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Royals capture first World Series title since 1985

NEW YORK — Lock the Kansas City Royals in the garage and leave the car running. They'll emerge tomorrow, squint into the sun and smile. They fly their plane ... >> view original

GOP contenders demand greater control over crucial debates

... the questions and in some cases the moderators, which boiled over this weekend when advisers from at least 11 campaigns met in the Washington suburbs to ... >> view original

Erdogan's party enjoys decisive election victory in Turkey

“This election was a referendum on Erdogan,” said Bulent Aliriza, a Turkey scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. “He rolled ... >> view original

US, South Korea pledge to strengthen defenses against North

... in 2009 and 2013, and an episode in 2010 in which Washington and Seoul accused North Korea of torpedoing the Cheonan, a South Korean naval vessel. >> view original

Police in south Nepal fire at protesters; Indian man killed

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Protesters demonstrating against Nepal's new constitution clashed with police near the country's southern border with India on Monday, ... >> view original

Episcopal Church installs its first African American presiding bishop

Curry boomed at the close of his sermon to the 2,500 people gathered in the soaring Washington National Cathedral. Preaching from the elevated Canterbury ... >> view original

Obama presidency to end with $20 trillion national debt

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Sunday, November 1, 2015 ... Policymakers in Washington have been fortunate to date because interest rates have ... >> view original

Russian aviation official says plane broke up in midair over Sinai

CAIRO — A Russian plane that crashed in Egypt over the weekend broke up in the air, a senior Russian aviation official said after visiting the crash site in the ... >> view original

Longtime Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer retiring after...

Virginia Tech football Coach Frank Beamer is set to step down at the end of this season following his 29th year in Blacksburg, where he transformed the program ... >> view original

How Fred Thompson got to Hollywood

To a generation of Americans old enough to remember the Watergate hearings, Fred Thompson, who died Sunday at 73, was the Senate attorney whose ... >> view original