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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jimmy Tosh's sprawling hog farm in rural Tennessee is an unlikely battleground in the fight for control of the U.S. Senate.
Yet his 15,000 acres (6,000 hectares) two hours west of Nashville showcase the practical risks of Pre...
Updated: Jul 09, 2018 at 11:03 AM
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - Kylian Mbappe and Thierry Henry both attended France's Clairefontaine academy before playing as left wingers at Monaco, and they both won French league titles as teenagers.
Mbappe wants to replicate another one of Henry...
Updated: Jul 05, 2018 at 10:06 AM
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The Wall Street Journal on Mexico electing former Mexico City Mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador to a six-year term as president:
Mexico entered a brave old world on Sunday...
Updated: Jul 03, 2018 at 11:00 PM
MJ Hegar, an Air Force pilot shot down by the Taliban in Afghanistan, was a political unknown until she opened fire with 2018's most effective political weapon: the viral online video.
Hegar's 3 1/2-minute biographical ad, called "Doors," has been v...
Updated: Jul 05, 2018 at 07:55 AM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A former Missouri secretary of state who garnered national attention during an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate announced Monday that he's running for Kansas City mayor.
"I'm running for mayor because I want to make sure no m...
Updated: Jun 25, 2018 at 02:31 PM
ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was proclaimed the winner early Monday of a landmark election that ushers in a government system granting the president sweeping new powers and which critics say will cement what they call a one...
Updated: Jun 24, 2018 at 09:00 PM
HONOLULU (AP) - Coming off a high-profile challenge of President Donald Trump's travel ban, it seemed that Hawaii Lt. Gov. Doug Chin would parlay that name recognition into a U.S. House seat.
U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa is not running for re-election...
Updated: Jun 24, 2018 at 09:00 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina lawmaker who defeated U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford in his re-election bid was seriously injured in a vehicle crash on Friday and will require weeks of recovery and more procedures, a spokesman said.
State Rep. Kati...
Updated: Jun 23, 2018 at 03:01 PM
PHOENIX (AP) - Sen. John McCain's legacy was thrust into focus nearly one year ago when he announced his brain cancer diagnosis. The six-term Senator and decorated Vietnam War veteran is now fighting the illness from his beloved Arizona, and filling...
Updated: Jun 16, 2018 at 11:01 PM
ZIPAQUIRA, Colombia (AP) - Gustavo Petro began his long ascent to the cusp of Colombia's presidency in this self-built barrio named after South American independence hero Simon Bolivar.
In 1983, equipped with little more than a shovel and a surplus ...
Updated: Jun 16, 2018 at 08:31 PM