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  Business Highlights

  December 15, 2018 4:15 IST

  Business Highlights

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  The Latest: Trump names Mulvaney acting chief of staff

  December 15, 2018 4:15 IST

  Chris Christie has pulled himself out of consideration to serve as President Donald Trump's next chief of staff

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  Arkansas lawmakers eye more abortion restriction next year

  December 15, 2018 4:15 IST

  Arkansas' predominantly Republican Legislature is preparing to take up new abortion restrictions when lawmakers convene next month, even as the state's past efforts to restrict the procedure remain caught up in legal fights

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  Incoming governor names pick to head embattled health agency

  December 15, 2018 4:15 IST

  Maine's incoming Democratic governor has named a former senior White House health policy expert to head the state's embattled health agency

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  Their numbers growing, Latinos gain clout in new Congress

  December 15, 2018 4:15 IST

  A record 43 Latinos elected to Congress are set to take the oath of office in January

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  California chief justice gives up Republican Party label

  December 15, 2018 4:00 IST

  California Supreme Court chief justice says she gave up her Republican Party affiliation over concerns about increasing polarization and incivility in the country

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  Nicaraguan police raid NGO offices, seize records

  December 15, 2018 4:00 IST

  Nicaraguan police raided the offices of five nongovernmental organizations and an independent media outlet, alleging that they sought the government's overthrow

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  Obama-era rule leads to $150M in student loan forgiveness

  December 15, 2018 4:00 IST

  The U.S. Education Department says it will start forgiving federal loans for 15,000 former students whose colleges closed before they could graduate

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  Too old to run? Biden wrestles with age as he eyes 2020 run

  December 15, 2018 3:45 IST

  Joe Biden is talking with friends and longtime supporters about whether he's too old to seek the White House

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  The Latest: Police say woman's long absence is 'suspicious'

  December 15, 2018 3:45 IST

  The police official leading the search for a missing Colorado woman says her disappearance is suspicious and urged the woman's fiance to talk with investigators "face to face."

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  Man held after baby shot was charged in other case with kids

  December 15, 2018 3:30 IST

  A New Mexico man accused of child abuse after authorities say a 3-year-old boy shot his 8-month-old sister in the face also faces charges in another case involving his girlfriend's children

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  Report details firefighters' harrowing work in Paradise

  December 15, 2018 3:30 IST

  A report on firefighter injuries in a deadly Northern California wildfire details the harrowing conditions they faced and a few close calls with death

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  Titmus sets world record in short-course 400 freestyle

  December 15, 2018 3:15 IST

  Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus broke a second world record in three days, winning gold in the women's 400-meter freestyle at the world short-course swimming championships

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  Bug may have exposed photos from 7M Facebook users

  December 15, 2018 3:15 IST

  Facebook says a software bug may have exposed a broader set of photos to app developers than users had granted permission for

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  Last minute donation saves Chicago church from auction

  December 15, 2018 3:15 IST

  A 120-year-old Greek Orthodox church in Chicago has been saved from going to auction after a midnight call from a group of donors, which one church official says is "a Christmas miracle"

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  Colombia president, students reach accord after protests

  December 15, 2018 3:15 IST

  Colombian students and President Ivan Duque say they've reached an accord to boost education spending following months of protests

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  Utah senator says he regrets 'irresponsible' Trump remarks

  December 15, 2018 3:15 IST

  Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch is backtracking after saying this week that he wasn't concerned that prosecutors have implicated President Donald Trump in a crime

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  Mexico presents list of prisoners who could get amnesty

  December 15, 2018 3:15 IST

  Mexico's Interior Department has received a first list of prisoners who might be eligible for the amnesty promised by new leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

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  The Latest: Dems rip Snyder for gutting wage, benefit laws

  December 15, 2018 3:00 IST

  Democrats blast Michigan governor for signing GOP-backed laws to significantly scale back minimum wage, paid sick leave laws

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  Ex-Chicago officer's sentencing date set in McDonald murder

  December 15, 2018 2:45 IST

  A judge has set a Jan. 18 sentencing date for a white former Chicago police officer convicted of murder in the shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald

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  Special counsel probe cost surpasses $25M since May 2017

  December 15, 2018 2:30 IST

  The Russia investigation has cost more than $25 million since the special counsel's appointment in May 2017

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  FANTASY PLAYS: Burning questions for NFL fantasy semifinals

  December 15, 2018 2:15 IST

  FANTASY PLAYS: Burning questions for NFL fantasy semifinals

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  Mueller: FBI is not to blame for Flynn's false statements

  December 15, 2018 2:15 IST

  The special counsel's office is pushing back at the suggestion that the FBI acted improperly in its interview of former national security adviser Michael Flynn

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  Greek protest against Macedonia deal ends in violence

  December 15, 2018 2:15 IST

  Police in northern Greece have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse anti-government protesters opposed to a proposed agreement with neighbor Macedonia that would end a decades-long name dispute

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  Irish priest O'Reilly leaves Chile after serving sentence

  December 15, 2018 2:00 IST

  Authorities in Chile say that an Irish priest from the Legion of Christ religious order has obeyed government orders and left the South American country after finishing a four-year sentence for sexually abusing a minor

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  Bomb threat empties Sandy Hook school on attack anniversary

  December 15, 2018 2:00 IST

  A bomb threat forced the evacuation of the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, a day of memorial services and moments of silence to mark the sixth anniversary of the massacre of 20 first-graders and six educators

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  Michigan governor signs measures to scale-back initiatives

  December 15, 2018 2:00 IST

  Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed Republican-backed laws to significantly scale back citizen-initiated measures to raise the minimum wage and require paid sick leave for workers

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  Trooper wounded in 2014 ambush shooting has leg amputated

  December 15, 2018 1:45 IST

  A Pennsylvania state police trooper who was shot in a 2014 ambush has had his right leg amputated below the knee