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U.S. pulls Peace Corps volunteers from Kenya

Kenyan police officers load the body of a female tourist into a police vehicle in Mombasa, Kenya, Thursday. A Kenya…

July 24, 2014

Official: Air Algerie wreckage, remains found

Journalists wait for news outside the Spanish Swiftair airline office in Madrid, Spain, on Thursday. An Air Algerie flight carrying…

July 24, 2014

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Dogs get jealous, too

A new study shows jealousy is not just a human emotion. Dogs, too, can have their fits of possessive intolerance…

July 23, 2014

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‘Rare’ exoplanet discovered

Kepler 421-b orbits a star about 1,000 light years from Earth at the “frost line” – the crucial distance that…

July 23, 2014

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Nation & World Briefs

NEW YORK – The head of the government lab that potentially exposed workers to live anthrax has resigned, an agency…

July 23, 2014

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UN blasts Israeli, Hamas attacks

to investigate possible war crimes

July 23, 2014

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U.S. pushes for truce as Gaza battle rages

Israeli tanks ride along the border of Israel and the Gaza Strip. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says there…

July 23, 2014

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European ministers fear rise of anti-Semitism

Pro-Palestinian protesters demand a halt to Israel’s attacks against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip during a protest in Berlin.Markus…

July 22, 2014

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Nation Briefs

LAS VEGAS – Civilrights leaders at the NAACP’s annual convention worry that black voters won’t show up at voting booths…

July 22, 2014

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World Briefs

BAGHDAD – A suicide driver rammed his explosive-laden car into a police checkpoint in the Iraqi capital, killing 21 people,…

July 22, 2014

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Big city twister could be catastrophic

Major tornadoes have hit several smaller cities in recent years, including this one that tore through Tuscaloosa, Ala., in 2011.…

July 22, 2014

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Teams begin ID’ing downed jet’s victims

Pro-Russian rebels and members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe walk by plane wreckage in eastern Ukraine…

July 22, 2014

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General: Guard troops will observe

A National Guardsman checks on his colleague inside a Border Patrol Skybox near the Hidalgo International Bridge in Hidalgo, Texas.…

July 22, 2014

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Hamas rocket hits near Israeli airport

world airlines stop flights to Tel Aviv

July 22, 2014

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NASA renames building for astronaut Neil Armstrong

Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, smiles for a photo inside the Lunar Module while it rested on the…

July 21, 2014

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Employment protection extended

Transgender, gay citizens no longer ‘second class’

July 21, 2014

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Cellphone-privacy ruling may have broad impact

It’s “the gift that keeps on giving,” says Roberta Kaplan, the lawyer who won the case on behalf of New…

July 20, 2014

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Courts bracing for influx of youth immigrant cases

Do you know the charges against you? Do you have representation? Do you understand that if you don’t show up…

July 20, 2014

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Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama sternly called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to compel Kremlin-backed separatists to stop hampering the…

July 20, 2014

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Truce effort intensifies as Gaza death toll rises

Israeli siege continues

July 20, 2014

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Northwest wildlife refuges to phase out neonicotinoids

The region covering Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Hawaii is the first in the agency to ban neonicotinoids. There is room…

July 20, 2014

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2 Americans killed in Gaza Strip fighting

Stuart Steinberg confirmed the death of his son Max Steinberg, 24, to The Associated Press on Sunday. Steinberg, whose family…

July 19, 2014

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Refrigerated boxcars used to hold bodies from Malaysian plane

Assorted leaders speak with Putin

July 19, 2014

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Colleges woo Native Americans

worry identities will be lost

July 19, 2014