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Official: One-third of calls to VA suicide hotline roll over
More than one-third of calls to a suicide hotline for troubled veterans are not being answered by front-line staffers because of poor work habits and other problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs, ...
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City pins hope on 10 miles of quickly erected flood barriers
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Facing their second-largest flood in city history, Cedar Rapids leaders and residents pinned their hopes Monday on a 10-mile system of quickly erected flood barriers to protect government buildings, homes and businesses in Iowa's second largest city.
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Starbucks customer describes shooting: 'It was just terror'
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Starbucks customer described terrified people dropping to the floor and sobbing after a gunman parked his car and entered the Las Vegas store, shooting a man inside.
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Families of missing 43 students lead march in Mexico
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Global stocks falter as US presidential debate looms
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Police vest, samurai swords seized in ganja plant raid against actor, others
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Man charged in shooting at popular Chicago tourist spot
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California bakes in triple-digit autumn heat wave
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Colombia, FARC sign historic peace deal
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Iowa State president says he will stop flying school plane
AMES, Iowa (AP) — The president of Iowa State University said Monday that he will no longer pilot a university airplane that he has used for trips that have mixed business and personal affairs.
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The Latest: Colombia accord signing ends with 'Ode to Peace'
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Colombia, Marxist rebels sign accord ending 52-year war
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Air Force colonel who faced rape charge found dead in home
DENVER (AP) — A high-ranking Air Force Space Command officer who was charged with rape and other crimes was found dead in his Colorado home after civilian police received a report of a suicide, officials said Monday.
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The Latest: Investigators still at Houston shooting scene
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Pentagon chief pledges $108 billion to fix nuclear force
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday the Pentagon is committed to correcting decades of short-changing its nuclear force, including forging ahead with building a new generation of weapons that will cost hundreds of billions of dollars in the coming decades.
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Drug lord Guzman 'serene' as extradition ruling looms
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The Latest: Kaine weeps at site of Pulse nightclub shooting
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Houston gunman had 2 weapons, thousands of rounds at scene
HOUSTON (AP) — A disgruntled lawyer wearing military-style apparel with old Nazi emblems had two weapons and more than 2,500 rounds of live ammunition when he randomly shot at drivers in a Houston neighborhood Monday before he was shot and killed by police, authorities said.
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Police: Bus from Yosemite going too fast before deadly crash
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Amnesty slams Hungary's migrant 'abuse' ahead of vote
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