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Soaring Lumber Prices a Problem for Home Builders, Buyers
WASHINGTON — (CNN) The price of lumber is soaring, and home builders are worried. Lumber in June cost 17% more than it did just a year earlier, and it’s even more expensive than during the...
Syndicated Author Jul 18, 2017

Christian Man Accused of Killing Daughter Who Was Dating a Muslim
JERUSALEM — (CNN) An Israeli-Christian man is accused of stabbing his teenage daughter to death because, authorities say, he didn’t approve of her relationship with a Muslim man. Prosecuto...
Syndicated Author Jul 18, 2017

Baby Dies of Viral Meningitis After Deadly Kiss
IOWA — (CNN) Mariana Sifrit, the infant girl who contracted viral meningitis caused by HSV-1 when she was less than a week old, died Tuesday morning, her mother posted on Facebook. HSV-1 is the ...
Syndicated Author Jul 18, 2017

Source: Some White House Staff Worry Kushner Security Clearance in Jeopardy
WASHINGTON — (CNN) Top Democrats are calling for Kushner’s security clearance to be revoked. Even Republicans have raised questions about omissions and subsequent updates to the official f...
Syndicated Author Jul 18, 2017

Rupert Murdoch’s Papers Criticize Trump; Is The Mogul Sending a Message?
NEW YORK — (CNN) Rupert Murdoch speaks regularly by phone with President Trump. But Murdoch also makes his views known to Trump through his newspapers and television networks. Lately the message...
Syndicated Author Jul 18, 2017

Health Care State of Play: McConnell Moves on From Replace to Repeal
WASHINGTON — (CNN) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Monday night that the latest plans to repeal and replace Obamacare were dead and said he would attempt to hold a vote on a rep...
Syndicated Author Jul 18, 2017

Where Does Congress Get Its Healthcare? You Might Be Surprised…
WASHINGTON — (CNN) Sen. John McCain, in the midst of a heated health care debate, had to undergo a serious medical procedure of his own last week to remove a blood clot above his left eye. As th...
Syndicated Author Jul 18, 2017

House Budget Slashes Billions In Spending, Paving Way For Tax Cuts
WASHINGTON — (CNN) After months of infighting, House Republicans are unveiling a budget resolution Tuesday that would dramatically reshape the federal government, requiring more than $200 billio...
Syndicated Author Jul 18, 2017

As U.S. Revives Coal Jobs, China Races To Embrace Green Energy
BEIJING — (CNN) China may be the planet’s biggest polluter but it’s also powering ahead of other countries on renewable energy. As the Trump administration yanks the U.S. out of the ...
Syndicated Author Jul 18, 2017

Pence Reiterates Pledge To Move Embassy From Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
WASHINGTON — (CNN) Vice President Mike Pence on Monday evening forcefully reiterated the Trump administration’s promise to eventually move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusal...
Syndicated Author Jul 18, 2017
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