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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he will again withdraw the United States, a top carbon polluting nation, from the landmark Paris climate agreement, dealing a blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and once again distancing the U.S. from its closest allies.The White House announcement, which came as Trump was sworn in Monday to a second term, echoed Trump’s actions in 2017, when he announced that the U.S. would abandon the global Paris accord. The pact is aimed at limiting long-term global warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) above pre-industrial levels or, failing that, keeping...

Heston stepping down as NRA presidentMovie star Charlton Heston has been the NRA's public face for five years.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS4/25/2003 ORLANDO -- Charlton Heston brought more than passion for a cause as president of the National Rifle Association: His prominence as a movie star helped amplify the group's gun-rights message and put supporters in the White House and Congress. As the NRA's public face for five years, he successfully steered the organization through several public relations disasters involving shootings, including the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, and even won the grudging respect of his philosophical opponents. The NRA's annual...