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BOSTON – Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade made history Sunday as two gay and lesbian groups marched after decades of…

March 15, 2015

Man, 20, charged with shooting 2 officers in Ferguson

St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said suspect Jeffrey Williams told authorities he was firing at someone with whom he…

March 15, 2015

Say what? 6.5M in U.S. have reached age 112?

Security death records in a backlog

16 ski resorts worth hundreds of millions could be sold

A skier packs the car at closing Friday at the Sunday River ski resort in Newry, Maine. CNL Resort Properties,…

Nation Briefs

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas health officials say a food-borne illness linked to some Blue Bell ice cream products may…

Clinton email server key to Benghazi inquiry, says GOP

Rep. Susan Brooks, R-Ind., said Saturday that Hillary Rodham Clinton’s email server could help the panel answer vital questions, including…

World Briefs

YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Cameroon acknowledged that more than two dozen Boko Haram suspects died in custody late last year, but…

8 people confirmed dead from Cyclone Pam

S. Pacific archipelago faced winds of 168 mph; 44 others may have died

Chemical weapons may have been used by IS in attacks

Kurdish soldiers walk around the site of a bomb attack on a road between Mosul, Iraq, and the Syrian border…

World Briefs

PARIS – Global carbon emissions stayed stable last year even though the economy grew, according to data released Friday that…

Kerry is offering no arms to Egypt

Military aid still being held because of coup

Obama: ‘More work’ needed to fix VA care

President Barack Obama met with veterans during a visit to the Veterans Administration hospital in Phoenix. The president said the…

In most cases, Congress really is ‘unruly’

Government rules on open records, emails don’t apply to U.S. lawmakers

Urn artists look for the beauty in death

But in this case, the guest of honor is inside the jar. “People that are vivacious and celebrate life –…

Boosted bourbon found in backyard

Franklin County sheriff’s deputies responding to a tip recovered five barrels – each filled with bourbon – that were taken…

Underground ocean found on Jupiter moon

An image from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft shows Ganymede, one of the moons orbiting Jupiter. New evidence from observations made by…

Texas defends Alamo once again

takes control because of management concerns

Nation Briefs

AUBURN HILLS, Michigan – Call it a preview of the cross-country road trip of the future. An autonomous car developed…

Calm prevails in Ferguson after shooting of police officers

People demonstrate across the street from the Ferguson Police Department Thursday in Ferguson, Mo. Two police officers were shot early…

At odds with Google, U.S. seeks new rule on computer access

Google and other Internet companies are opposiing a Justice Department proposal that would make it easier for law enforcement to…

Groups decry Ferguson police shootings

officers released after ‘an ambush’ during protest

March 12, 2015

Ebola claims 10,000 worldwide

entrenched in Guinea, Sierra Leone, UN agency warns

March 12, 2015