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Massachusetts

Baker decries Orlando shooting, says no tie to Marathon bombers

BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker highlighted steps being taken by law enforcement to increase security around Massachusetts on Monday and downplayed any connection between the Orlando, Florida, attacker and the brothers who carried out the 2013 bombings at the Boston Marathon. Omar Mateen, the 29-year-old who opened fire at gay

Florida

Orlando gunman’s dad known for rambling political videos

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The father of the Orlando nightclub gunman came to the U.S. from Afghanistan more than 30 years ago and has made a series of rambling political videos about his former homeland, even once describing himself as its "revolutionary president." Seddique Mir Mateen maintained a

Barack Obama

Obama widens US Afghan role during final months in office

WASHINGTON (AP) — Far from ending the two wars he inherited from the Bush administration, Barack Obama is wrestling with an expanded set of conflicts in the final months of his presidency, from Iraq and Afghanistan to Libya and Syria, with no end in sight. In Afghanistan, where a Taliban resurgence

Democrats

Clinton emails could have exposed CIA operatives, experts say

WASHINGTON (AP) — The names of CIA personnel could have been compromised not only by hackers who may have penetrated Hillary Clinton's private computer server or the State Department system, but also by the release itself of tens of thousands of her emails, security experts say. Clinton, the presumptive

Russia

Iran nuke deal offers a model for North Korea, Kerry says

(CNSNews.com) – The "successful" achievement of a nuclear deal with Iran provides a "model" for how the international community should deal with North Korea, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday in Beijing. He was speaking on the same day the International Atomic Energy

Donald Trump

Trump brags about taking advantage of Gadhafi

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Donald Trump says he made "a lot of money" in a deal years ago with Moammar Gadhafi, despite suggesting at the time he had no idea the former Libyan dictator was involved in renting his suburban New York estate. "Don't

terrorism

Iran rejects US as ally as US names it lead terrorism sponsor

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's top leader on Friday ruled out any formal cooperation with America against the Islamic State, their common adversary in Iraq and Syria, insisting that the United States remains a prime enemy of Tehran, despite a landmark nuclear deal with word powers. Trusting the U.

terrorism

Islamic State uses 20,000 kids as shields in Iraq’s Fallujah

BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.N. children's fund on Wednesday issued a stark warning to Iraqi troops and Islamic State militants in the battle for Fallujah to spare the children, the most vulnerable among tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the city west of Baghdad. Iraqi forces backed