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BATON ROUGE, La. - At least 40,000 homes were damaged and 10 people killed in the historic Louisiana floods, the governor said Tuesday, giving a stark assessment of the widespread disaster. Gov. John ...

BEIRUT - Syrian troops repelled a rebel advance near Aleppo on Monday, forcing opposition forces to retreat from positions they seized a day earlier as heavy fighting continued in the country’s ...

BATON ROUGE, La. - Thousands of people in southern Louisiana hunkered down in shelters Monday, forced out of their homes by intense flooding that took many people by surprise. The weather had improved...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. - Candidates for political office typically want to show voters who they are and where they stand. But if they don’t belong to a traditional political party, demonstrating their ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. - A candidate trying to unseat the incumbent mayor of Rhode Island’s fourth-biggest city isn’t a Democrat or Republican. John Arcaro declares himself a member of the “...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s campaign on Sunday went on a new tear against the media, blaming the “disgusting” press for a week of distractions at a time when Republicans have urged h...

BOSTON - As a Sept. 1 rollout date looms for a plan to equip 100 Boston police officers with body cameras, not a single officer has volunteered, prompting Boston’s police commissioner to warn he...

Two longtime American almanacs full of wit, wisdom and weather are celebrating milestones. The Old Farmer’s Almanac from New Hampshire is marking its 225th anniversary and the Farmer’s Alm...

LEWISTON, Maine - Hundreds of almanacs served a nation of farmers over two centuries ago. These days, only a handful of them remain. One of them, the Farmers’ Almanac based in Maine, is celebrat...

NEW YORK - The Latest on the shooting of the leader of a New York City mosque and a friend (all times local): 5 p.m. An official with the government in Bangladesh is condemning the fatal shooting of a...