Nation & World

East Coast feels snowfall’s impact

The timing could not have been better: Most people stayed home as the heaviest snow fell Friday evening and all…

January 23, 2016

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VIENTIANE, Laos – Secretary of State John Kerry arrived Sunday in Laos, where the United States is helping the government…

January 23, 2016

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Billionaire donors helped Cruz rise in GOP presidential bid

FILE – In this Dec. 29, 2015, file photo, Farris Wilks watches Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz speak in the…

January 23, 2016

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Buttons as contemporary art

In the hands of 11 artists, the everyday, mundane objects are used to create sculptures, portraits and amazing wearable art…

January 23, 2016

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Here’s a job to sniff at

K-9 dogs help TSA keep track of bad guys

January 23, 2016

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Burglary suspect locked keys in car

Surveillance video of the burglary and the taxi led police in North Pole, a city 14 miles south of Fairbanks,…

January 23, 2016

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House-training troubles? Relax: You’re not alone

First lady Michelle Obama leaves a White House Christmas tree ceremony with the family dogs Bo and Sunny. The Obama’s…

January 23, 2016

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World Briefs

ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece – A day after 46 migrants drowned in a choppy Aegean Sea, protesters demonstrated Saturday at a Greek…

January 23, 2016

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Blizzard on East Coast brings area to standstill

least 18 dead from monster storm

January 23, 2016

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Gunman kills 4 in Canada

Residents reeling in remote aboriginal community

January 23, 2016

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Meet the 90-year-old who’s a Reddit guru

Ron Lehker, 90, on his computer answering numerous questions on Reddit. Recently, his grandson put him on Reddit’s AMA (Ask…

January 23, 2016

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Nation & World Briefs

WICHITA, Kan. – The Kansas Court of Appeals refused Friday to allow the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on a common second-trimester…

January 22, 2016

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Trump may be closing in on nomination

outsider growing stronger as voting nears

January 22, 2016

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Monster storm begins pounding East Coast

The first flakes of what could become two feet or more of wet snow began falling in Washington Friday afternoon,…

January 22, 2016

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U.S. seeks to limit methane gas ‘flaring’ at drilling sites

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell Friday said proposed rules that would require oil companies to cut back on burning off methane…

January 22, 2016

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Cruz no favorite with fellow Republican senators

Many of Sen. Ted Cruz’s Republican Senate colleagues are growing more concerned that the Texas senator may actually be able…

January 21, 2016

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Court links Putin to ex-spy’s poisoning

Decision threatens new rifts in British-Russian ties

January 21, 2016

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Russia flexes naval muscles in Med

The Russian destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov is part of a naval force Russia has sent into the Mediterranean to support…

January 21, 2016

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World Briefs

BRUSSELS – Top NATO brass on Thursday agreed on changes to recommend in the alliance’s force posture and decision-making procedures…

January 21, 2016

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Armed group begins talks with FBI

Ammon Bundy, the leader of an armed group that has been occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns, Ore.,…

January 21, 2016

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Nation Briefs

Brooks ATMORE, Ala. – A man convicted of the 1992 rape and beating death of a woman received a lethal…

January 21, 2016

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Court: EPA can begin clean air rules

Appeals panel rejects delaying regulations while legal challenges continue

January 21, 2016

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East Coast braces for blizzard

to 2 feet of snow expected in Washington, D.C., region

January 21, 2016

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Judge tosses Pennsylvania woman’s defamation suit vs. Cosby

A federal judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against actor-comedian Bill Cosby that was filed by Renita Hill of Baldwin, Pa.,…

January 21, 2016