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A group of Republican governors Thursday urged members of Congress not to abandon funding health benefits for lower-income Americans, as lawmakers race toward repealing President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare reform, the Affordable Care Act. They also warned the GOP-dominated Congress against repealing Obamacare without a replacement as it would leave millions uninsured.

MANCHESTER, Maine (AP) — Officials say air quality testing is underway at a Manchester school after parents questioned how the district and administrators dealt with mold in the basement and three classrooms. The Kennebec Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2iRIxav ) air tests began Thursday in several classrooms, two hallways and the gymnasium at Manchester Elementary School.

A-G Rohatgi said that that questions can be raised on the SC's judgement of 2016 which directed the implementation of Lodha reforms.

Samajwadi Party has taken this decision due to the continuous delay by the Congress to clear its stands on the alliance for the upcoming polls.

Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Trump's pick for treasury secretary, signaled on Thursday that the Volcker Rule may not be going away, at least not completely.

Police said the suspect had a history of family violence and was wanted over a stabbing earlier in the day.

YAMAGATA, Japan - Japan's Yuki Ito came from behind to capture her second title of the season on home soil on the firs...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump campaigned on a detailed and extensive to-do list for his first day in office. A day before his swearing-in, his team was being coy about when and how he plans to cross items off it.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump campaigned on a detailed and extensive to-do list for his first day in office. A day before his swearing-in, his team was being coy about when and how he plans to cross items off it.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump campaigned on a detailed and extensive to-do list for his first day in office. A day before his swearing-in, his team was being coy about when and how he plans to cross items off it.

On his Day One list, Trump said he would formally declare the United States' intention to withdraw from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, which he vigorously opposed during his campaign as detrimental to U.S. businesses and workers. Other issues likely to see early action include energy, where he's likely to undo regulations on oil drilling and coal, and cybersecurity, where he has already said he will ask for a report on the strength of the nation's cyber defenses within 90 days of taking office. Читать дальше...

The rift between President-elect Donald Trump and the Central Intelligence Agency threatens to have concrete fallout beyond Washington, putting global information-sharing arrangements on tenuous footing and leaving the White House … Click to Continue »

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ROME (Reuters) - Six people have been found alive under the avalanche that hit an Italian mountain hotel almost two days ago and rescuers are working to free them from the snow, fire brigade spokesman Luca Cari said on Friday.

"They are alive and we are talking to them," Cari told Reuters by telephone, speaking from the scene.

Up to 30 people were reported missing after the avalanche destroyed the hotel in central Italy on Wednesday afternoon. So far two bodies... Читать дальше...

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PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - With monetary policy still modestly accommodative, the U.S. central bank should continue to raise interest rates slowly or risk harm to the recovery the Fed has sought to nurture, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Thursday.

"I think that allowing the economy to run markedly and persistently “hot” would be risky and unwise," Yellen said at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.

While there are no signs... Читать дальше...

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The Greek club confirmed on Friday that the full-back has reunited with former boss Marco Silva at the KCOM Stadium

Retail sales in December saw the biggest monthly fall for more than four and a half years.

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It will be the economies in the Asia Pacific region that could gain the global edge in clean energy technology in the age of protectionism, a consultant said.

U.S. oil producers, optimistic that higher crude prices are here to stay, have issued 2017 budgets that call for dramatically greater spending to tap new wells.

Seven-time Grand Slam winner will next play either Australian hope Ashleigh Barty or German qualifier Mona Barthel.

Longtime Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh agreed Friday to yield power to the man who defeated him in last month's presidential election, a Senegalese government official says.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials and lawmakers lauded Donald Trump's inauguration Friday, hoping it will herald a period of better ties with the United States, while revelers in Moscow and elsewhere gathered for celebrations as bar and club owners sought…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials and lawmakers lauded Donald Trump's inauguration Friday, hoping it will herald a period of better ties with the United States, while revelers in Moscow and elsewhere gathered for celebrations as bar and club owners sought…

MELBOURNE, Australia - Kei Nishikori plays a third-round match against Lukas Lacko of Slovakia at the Australian Open in Me...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines cab driver has been charged with vehicular homicide for a crash that killed one Kansas man and injured another.