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ANKARA, Turkey – A U.S. State Department official has expressed concern over a Turkish security bill that would expand police rights to use firearms and to search and detain people. The official, Thomas Melia said Friday that the bill which is being debated in Turkey’s parliament could lead to “over-zealous …

WASHINGTON – The White House, State Department, and Capitol were all affected by reports of widespread power outages across Washington and its suburbs Tuesday afternoon. The utility company Pepco said it was investigating the outage reports. Spokesman Sean Kelly said he did not have details about locations or how many …

DALLAS – Dallas has a new vault to store historic city documents, including items from the 1963 JFK assassination. Mayor Mike Rawlings helped dedicate the storage area in the basement of Dallas City Hall on Wednesday. It has protective lighting, controls for temperature and humidity, and more than doubles the …