Nation & World

Weird weather lingers in Alaska

“We want Santa to bring snow, soon,” Terry Goodwin said as she hit a ski trail in Anchorage on Thursday…

December 19, 2014

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Gifts of cheer from the FBI, CIA

A coffee mug from the National Security Agency reveals a message when hot liquid is poured into it, one of…

December 19, 2014

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Pakistan: 77 militants killed after school massacre

Friends of a Pakistani student who was killed in Tuesday’s Taliban attack on a military-run school offer prayers at his…

December 19, 2014

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FBI says North Korea was behind Sony attack

A movie billboard is displayed behind a Sony Pictures Entertainment Studio entrance in Culver City, Calif. Several lawmakers are calling…

December 19, 2014

Nation & World

Secret Service review done

for outsider to head agency

December 17, 2014

Nation & World

Normalizing ties with Cuba could take awhile

Taxi drivers wait for clients next to their classic American cars in Havana, Cuba.Ramon Espinosa/Associated Press That’s about to become…

December 17, 2014

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U.S. readying ‘appropriate response’

House set to identify Sony hackers

December 17, 2014

Nation & World

Putin promises to fix Russia’s economy

President calls West’s sanctions part of efforts to weaken country

December 17, 2014

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Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The computer files of more than 40,000 federal workers may have been compromised by a cyberattack at federal…

December 17, 2014

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World Briefs

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Islamic extremists killed 35 people and kidnapped at least 185 in an attack near the town where…

December 17, 2014

Nation & World

Court: Obesity can be disability

European companies expected to challenge EU decision

December 17, 2014

Nation & World

U.S. ties North Korea to hacking of Sony

cancels release of ‘The Interview’

December 17, 2014

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U.S. ready to do business with Cuba

U.S. exports could top $4 billion a year

December 17, 2014

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Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – Executions and new death sentences dropped to their lowest numbers in decades in 2014, an anti-death penalty group…

December 17, 2014

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U.S., Cuba patch torn relations in historic accord

Protesters outside of Cafe Versailles on Calle Ocho in Miami decry the exchange of convicted Cuban spies for USAID subcontractor…

December 17, 2014

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Mixed emotions vex ‘Pedro Pan’ generation after Cuba move

A bus filled with excited Cubans passes through the Vedado section of Havana, Cuba. After a half-century of Cold War…

December 16, 2014

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Aussie leader: System failed to track siege gunman

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his wife, Margie, pay their respects to the victims of the siege in Martin…

December 16, 2014

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Obama signs $1.1 trillion spending bill into law

President Barack Obama leaves Marine One helicopter after returning to the White House from a trip to New Jersey to…

December 16, 2014

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Immigration debate awaits new Congress

say GOP must act on issue

December 16, 2014

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Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration needed an exemption from new Obama administration rules restricting racial profiling by the government…

December 16, 2014

Nation & World

Bush shakes up race for presidency

Ex-governor says he will ‘explore’ running

December 16, 2014

Nation & World

Rain could dampen conservation efforts

Officials: California drought far from over

December 16, 2014

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World Briefs

TOKYO — North Korea has asked the U.N. Security Council to investigate the CIA’s “brutal medieval” treatment of terrorism suspects…

December 16, 2014

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‘Fight will continue,’ Pakistan warns

Taliban attack on school kills scores of kids

December 16, 2014