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Associated PressNovember 16, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he would consider closing U.S. mosques with radical leadership because of the Paris attacks if he were elected president. “I would hate to do it, but it’s something that you’re going to have to strongly consider,” Trump told MSNBC in a telephone interview Monday. Trump and his rivals have […]

Associated PressNovember 16, 2015

Florida’s overall crime rate is dropping, but the number of reported sex offenses and sexual assaults is rising. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement released Friday a summary of crime information for the six months of 2015. The report showed overall crime volume dropped 2.2 percent compared to the first six months of last year. […]

Associated PressNovember 16, 2015

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Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio says Israel’s fight against terrorism is the same one being fought by the United States and Europe. The Florida senator spoke in Miami Beach during a large rally in support of Israel and against anti-Semitism. He says the threat to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv is the same as the threat […]

Associated PressNovember 16, 2015

Bring on Donald Trump, and Ben Carson, too. That’s what Democratic insiders are saying about the Republican outsiders who sit solidly atop preference polls in the race for the GOP nomination for president. They are far more worried about GOP candidates who have experience in office, with Marco Rubio cited most often as the strongest […]

Associated PressNovember 15, 2015

A Democratic candidate for the Minnesota House ended his campaign Sunday, hours after he tweeted that the Islamic State group “isn’t necessarily evil” and its members were doing what they thought was best for their community. Dan Kimmel, 63, announced the end of his bid for office on his campaign website and Twitter account. He […]

Associated PressNovember 15, 2015

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Hillary Rodham Clinton defended her campaign contributions from Wall Street by invoking her work to help the financial sector rebuild after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, raising eyebrows among her Democratic challengers and Republicans alike. During Saturday’s second Democratic debate, Clinton was put on the defensive by rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders when he said […]

Associated PressNovember 15, 2015

For most presidential candidates, a compelling personal history is an essential item in the campaign tool kit. Think Hillary Rodham Clinton and her campaign statements about fighting for women. Marco Rubio and his biography of the immigrant family that made good. Carly Fiorina and her “secretary to CEO” career path. Ben Carson and his up-by-the-bootstraps […]

Associated PressNovember 14, 2015

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders faces the biggest test yet of his insurgent presidential campaign on Saturday night, when he faces off with Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton in the party’s second primary debate. His goal is clear: Reset a contest that increasingly looks like little more than a march to the nomination for Clinton. That […]

Associated PressNovember 14, 2015

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Social media was awash Saturday in the red, white and blue of the French flag as people worldwide expressed their solidarity with a nation in mourning in the aftermath of the terror attacks in Paris. Users of Facebook shaded their profile pictures in the French Tricolor, and on Twitter and Instagram, people posted vacation photos, […]

Associated PressNovember 14, 2015

It’s no longer a safe assumption that one of Florida’s two most popular Republicans will carry the presidential primary in their home state, as most of the GOP candidates turned their attention Friday to the state’s winner-take-all primary. Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush no longer lead the polls in Florida, where Republicans […]

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Donald Trump says he would consider closing certain mosques

Florida’s crime rate drops, but sexual assaults are rising

Marco Rubio: Israel, Europe, U.S. in same fight against terrorism

Survey of Democratic super-delegates: Marco Rubio is top 2016 threat

Democratic candidate for the Minnesota House ends campaign after tweeting Islamic State “isn’t necessarily evil”

Hillary Clinton invoking 9/11 to defend donations draws ire

Beware too-good-to-be-true personal stories from 2016 trail

Bernie Sanders has most to prove as Democrats gather for 2nd debate

Expressions of solidarity for France in red, white and blue

No longer a given that Florida will support Marco Rubio or Jeb Bush