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LONDON – Queen Elizabeth II has reached a major milestone by becoming the longest-reigning monarch in Britain’s history. She passes…

September 7, 2015

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BALTIMORE – A former Episcopal bishop pleaded guilty Tuesday to manslaughter, drunk driving and leaving the scene at which she…

September 7, 2015

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ISIS loyalists eye Afghanistan

IS expansion into Afghanistan has been a concern for both Afghan and international authorities for months, with officials warning that…

September 7, 2015

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Group giving hope, limbs to injured kids

Albino children targeted by black marketers

September 7, 2015

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Graffiti comes of age with Portuguese workshop

Program brings can-do attitude to older residents

September 7, 2015

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Italy top court: Knox conviction was poor

Amanda Knox, center, is escorted by Italian penitentiary police officers to Perugia’s court in this Sept. 26, 2008, file photo.…

September 7, 2015

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Flocks surge past police in Hungary

A man stands in front of a cordon of Hungarian police officers at a temporary detention center for asylum-seekers in…

September 7, 2015

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Obama pushes paid sick leave

President takes swipe at GOP in Labor Day talk

September 7, 2015

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Attorneys for the Kentucky clerk who was jailed last week because of her refusal to issue marriage…

September 7, 2015

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’Give it a go, Joe’: Pittsburgh union crowd cheers on Biden

Vice President Joe Biden, with AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka, told supporters at a Labor Day event in Pittsburgh Monday, that…

September 7, 2015

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Air Force wants owners to give up Nevada bombing range site

A highway sign along the Extraterrestrial Highway welcomes drivers to Rachel, Nev., which is near the Air Force site known…

September 7, 2015

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Military selects rarely used charge for Bergdahl case

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier held prisoner for years by the Taliban after leaving his post in Afghanistan, could face…

September 7, 2015

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Trump candidacy defies political gravity

Fed-up voters keep campaign alive despite his stumbles

September 6, 2015

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Report faults Mexico’s probe of missing students

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto ordered investigators Sunday to consider a new report that casts doubts on a police investigation…

September 6, 2015

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Nation Brief

CHICAGO – Dozens of police officers were searching a lagoon on Chicago’s West Side on Sunday where a toddler’s decomposed…

September 6, 2015

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Ohio couple calls out heroin in teen daughter’s obituary

They directed the funeral home to begin Alison Shuemake’s obituary by stating flatly that she died “of a heroin overdose.”…

September 6, 2015

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Millennials have low opinion of themselves, compared to boomers

That’s the finding from the Pew Research Center, whose latest report on generational groups holds a mirror up to each…

September 5, 2015

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Hunter tied to Cecil the lion killing headed back to work

Protestors gather outside Dr. Walter James Palmer’s dental office in Bloomington, Minn., in July after Palmer killed Cecil, a black-maned…

September 5, 2015

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Migrants finish trek to Germany

Unlike in Hungary, travelers welcomed

September 5, 2015

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – It’s been a tumultuous political summer. The unexpected rises of billionaire Donald Trump and socialist Bernie Sanders.…

September 5, 2015

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World Briefs

WARSAW, Poland – The Polish church on Saturday buried a former papal diplomat who was charged by a Vatican court…

September 5, 2015

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Congress returns with long to-do list

The west front of the U.S. Capitol is seen under repair Wednesday in Washington. Congress will return Tuesday with a…

September 5, 2015

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Rally supports jailed Kentucky clerk

‘She won’t bow,’ husband says

September 5, 2015

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Clinton family said it paid employee for email work

Candidate says flap won’t hurt campaign

September 5, 2015