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Bolivia heads to the polls as its right-wing opposition eyes first victory in decades

Bolivians headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in presidential and congressional elections that could spell the end of the ...

Trump runs into the difficulty of Putin diplomacy and ending a long war

President Donald Trump walked into a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin pressing for a ceasefire deal and threatening ...

Dodgers regain NL West lead from Padres as Snell shuts down his former team in 6-0 win

Blake Snell limited his former team to five hits in six innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers regained the NL West lead with a ...

A decades-old rule lets drivers set speed limits on US roads. That could be changing

Rose Hammond pushed authorities for years to lower the 55 mph speed limit on a two-lane road that passes her assisted living ...

Another gold rush could bring open pit mines to South Dakota’s Black Hills

A gold rush brought settlers to South Dakota’s Black Hills roughly 150 years ago, chasing the dream of wealth and displacing ...

He earned a small town’s trust. He owed $95 million in what authorities say was a Ponzi scheme

For decades, Miles “Burt” Marshall was the man you went to see in a stretch of upstate New York if you had some money to ...

Category 4 Hurricane Erin buffets northern Caribbean islands but not forecast to hit land

Hurricane Erin exploded in strength and became a major storm in Atlantic waters just north of the Caribbean on Saturday, ...

MLB-best Brewers rally again, set franchise single-season record for consecutive victories with 14

The Milwaukee Brewers set a single-season franchise record with their 14th straight victory Saturday. And, in keeping with recent form, it wasn’t easy. The major ...

Three Republican-led states to send hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington

Three Republican-led states said Saturday that they were deploying hundreds of National Guard members to the nation’s capital ...

In Trump’s redistricting push, Democrats find an aggressive identity and progressives are on board

Fight! Fight! Fight! It’s not just Donald Trump’s mantra anymore. As the Republican president pushes states to redraw their congressional districts to the GOP’s advantage, Democrats ...

Akie Iwai of Japan shoots 64 in Portland to take lead in bid for first LPGA Tour title

Akie Iwai of Japan eagled the fifth hole and birdied the other three par 5s at Columbia Edgewater, shooting an 8-under 64 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead in The ...

Israel prepares to move Palestinians to southern Gaza as Israelis urge mass protest over war

Israel announced Saturday that it is preparing to move Palestinians from combat zones to southern Gaza as plans move ahead for a military offensive in some of the ...