32
  
  TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the nuclear test North Korea conducted Sunday — its sixth and largest so far (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Many pause to pray amid Harvey recovery efforts

  03-09-2017 19:28
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on Harvey and its aftermath (all times local):
  
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• Coast Guard suspends search for N Carolina men off SC coast

  03-09-2017 19:14
  WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The Coast Guard says it has suspended its weeklong search for two North Carolina men whose fishing boat was found capsized off the South Carolina coast.
  
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• Romanian coastguard intercepts boat carrying 87 migrants

  03-09-2017 18:59
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's coastguard says it has intercepted a fishing vessel carrying 87 migrants in the Black Sea that was sailing toward the Romanian coast.
  
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• Russell Westbrook Book About Style Hits Shelves Tuesday

  03-09-2017 18:46
  
  Tuesday, Thunder star Russell Westbrook is celebrating his signature style by releasing a new book. 
  
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• Houston's homeless shrug off riding out Harvey on streets

  03-09-2017 18:14
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — To the masses, it was a vicious blast of nature's cruelty, a bruising brawl to survive, a forced trip to an uncertain future. To the few, it was just another miserable day.
  
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• The Latest: Trump on attacking North Korea: 'We'll see'

  03-09-2017 18:13
  
  TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the nuclear test North Korea conducted Sunday — its sixth and largest so far (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Houston-area homeowners warned about scavengers

  03-09-2017 18:06
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on Harvey and its aftermath (all times local):
  
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• Trump, asked if he'd attack North Korea, says: 'We'll see'

  03-09-2017 18:00
  
  TOKYO (AP) — North Korea on Sunday claimed a "perfect success" for its most powerful nuclear test so far, a further step in the development of weapons capable of striking anywhere in the United States. President Donald Trump, asked if…
  
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• Dozens of Oregon hikers await rescue amid wildfires

  03-09-2017 17:52
  HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) — More than 100 hikers in Oregon are awaiting rescue after they were forced to shelter in place on a popular trail about 90 miles (144 kilometers) east of Portland because of wildfires.
  
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• Teen's bar mitzvah gives Houston chance to commiserate, heal

  03-09-2017 17:51
  
  BELLAIRE, Texas (AP) — It wasn't a typical bar mitzvah, but then nothing has been typical in the Houston area since Harvey came ashore as a powerful hurricane and left whole sections of the city underwater, including its predominantly Jewish…
  
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• The Latest: Wildfires surge amid scorching heat in US West

  03-09-2017 17:43
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on heat and wildfires in the Western United States (all times local):
  
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• Trump Aide Keith Schiller Out At The White House

  03-09-2017 17:39
  
  President Trump's longtime aide and head of Oval Office operations, Keith Schiller, is leaving the White House and Washington, CBS News confirms.
  
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• Private school tax credit surprises, riles some in Illinois

  03-09-2017 17:32
  CHICAGO (AP) — Democratic-leaning Illinois is the latest state to direct taxpayer money to private schools, a development that's caught some by surprise and brought condemnation from politically powerful teacher unions and Democrats looking to defeat the Republican governor in…
  
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• Police: Pregnant woman, 2 children killed in house fire

  03-09-2017 17:30
  HAMBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a pregnant woman and her two young children were killed in a fast-moving house fire in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Judi Dench rules the Venice waves in 'Victoria & Abdul'

  03-09-2017 17:30
  
  VENICE, Italy (AP) — It was a day of queens at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday — a real British monarch on the screen and two queens of acting, Judi Dench and Helen Mirren, on the red carpet.
  
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• Houston Begins Taking Steps Toward The Long Recovery Ahead

  03-09-2017 17:21
  
  The soggy and battered city of Houston began burying its dead and taking steps toward the long recovery ahead. 
  
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• Kenya opposition leader refuses to share power

  03-09-2017 17:20
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga said Sunday he will not share power, speaking days after the Supreme Court's decision to annul President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election and order a fresh presidential election in 60 days.
  
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• AP EXCLUSIVE: Toxic waste sites flooded in Houston area

  03-09-2017 17:15
  
  HIGHLANDS, Texas (AP) — As Dwight Chandler sipped beer and swept out the thick muck caked inside his devastated home, he worried whether Harvey's floodwaters had also washed in pollution from the old acid pit just a couple blocks away.
  
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• French PM condemns lawmaker's assault against rival

  03-09-2017 17:01
  PARIS (AP) — French Prime minister Edouard Philippe said physical assault must be "strongly condemned" after a lawmaker hit another politician with a motorcycle helmet in a violent fight.
  
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• Indonesian minister to raise Rohingya plight with Suu Kyi

  03-09-2017 16:57
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's president has called for an end to violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state and sent his foreign minister to discuss the plight of Rohingya Muslims with the country's leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
  
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