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WASHINGTON – Up to 5 million Americans struggling to make their monthly student loan payments could find relief under a…

Tribes welcome voting access

Legislative action possible

D-Day celebrations come to an end

World War II German veteran Kurt Keller, right, of Homburg, Germany, 89, who fought against the Allied landing on Omaha…

20 years after O.J., views still black and white

Today, 20 years after the case divided the nation, few opinions have changed. Despite two decades’ worth of increasing racial…

Job market recovers what it lost

But it appears weaker because of loss in industries

Nation & World Briefs

LAS VEGAS – Two suspects shot and killed two police officers in an ambush at a Las Vegas restaurant Sunday…

Under attack, coal maintains its political muscle

Poll shows majorities – regardless of politics – support emission limits

Gunmen storm Pakistani airport, killing 13

VIP, cargo area had heavy gunfire, multiple explosions

Escape attempt prompted torture

Bergdahl ‘not emotionally prepared’ to see his family

Detroit fighting back against carjackers

The armed auto thieves have become so common here that parts of the bankrupt metropolis are referred to as “Carjack…

Google drove hard to get driverless-car law

Four years ago, the Google team developing cars that can drive themselves became convinced that the company needed to spearhead…

Bowe Bergdahl: Victim or traitor?

First prayers, then fury for former American prisoner of the Taliban

Teen to carry his brother 40 miles

Detroit Tigers, Megadeath have been supporters

Prosecutors revisiting convictions

With their duty to pursue justice, they’re finding erroneous cases

Nation Briefs

Maya Angelou honored at memorial service WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – First lady Michelle Obama lauded poet, orator and sage Maya Angelou…

Wisconsin’s gay-marriage ban struck down … maybe

Judge did not order state to allow marriages

Should migrant kids get free pass into U.S.?

Arizona detention centers struggling with large influx

Tattoos tricky as evidence

Art eyed carefully by police, prosecutors

Nigeria interrupts newspapers

‘Grave security implications’ given as the rationale

Return to happiness, says Thailand’s military junta

Military censors partisan media on both sides

World Briefs

BAGHDAD – A series of car bombs exploded across Iraq’s capital Saturday night, killing at least 52 people in a…

How sweet it is … to be Ukraine’s president

‘The Chocolate King’ lays out goals in inaugural address