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National Guard called in to keep the peace in Baltimore

Maryland National Guardsmen patrol near downtown businesses in Baltimore on Tuesday, a day after looting and arson erupted following the…

April 28, 2015

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Tuesday is the day: Gay-marriage arguments to be heard by Supreme Court

Justices to address issue explicitly left open from 2013 decision

April 27, 2015

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BOSTON – Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s lawyers urged a jury Monday to spare his life, portraying him as “a…

April 27, 2015

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Study blames global warming for 75 percent of very hot days

Children play under the water that they manage to spill over from a water tank, to cool off from the…

April 27, 2015

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Western drought steals clean energy

California forced to raise rates

April 27, 2015

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Nepal quake toll tops 4,000

Villages plead for aid, some are inaccessible

April 27, 2015

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UNITED NATIONS – A U.N. inquiry has found that at least 44 Palestinians were killed and at least 227 injured…

April 27, 2015

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Clinton Foundation admits missteps

Nonprofit expects to refile some tax forms

April 26, 2015

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Nepal earthquake aftershocks terrify survivors

Family members grieve during the cremation of an earthquake victim in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sunday. A magnitude 7.8…

April 26, 2015

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DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. – Coast Guard crews searched for five people missing Sunday after recovering two bodies following a powerful…

April 26, 2015

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Scientists convinced of tie between earthquakes and drilling

So far, the quakes have been mostly small and have done little damage beyond cracking plaster, toppling bricks and rattling…

April 26, 2015

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115 children killed since beginning of Yemen offensive

500 civilian deaths included

April 25, 2015

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Malik Z. Shabazz, center, of Black Lawyers for Justice, raises his fist in defiance at a rally for Freddie Gray…

April 25, 2015

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Grande computer glitch

Starbucks’ stores go dark; Durango keeps it light

April 25, 2015

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A new strand of law

Lawyers turning to business of pot

April 25, 2015

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7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal

1,100 killed at capital; avalanche tears down Himalayas

April 25, 2015

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Gallipoli combatants remember dead

Disastrous campaign helped forge Turkish, Australian identities

April 24, 2015

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EU agrees on migrant plans

Italian vessels have been intercepting many small boats off the Libyan coast after hundreds of refugees drowned when ships smuggling…

April 24, 2015

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ENSENADA, Chile – Mighty blasts from the looming Calbuco volcano have left Ensenada an ash-drowned ghost town, abandoned by its…

April 24, 2015

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BYOB: It’s brew your own beer at some colleges

California State Polytechnic University is the first – but probably won’t be the last – college to offer courses on…

April 24, 2015

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Modernist gem or ugly? N.Y. building stirs debate

Public opinion is divided about whether the Orange County Government Center in Goshen, N.Y., should be saved. The building is…

April 24, 2015

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NEW YORK – A bomb threat made by an anonymous 911 caller forced the evacuation of hundreds of tourists Friday…

April 24, 2015

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Review to examine U.S. hostage policy

paying ransom won’t be an option

April 24, 2015

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Chilean village a ghost town after Calbuco’s twin eruptions

The entrance of a house is covered with ash from the eruption of the Calbuco volcano in Puerto Varas, Chile.…

April 24, 2015