9:55 p.m. EST December 6, 2015  WASHINGTON — President Obama sought to reassure the nation about his response to terrorism Sunday night, saying the terrorist threat has "evolved into a new phase" of attacks hatched at home by extremists "poisoning the minds" of killers already on American soil.

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11:12 a.m. EDT October 24, 2015  Hurricane Patricia's rampage into Mexico was part of the Pacific Ocean's hyperactive hurricane season of 2015, one that's been supercharged by weather troublemaker El Niño.

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4:15 p.m. EST November 23, 2015   WASHINGTON — President Obama and his French counterpart, Francois Hollande, will meet Tuesday to discuss revamped efforts to defeat the Islamic State, although their plans probably won't include an injection of American ground troops.

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2:25 p.m. EDT October 11, 2015  WASHINGTON -- The head of the House Freedom Caucus that helped upend last week's planned choice of a new speaker predicted Sunday members of the rebellious group would "look favorably" on Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan for the top job.

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12:25 p.m. EST November 7, 2015  Yes, the classic American meal-on-the-go is wrapped in bread, smeared with condiments and eaten as a patriotic alternative to, say, a hamburger.

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8:27 p.m. EDT July 31, 2015   Freakishly hot, dry weather in the Pacific Northwest is killing millions of fish in the overheated waters of the region's rivers and streams.

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4:55 p.m. EST November 4, 2015  Considering it's a barren, unimaginably cold wasteland at the bottom of the world — where penguins far outnumber people — Antarctica is sure making a lot of news these days.

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10:22 a.m. EDT June 30, 2015  Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said Tuesday that his country would not make a debt payment to the International Monetary Fund by a midnight deadline, setting the stage for a showdown with its creditors ahead of an effective national referendum on its membership of the euro currency.

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