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NEW YORK – Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly says he thinks television viewers trust him despite accusations he stretched…

Gender-bias case presents contrasting portraits of women

Ellen Pao leaves the Civic Center Courthouse during a lunch break in her trial in San Francisco. Pao has said…

Homeland Security No. 2 faces accusations

Inspector general finds U.S. visa favoritism

Nation & World Briefs

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah became the only state to allow firing squads for executions when Gov. Gary Herbert signed…

Grave issues on Iran cited by 367 House members

Congress wants reassurances a bomb isn’t possible

Police unable to confirm gang rape at University of Virginia

Steve Helber/Associated Press file photo<br><br>University of Virginia students walk to campus past the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the…

U.S. home sales rebound slightly in February

A “For Sale” sign pokes out of about 4 feet of snow in the front yard of a home listed…

At Pentagon, Afghan president thanks U.S. troops

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani speaks at the Pentagon during a Monday ceremony. Afghanistan’s president thanked U.S. troops and taxpayers for…

Justices struggle with free speech case over license plates

The Supreme Court is weighing a free-speech challenge to Texas’ decision to refuse to issue a license plate bearing the…

U.S. works to train Iraqi forces

Army, not militias, the focus this time around

March 22, 2015

DNA offers clues about Britain’s ancient past

Welsh residents may be the closest genetic matches to Britain’s earliest settlers, according to new research of DNA samples from…

‘Goldilocks planets’ may be commonplace

Galaxy may be rife with planets that are just right

World Briefs

IOTO, Japan – More than 30 veterans flown in from the U.S. island territory of Guam toured the black-sand beaches…

Nation Briefs

LOS ANGELES – The police shooting in Georgia earlier this month of a naked, unarmed man with bipolar disorder spotlights…

Throwing money at California’s threat

Guv proposes $1 billion in drought spending

Nuclear talks make progress

Iran, world powers face make-or-break agreement

Mentally ill man killed at airport

Machete wielded, Molotov cocktails on hand before fatally shot

DNA tests speed dog adoptions

Senior vice president Scott Delucchi looks over a recent DNA dog test result at the Peninsula Humane Society and SPCA…

Pierre, S.D., lands on Monopoly game

Pierre Mayor Laurie Gill celebrates her city being named the new “Boardwalk” in an upcoming version of the 80-year-old board…

Americans want more spending, fewer taxes

Poll also shows majority favors pot legalization

Total solar eclipse darkens Europe

Residents and visitors to Norway’s Svalbard islands were treated the best view of Friday’s solar eclipse, which darkened much of…

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is suggesting it could reconsider its plan to remove nearly all U.S. troops from Afghanistan…

Deadline looms for Iran nuclear deal

Russian: ‘Main work’ expected to be finished soon