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    NEW YORK -- A veteran tabloid publisher testified Tuesday that he pledged to be Donald Trump's "eyes and ears" during his 2016 presidential campaign, recountin…

  • Settlement reached in Nassar case bungle

    DETROIT -- The U.S. Justice Department announced a $138.7 million settlement Tuesday with more than 100 people who accused the FBI of grossly mishandling alleg…

  • Mistrial declared in murder case against rancher

    PHOENIX -- An Arizona judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican man on his property near the U.S.-Mexico …

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    m Tunde Onakoya, a 29-year-old Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate, played the royal game for 60 straight hours in an attempt to break the the…

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    London Breed, mayor of San Francisco, said the city "is absolutely thrilled to be welcoming giant pandas" as she announced plans for its zoo to receive a pair …

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    Joe Szuszwalak, a spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said the agency waited nearly a year to announce the birth of two more black-footed ferrets…

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    Bill Melvin, manager of the Butte, Mont., Civic Center, said a female elephant was spooked by a passing vehicle backfiring and managed to break free from its h…

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    m Gil McRae, director of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, said staffers "are hopeful this rescue a…

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    Andre Schule, a veterinarian at Berlin's zoo, claims that there is no gorilla older than 67-year-old Fatou in any other zoo, "and we have to assume that there …

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    Lee Hsin Hung, handler of Roger, one of four search and rescue dogs deployed by the Kaohsiung Fire Department at Taroko National Park in Hualien, Taiwan, said …

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    Mike O'Neill, manager of New England Aquarium's Giant Ocean Tank, said Myrtle -- a 95-year-old green sea turtle -- is "in robust condition," as the 500-pound r…

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    m Kadir Demirtas, Istanbul Airport's customer experience manager, said staffers ensure that five newly deployed therapy dogs at the Turkish transportation hub …

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