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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is calling a nuclear test conducted by North Korea a "reckless challenge to international norms of behavior." But the regime's claim that the test was a hydrogen bomb is being questioned. At the White House, spokesman Jose Earnest said an early analysis shows the test was not consistent with a successful hydrogen bomb test.
WASHINGTON (AP) — After dozens of votes to overturn President Barack Obama's signature health care law, a repeal has finally made its way from Capitol Hill. The legislation, approved today by the House, also cuts federal funding for Planned Parenthood. It passed the Senate last year under special rules protecting it from a Democratic filibuster and now heads to the White House and a certain veto. The GOP doesn't have the power for an override.
BURIEN, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed an executive order aimed at curbing gun violence by improving data-sharing among government agencies. A new public health campaign on suicide prevention is also being launched. Washington state already has expanded background checks to include online sales and purchases at gun shows. Inslee says firearm deaths in his state now exceed motor vehicle crash fatalities.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson wants lawmakers to end the state's practice of commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the same day. Hutchinson says the Legislature should give King his own holiday when they meet for their next regular session next year. Arkansas is one of three states to jointly celebrate the black civil rights icon and the white leader of the Confederate Army on the third Monday in January.
NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Griffey Jr. has been elected to the baseball Hall of Fame with the highest voting percentage ever. Mike Piazza (pee-AHT'-zah) also is headed to Cooperstown. Griffey was on 437 of 440 votes in his first appearance on the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot. His 99.3 percentage topped Tom Seaver's 98.84 in 1992. Piazza, on the ballot for the fourth time, received 365 votes.
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