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Trump Grants Poultry Pardons To Turkeys Peas And Carrots

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In an annual Thanksgiving tradition, President Donald Trump used the power of his office Tuesday to keep a pair of turkeys off the holiday table. But Trump jokingly warned that while the 39-pound bird named Peas and a 41-pounder named Carrots are free to live the…
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US Judge Stalls Enforcement of Trump Asylum Restrictions

By NOMAAN MERCHANT ,  Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Nov. 9circumventing immigration law, saying anyone who crossed the southern border between official ports of entry would be ineligible for asylum. As…
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Argument at Chicago Hospital Erupts into Deadly Shooting

By AMANDA SEITZ and DON BABWIN ,  Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An argument outside a Chicago hospital turned deadly when a man pulled out a gun and killed an emergency room doctor whom he knew, then ran into the hospital and fatally shot a pharmacy resident and a police officer, authorities said. The attacker, Juan…
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Gunman Opens Fire At Chicago Hospital, Wounds At Least 4

By AMANDA SEITZ , Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A gunman opened fire Monday at a Chicago hospital, wounding at least four people, including a police officer and a hospital employee, authorities said. A police spokesman said the gunman was dead, but it was not immediately clear if he took his own life or was…
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The Latest: Germany Rescinds Approval for Saudi Arms Sales

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the slaying of journalist Jamal Khashoggi (all times local): 8:05 a.m. The German government says it has halted previously approved arms exports to Saudi Arabia amid the fallout from the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Germany said a month ago it wouldn't approve any new weapons exports to…
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