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CSS Hunley gets restored

When it was raised 15 years ago off South Carolina, it looked more like a barnacled sea monster than the…

September 25, 2015

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Bill Clinton appears in virtual-reality movie

Former President Bill Clinton sits at his desk in New York in part of a seven-minute movie made with virtual…

September 25, 2015

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Derelict hospital as metaphor

Conceptual artist Bettina WitteVeen said it took five years to secure the Brooklyn Navy Yard site for her “When We…

September 25, 2015

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Pope beseeches world leaders to protect the environment

Pope Francis told world leaders during a speech at the United Nations Friday that God granted humans the right to…

September 25, 2015

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Boehner stuns Congress, announces resignation

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, leaves a Friday meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill after informing party…

September 25, 2015

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World Briefs

BOGOTA, Colombia – A diplomatic breakthrough leaves many problems standing between Colombia and the prospect of peace after generations of…

September 23, 2015

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Putin, Obama to meet on Monday

in Syria, Ukraine to be discussed

September 23, 2015

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Nation Briefs

WILMINGTON, Del. – The police shooting of a man in a wheelchair was “unjust,” his mother said Thursday, but authorities…

September 23, 2015

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McConnell offers stopgap spending bill

The action of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., followed a decisive Senate vote blocking a bill that would have stripped…

September 23, 2015

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Hajj tragedy adds to woes of Saudi rulers

than 700 trampled to death near Mecca

September 23, 2015

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Tour vehicle collides with charter bus; 4 dead

Officials with the Seattle Police Dept. work at the scene of a crash Thursday in Seattle. Four people died in…

September 23, 2015

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Pope Francis appeals to Congress

Thousands line streets in Manhattan to greet pontiff

September 23, 2015

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Whales return to Long Island Sound after long hiatus

In this Sept. 12 photo provided by Dan Lent, a humpback whale breaches the water in Long Island Sound off…

September 23, 2015

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Nation & World Briefs

BERLIN – Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday, days after admitting that the world’s top-selling carmaker had rigged diesel emissions…

September 23, 2015

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Donald Trump calls Hillary Clinton ‘shrill’

Contender’s brashness reason some will vote for him

September 23, 2015

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D.C. crowds cheer pope

Pontiff calls for climate action

September 23, 2015

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Chinese president pledges cooperation on cyber issues

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks Tuesday at a banquet in Seattle. Xi was in Seattle on his way to Washington,…

September 22, 2015

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Abortion vote sets stage for shutdown

McConnell vows to pass bill to fund government

September 22, 2015

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Nation & World Briefs

DES MOINES, Iowa – Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she opposes construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, breaking her longstanding…

September 22, 2015

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Exhibit offers new look at ancient world

scans give peek under mummies’ wrappings

September 22, 2015

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Obama greets pope as he lands in U.S.

Liberals hope he pushes climate policy

September 22, 2015

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Archaeologists may have found fabled tomb

Israel’s government Antiquities Authority said Monday that an ancient structure it began excavating this month on the side of a…

September 21, 2015

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State obesity rates hold steady

30% or more of population rated obese in 22 states

September 21, 2015

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Wisconsin’s Walker exits ’16 race with harsh words for Trump

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announced Monday he was suspending his Republican presidential campaign.Morry Gash/Assocaited Press “Today, I believe that I…

September 21, 2015