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WASHINGTON – The House voted Tuesday to make permanent a moratorium that prevents states from taxing access to the Internet.…

Obama defends health law

Says critics are ignoring new ‘reality’

Vincent Bugliosi, prosecutor in Manson trial, dies at 80

Vincent Bugliosi’s son, Vincent Jr., said his father died Saturday of cancer at a hospital in Los Angeles. Bugiosi was…

White House press briefing interrupted after bomb threat

Network television cameras inside the White House Briefing Room were turned toward the ceiling Tuesday after the room was evacuated…

Supreme Court could create chaos for same-sex couples’ nuptials

Legal experts are predicting that gay marriages could come to a halt in many states if the Supreme Court upholds…

G-7 climate vision requires dramatic shift

A complicated path ahead in moving away from carbon

Poll: Most back subsidies for insurance

The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on whether or not the Affordable Care Act allows federal subsidies for…

Residents stand by prison workers

Site of jail break is lifeblood of New York town

World Brief

MEXICO CITY – Despite widespread disillusionment with his government, President Enrique Peña Nieto on Monday emerged from midterm elections with…

Officer’s dismissal sought

Witness: Pool incident ‘not another Ferguson’

Nation Briefs

HONOLULU – A parachute failed to inflate during a NASA test of new technology for landing larger spacecraft – and…

Detained reporter’s mother said her son ‘is very tired’

Iran is trying journalist on spy charges

Obama insists his health-care plan ‘is working’

U.S. President Barack Obama Monday told reporters covering the G-7 conference in southern Germany that Congress intended for his Affordable…

GOP seeks more logging

Lawmakers say cuts would help heal forests

Industrial nations vow to ‘decarbonize’

But activists are unhappy with far-off goal

Nation Briefs

DANNEMORA, N.Y. – Two murderers who used power tools to escape from prison must have taken days to cut through…

Friends seek bikers’ release from Waco jail

Police still investigating shootout that killed nine

Abortions are down in most states

More effective contraceptives cited as reason

World Briefs

ELMAU, Germany – A top European Union official said Sunday that Greece’s creditors didn’t deliver a take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum to end…

Violence breaks out during Mexican vote

Teachers’ groups demand big wage hikes

Rape kits help to bring answers and closure for two women

On the one hand, results from an old rape kit can bring relief. On the other, the news can upend…

Thousands protest G7 summit in southern Germany

A police officer’s eye is rinsed by a colleague after he had contact with an irritant during a protest Saturday…

June 6, 2015