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July 27, 2015

NEW YORK – The Boy Scouts of America have ended a blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the exclusion because of their faith.…

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World Briefs

July 27, 2015

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – President Barack Obama launched a personal push for peace in South Sudan on Monday, convening African leaders for urgent talks in neighboring Ethiopia aimed at keeping…

Lawmaker seeks removal of IRS chief
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Lawmaker seeks removal of IRS chief

July 27, 2015

Koskinen Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, sent a letter Monday to President Barack Obama, asking him to remove IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. Chaffetz is chairman of the House Oversight Committee, which…

New York Gov. Cuomo announces new LaGuardia Airport
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New York Gov. Cuomo announces new LaGuardia Airport

July 27, 2015

Passengers maneuver through one of the cramped hallways at at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. A year after comparing New York’s LaGuardia Airport to “some Third World country,” Vice President Joe…

High costs plague some state-run health insurance markets
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High costs plague some state-run health insurance markets

July 27, 2015

Christina Hung, left, 23, of Oakland, fills out an application form during a health-care enrollment event at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in Oakland, Calif. State-run health insurance markets that…

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July 26, 2015

CAMARILLO, Calif. – The average price of gasoline has dropped a penny over the past two weeks to $2.82 a gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that the current…

World Briefs
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World Briefs

July 25, 2015

BAGHDAD – Turkish jets struck camps belonging to Kurdish militants in northern Iraq on Friday and Saturday in what were the first strikes since a peace deal was announced in…

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July 25, 2015

LAFAYETTE, La. – John Russell Houser was deeply troubled long before he shot 11 people in a movie theater in Louisiana, but decades of mental problems didn’t keep him from…

Saudi-led airstrikes kill 120 in Yemen
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Saudi-led airstrikes kill 120 in Yemen

July 25, 2015

Shiite rebels known as Houthis hold up their weapons as they chant slogans during a rally against Saudi-led airstrikes Friday in Sanaa, Yemen.Hani Mohammed/Associated Press The airstrikes hit workers’ housing…

Montana wildfire foils tourists
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Montana wildfire foils tourists

July 24, 2015

Smoke from the Reynolds Creek Fire rises Tuesday above the landscape at St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park, Mont. The flames forced tourists to abandon their vehicles on the…

Pluto incredibly hazy with flowing ice
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Pluto incredibly hazy with flowing ice

July 24, 2015

NASA scientists say new photos from the New Horizons spacecraft are showing some “pretty mind-blowing discoveries” about Pluto, including a layer of atmospheric haze that gives the dwarf planet its…

Texas jail death highlights frequency of inmate suicides
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Texas jail death highlights frequency of inmate suicides

July 24, 2015

Autopsy results indicate that Sandra Bland hanged herself in this Waller County, Texas, jail cell with a plastic garbage bag.Pat Sullivan/Associated Press Bland’s death after her arrest for a minor…

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July 24, 2015

DETROIT – Fiat Chrysler has decided to recall about 1.4 million cars and trucks in the U.S. just days after two hackers revealed that they took control of a Jeep…

World Briefs
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World Briefs

July 24, 2015

BUJUMBURA, Burundi – Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has won a third term in office, an electoral official announced Friday, amid controversy over whether his new term is constitutional. Nkurunziza won…