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VIENNA – The United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey put forward new ideas Friday to revive a failed push…

Bush revamps his campaign to trim costs

Bush The moves will reduce the campaign’s payroll by 40 percent, while also cutting travel costs by 20 percent and…

Clinton draws new interest

Candidate enjoying good week

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The Homeland Security Department’s internal watchdog says the Secret Service director knew earlier than he originally stated about…

Health care website to offer more help

2016 cost estimates available this Sunday

Dog trades life of abuse for applause

After 10 years of abuse in a Midwestern puppy mill, Harley has a diseased heart, rotted mouth, fused spine, broken…

WWII Monuments Men group facing demise

Robert M. Edsel, who founded the Dallas-based organization in 2007, said the foundation is closing for lack of funding. As…

Alaska tribal members get back totem pole

Tlingit Tribe member Jonathan Rowan of Klawock, Alaska, thanked Hawaii on Thursday for taking good care of a totem pole…

Museums named recipients of art conservation grants

This 19-foot-tall Buddha Amitabha statute will be one of the ancient pieces that will be restored with grant money from…

Detroit Zoo saving money by breeding its own crickets

Crickets are a dietary staple for close to 2,000 amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals at the Detroit Zoo – including…

Inmate art show depicts living life on death row

The University of South California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism is displaying artwork by more than 20 artists on…

States reliant on fossil fuels sue over new clean air rules

Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman said Friday she’s joining other states in the lawsuit. Coffman said Friday that she and…

Hurricane slams Mexico

A couple looks out to sea as rainfall increases Friday with the approach of Hurricane Patricia in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.…

Democrats say they will remain on Benghazi committee

Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, center, talks with Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., left, and Rep.…

New Horizons gets new target

A combination of new images sent back by the New Horizons spacecraft shows differences in the composition and texture of…

Nation Briefs

TRENTON, N.J. – A nurse who had contact with Ebola patients in West Africa and was quarantined at a New…

Coalition forces try to capture oil fields

U.S.-led group targets IS’s ability to generate money

Putin calls West its ally in Syrian war

Russia offers journalists tour of its air base

World Briefs

JERUSALEM – A Jewish Israeli man was shot and killed in a scuffle with Israeli soldiers who suspected he was…

Ryan formally announces he will run for top job in House

Lawmaker says he’s ‘ready and eager’ to be speaker

Hearing offers little new

Clinton still loses sleep thinking about Benghazi attack

All about Ivanka: Trump’s daughter, muse and deal-maker

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