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Cruz, Trump exchange insults as Indiana votes

A voter casts her ballot in the Indiana primary at a fire station in Indianapolis Tuesday.Michael Conroy/Associated Press At daybreak…

May 3, 2016

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U.S. defense secretary says Russia is ‘nuclear saber-rattling’

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Moscow is “going backward in time” by its aggressive actions in Europe and against…

May 3, 2016

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Last dance: Final performance for Ringling Bros. elephants

Asian elephants perform for the final time in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on Sunday in Providence,…

May 2, 2016

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Puerto Rico skips bond payments, says Congress must help

The default was the largest in a series of missed payments by the struggling U.S. territory since last year and…

May 2, 2016

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Lonnie Franklin Jr., left, appears in Los Angeles Superior Court on Feb. 16 for opening statements in his trial in…

May 2, 2016

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Cruz fights for survival as Trump eyes Indiana knockout

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks with Elizabeth Craig and her children during a visit to the Bravo…

May 2, 2016

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Cheering Cubans greet first cruise ship from US in decades

People waving Cuban flags greet passengers on Carnival’s Adonia cruise ship as they arrive from Miami in Havana, Cuba, on…

May 2, 2016

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Playground concussions are on the rise

Children take advantage of warmer weather as they play on a playground at sunset in Armstrong Park in Lafayette, Ind.…

May 2, 2016

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Mystery solved? Australian says he’s Bitcoin founder

BBC News reported Monday that Australian Craig Wright, who has been believed by many to be the man who invented…

May 2, 2016

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Cruz again bests Trump at most weekend delegate contests

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump walks on stage before speaking during a campaign rally at the Indiana Theater on Sunday…

May 1, 2016

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Protests disband after IS group carries out 2nd Iraq bombing

Anti-government protestors chant slogans calling for governmental reforms as they wave national flags before ending their sit-in inside Baghdad’s Green…

May 1, 2016

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Emergency personnel work at the scene after a CSX freight train derailed in Washington on Sunday.Cliff Owen/Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya…

May 1, 2016

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U.S. once again forced to turn to Russia for help on Syria

Protesters hold up placards during a protest in front of the United Nations Headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday against…

May 1, 2016

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Across Ariz., parents name children after Pat Tillman

Football star died in 2004

April 30, 2016

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Clinton, Trump angle for advantage in politics of gender

Donald Trump, after toying with gender politics off and on during the campaign, is all in on a mission to…

April 30, 2016

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Nation Briefs

Memphis Melton, 7, looks at the destruction in his aunt’s backyard in Lindale, Texas, on Saturday. Lindale is about an…

April 30, 2016

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Kenya sets fire to ivory tusks

Burning a protest against poaching

April 30, 2016

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Iraqi protesters pour into Green Zone, storm parliament

Bombing by ISIS kills 21

April 30, 2016

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A new Viking settlement?

Archaeologistsfind possible second site

April 30, 2016

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World Briefs

BEIRUT – The Syrian government launched new airstrikes Saturday on insurgent-held neighborhoods in Aleppo while rebels shelled government-held parts of…

April 30, 2016