Nation & World

House committee calls Secret Service an agency in ‘crisis’

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, Thursday said a new report shows the Secret Service…

December 3, 2015

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Military to open remaining combat positions to women

Defense secretary opens final combat jobs to females

December 3, 2015

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UN says Iran worked on nuclear weapons

Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Wednesday released the results of a report supporting U.S. assertions…

December 2, 2015

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Nation Brief

NEW YORK – Shoppers spent more than $3 billion online this “Cyber Monday,” making it the biggest online shopping day…

December 2, 2015

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Medical spending is taking off again

Report: Health expenditures top $3T

December 2, 2015

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World Brief

LONDON – British lawmakers voted by a wide margin Wednesday to join the international campaign of airstrikes against the Islamic…

December 2, 2015

Nation & World

Developing nations balk at carbon plans

India, Brazil don’t want to set new emissions goals

December 2, 2015

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2 gunmen dead after California shooting

14 killed; more than a dozen injured

December 2, 2015

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BP supervisor pleads guilty to misdemeanor in 2010 oil spill

A large plume of smoke rises from fires on BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. An explosion on the oil…

December 2, 2015

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Senate GOP health law repeal delivers wins to party’s wings

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Wednesday told Democrats and President Barack Obama that a Senate bill that would repeal the…

December 2, 2015

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U.S., NATO discuss Russia’s military role in Syrian war

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday to discuss the issue of a…

December 1, 2015

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Obama wants climate deal to have teeth

leaders say U.S. won’t be legally bound by any final agreement

December 1, 2015

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U.S. pledges aid to help island nations

The Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean are only about 6 feet above sea level in most places. Scientists say…

December 1, 2015

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Nation Brief

WASHINGTON â€“ Black Friday set a record for the number of firearms background check requests received by the FBI. The…

December 1, 2015

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Head of Chicago police out over shooting

says public lost trust in leadership

December 1, 2015

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Transportation spending bill heads for vote

The House and Senate will vote this week on a new five-year transportation bill.Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press file photo The bill,…

December 1, 2015

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Facebook CEO marks baby’s birth with big donation

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are planning to donate most of their fortune to a new…

December 1, 2015

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World Briefs

PARIS – A woman was arrested Tuesday in a Paris suburb for suspected links to an intermediary to the only…

December 1, 2015

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U.S. to send more ground troops to Iraq

Assault force will target Islamic State

December 1, 2015

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Pipe bomb explodes in Istanbul, wounding 5 at rush hour

Riot police secure the area Tuesday after an explosion on a highway overpass near a subway station, wounding five people,…

December 1, 2015

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Toymakers are tracking more data about kids

VTech, a Hong Kong-based company that sells baby monitors and digital learning toys such as children’s tablets, announced over the…

November 30, 2015

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World leaders focus on future in Paris’ climate summit

“We should ask what will we say to our grandchildren if we fail,” British Prime Minister David Cameron said as…

November 30, 2015

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Cyber Monday sales losing some luster

Still, Monday is expected to be the biggest online shopping day ever, with estimates that it will rack up more…

November 30, 2015

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Nation & World Briefs

CHICAGO – An online threat against the University of Chicago that led the school to cancel all classes and activities…

November 29, 2015