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As Tropical Storm Claudette brought heavy rains to the Gulf Coast after landfall Monday, experts turned their attention to Hurricane Bill, slated to become the first major storm of the season within the next few days. Just hours after forming in the Atlantic Monday, Bill had maximum sustained winds near …

WASHINGTON – After weeks of secretive talks, a bipartisan group in the Senate edged closer Monday to a health care compromise that omits two key Democratic priorities but incorporates provisions to slow the explosive rise in medical costs, officials said. These officials said participants were on track to exclude a …

Police are investigating a possible connection between a shooting in North Carolina and the spree killings that have terrorized a small South Carolina town. A Gaston County, N.C. police officer responding to a burglary call shot and killed a man early Monday morning. That man’s car — an old Ford …