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Wealthy counties get many FEMA buyouts of flood-prone homes
JANET McCONNAUGHEY
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — FEMA buys flood-prone homes more often in wealthy, populous counties than in poor, rural areas, even though...
2 dead in attack targeting German synagogue on Yom Kippur
GEIR MOULSON and JENS MEYER
Associated Press
HALLE, Germany (AP) — A heavily armed assailant ranting about Jews tried to force his way into a...
USC’s Helton under microscope heading to No. 9 Notre Dame
JOHN FINERAN
Associated Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Brian Kelly of No. 9 Notre Dame knows a little how his Southern California counterpart Clay...
Retiree checks to rise modestly amid push to expand benefits
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of retirees will get a modest 1.6% cost-of-living increase from Social Security in 2020, an uptick with...
Kenyan man’s search for his father runs into church cover-up
NICOLE WINFIELD and RODNEY MUHUMUZA
Associated Press
SAMBURU, Kenya (AP) — When Sabina Losirkale went into labor, her sister Scolastica recalls, priests and religious sisters...
Turkey launches offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria
LEFTERIS PITARAKIS and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press
AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) — Turkey launched airstrikes and fired artillery aimed at crushing Kurdish fighters in northern...
10 Things to Know for Today, Oct. 9
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. WHITE HOUSE CEASES COOPERATION WITH DEMOCRATS
The U.S....
National University to become Sanford National University
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota billionaire philanthropist T. Denny Sanford will have San Diego-based National University renamed in his honor.
Sanford and the...
California faces historic power outage due to fire danger
OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JANIE HAR
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Millions of people were poised to lose power throughout northern and central California...
Constitutional collision: WH vows no cooperation in probe
ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House declared Tuesday it will not cooperate with what it termed the "illegitimate"...