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Parties make final appeals to voters

Associated Press WASHINGTON An epic battle for control of Congress and the future of Donald

UN says Earth’s ozone layer is healing

Earth’s protective ozone layer is finally healing from damage caused by aerosol sprays and coolants, a new United Nations report said.

Winner from Iowa claims huge Powerball jackpot

After hearing someone from Iowa had won half of a nearly $700 million Powerball jackpot, Lerynne West couldn’t find the ticket she’d bought the day before so asked her sister to check her pickup truck.

St. Louis day-care workers charged in ’toddler fight club’

Two St. Louis day-care workers are facing felony charges after preschool children in their care were encouraged to fight each other.

Jewish nurse: I treated mass-shooting suspect out of love

A Jewish nurse who treated the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect says that he saw confusion but not evil in the man’s eyes, and that his own actions stemmed from love.

NAFTA 2.0 could draw some jobs back to US, but at what cost?

President Donald Trump insists his new North American trade deal will deliver a victory for U.S. factory workers by returning many high-paying jobs to the United States. Maybe.

Police: Woman in viral rant against 2 others faces charges

Authorities say a white woman in North Carolina whose racist rant against two black women having car trouble in an affluent area is facing charges she communicated threats and misused the 911 network.

Synagogue shooting worst of many hateful attacks in October

Kevyn Perkins stopped cold when he saw the letters scrawled on the door to his dorm: “N----- go back” it said, inked in messy red marker. First he was blinded by confusion. Then rage.

Boy Scout leader faces child-porn charges

Associated Press CLEVELAND Federal prosecutors say a Boy Scout leader recorded boys changing

Caravan trudges through ‘route of death’

Associated Press ISLA, Mexico Hundreds of Central American migrants from a 4,000-strong

Prosecutor: Altar girl in relationship with priest pregnant

Authorities are investigating whether a Roman Catholic diocese in Ohio responded appropriately last November when it learned that a priest for two of its parishes had taken a now-pregnant altar girl to a wedding reception last November, Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn told The Associated Press.