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Supporters urge Egypt general to run for president

Egyptians chant slogans Tuesday as they attend a rally in support of Egypt’s defense minister, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, in Cairo.…

January 21, 2014

Nation & World

1 dead in Purdue shooting; student in custody

Police evacuate students from the Electrical Engineering building after shots were fired on Tuesday on the campus of Purdue University…

January 21, 2014

Nation & World

Another snowstorm strikes East Coast

The storm stretched 1,000 miles between Kentucky and Massachusetts but hit especially hard along the heavily populated Interstate 95 corridor…

January 21, 2014

Nation & World

France to increase Africa military presence

French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian plans to explain to U.S. officials his country’s plans to reorganize its forces in…

January 21, 2014

Nation & World

Snowden trial may be risky

Legal experts say that if former National Security Agency analyst Edward Snowden is ever prosecuted in U.S. courts, the government…

January 21, 2014

Nation & World

NOAA: 2013 4th-warmest year on Earth

The average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.12 degrees above the 20th-century average and marks the 37th…

January 20, 2014

Nation & World

Is marijuana more dangerous than alcohol?

Obama’s interview with The New Yorker magazine will appear Jan. 27. In it he said that while he considers marijuana…

January 20, 2014

Nation & World

Family of man held in North Korea worried, encouraged

American missionary Kenneth Bae, right, leaves after speaking to reporters at Pyongyang Friendship Hospital in Pyongyang Monday. Bae, 45, who…

January 20, 2014

Nation & World

Study raises questions about youth arrests

One of the authors of a study showing nearly half of all black men have been arrested on non-traffic-related charges…

January 20, 2014

Nation & World

Some Obama spy changes hampered by complications

Legal experts say some of President Barack Obama’s proposals to reform the government’s surveillance programs raise constitutional and other problems.Charles…

January 20, 2014

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Police link 2 arrests to Target data theft

McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez says dozens of fraudulent credit cards were confiscated by police after arresting a man and…

January 20, 2014

Nation & World

U.N. withdraws Iran invite to talks

Plans for a peace conference to end the war in Syria are in doubt after the United Nations Monday withdrew…

January 20, 2014

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Nation/World Briefs

OMAHA, Neb. – An explosion Monday morning that brought down part of an animal feed processing plant in Omaha left…

January 20, 2014

Nation & World

Fatalities reported in Omaha plant explosion

Firefighters stage outside the International Nutrition plant in Omaha, Neb., Monday. A fire and explosion killed several people and hospitalized…

January 20, 2014

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Iran, U.S., Europe start implementing nuclear deal

Iran is disconnecting connections between cascades of centrifuges that were producing 20 percent enriched uranium at Iran’s Natanz facility. It…

January 20, 2014

Nation & World

Obama celebrates MLK holiday, visits soup kitchen

People around the country marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday by remembering and discussing the civil rights leader’s legacy.…

January 20, 2014

Nation & World

Christie aide: Hoboken treated no differently

Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno denied allegations by the Hoboken mayor that Superstorm Sandy relief funding was withheld from Hoboken because…

January 19, 2014

Nation & World

Half of world’s wealth at top

It’s threatening political systems, new report says

January 19, 2014

Nation & World

Islamic video threatens Olympics

offers assurances to gay athletes and fans

January 19, 2014

Nation & World

Iraq announces offensive against al-Qaida

Violence grows from dismantled Sunni camp

January 18, 2014

Nation & World

Postal Service, union wrangle over Staples outlets

Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union, says Postal Service retail centers in dozens of Staples stores around…

January 18, 2014

Nation & World

Iran begins move to dilute its uranium stockpile

Iran struck the deal in November with the so-called P5+1 countries – Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United…

January 18, 2014

Nation & World

Will Obama’s surveillance idea work?

Congressional leaders have their doubts

January 18, 2014

Nation & World

MLK streets struggle still with poverty, crime

Melvin White is founder of the Beloved Streets of America project, a nonprofit working to revitalize a downtrodden six-mile stretch…

January 18, 2014