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'dynamic situation'

Mattis can now order lethal force at border, MPs training with riot gear

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Death toll in Northern California fire rises to 83 as search pushes through rain

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill on Sept. 5, 2018.

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In reversal, Facebook's Sandberg said she was aware of company's ties to PR firm

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Proud Boys founder distancing himself from 'extremist' organization

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Boston Marathon bomber Tsarnaev offered to help prosecution in exchange for his life

Midterms 2018

Democrats won House popular vote by largest midterm margin since Watergate

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'Relatively few' Twitter bots were needed to spread misinformation, study finds

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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard eviscerates Trump as 'Saudi Arabia's bitch'

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California romaine may have caused latest outbreak

Families search for loved ones, closure after Paradise wildfire

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Families search for loved ones, closure after Paradise wildfire

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U.S. considering sanctioning Cuban officials over their role in Venezuela

Image: Crowds gather to see giant character balloons being inflated the night before their appearance in the 92nd Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade

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cold turkey

Thanksgiving Day will be coldest in over a century for millions in U.S.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts speaks on Oct. 16, 2018 in Minneapolis.

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Supreme Court

In rare rebuke, Chief Justice Roberts slams Trump for comment about 'Obama judge'

Image: Avenatti speaks to the media outside the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles

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U.S. news

Michael Avenatti will not be charged with a felony in domestic violence arrest

Image: Democratic Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York arrives for a class photo with incoming newly-elected members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S.

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Midterms 2018

Ocasio-Cortez backs Pelosi for speaker as Dem rebellion falters

Sports

Thanksgiving preview: A football feast of three division rivalries

Thanksgiving will feature three games between NFC division rivals in Lions-Bears, Redskins-Cowboys, and Falcons-Saints.

Opinion

'Tis the season for guilty overindulgence. Break the cycle.

Image: A young man waves smoke away from a burning roast chicken.

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Cook carefully: Thanksgiving is the worst day of the year for home fires

Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in "Green Book."

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'Green Book' stars explain movie, real lives behind story

Artist creates miniature dramas on London’s streets

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Artist creates miniature dramas on London’s streets

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Residents of Paradise, California have been camping in tents and sleeping in their cars in a Walmart parking lot after escaping the fires that tore through their town, on Nov. 15, 2018.

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'a new wave of homeless?'

Survivors of California's Camp Fire struggle to find housing

Image: Charleston In Mourning After 9 Killed In Church Massacre

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In every tally of hate crimes, blacks are the most frequent victims

Consider the wishbone: From dinosaur holdover to Thanksgiving leftover

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Consider the wishbone: From dinosaur holdover to Thanksgiving leftover

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