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Justices seem split on buffer zones at abortion clinics

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court appeared evenly divided Wednesday as it heard arguments in a First Amendment challenge to a Massachusetts law that created buffer zones around abortion clinics...

Texas drone research center conducting tests

SARITA, Texas – The next big thing in American aviation sounds and looks like an oversized leaf blower with wings and a tail, has duct tape keeping some of its pieces in place and must be ca...

Obama urges Senate Dems to put off Iran sanctions

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama implored Democratic senators Wednesday to put off new sanctions against Iran that he warned could derail delicate nuclear talks. Regrouping at the start o...

San Francisco crash firefighters saw girl before hitting her

SAN FRANCISCO – Video from the helmet camera of a firefighter responding to the crash landing of an Asiana Airlines flight in San Francisco shows at least one rescuer was aware someone was o...

Nation/World Briefs

$1.1 trillion budget wins approval in House WASHINGTON – A $1.1 trillion spending bill for operating the government until just before next fall’s election steamed through the batt...

U.N. faults Israeli efforts to stop attacks by settlers

QUSRA, West Bank – The annual rate of Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians has almost quadrupled in eight years, U.N. figures show, buttressing claims that Israeli security forces ha...

New scandal embroils U.S. nuclear force

WASHINGTON – In a stunning setback for a nuclear missile force already beset by missteps and leadership lapses, the Air Force disclosed on Wednesday that 34 officers entrusted with the world...

Report calls Benghazi attack preventable

WASHINGTON – The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report on the deadly assault on the diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, laying blame on the State Department, the int...

Lawmakers threaten TSA with private screeners

WASHINGTON – Members of a House panel threatened Tuesday to privatize more airport screening unless the Transportation Security Administration improves its treatment of travelers. ...

Nation Briefs

Christie says scandal ‘tested administration’ TRENTON, N.J. – Faced with a widening political scandal that threatens to undermine his second term and a possible 2016 presidential ...

Dozens of trade-offs in $1.1 trillion budget bill

WASHINGTON – A massive $1.1 trillion spending bill, aimed at funding the government through October and putting to rest the bitter budget battles of last year, is getting generally positive ...

World Briefs

Israeli official criticizes Kerry’s peace efforts JERUSALEM – An Israeli newspaper quoted the defense minister Tuesday as deriding U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s Mideast pea...
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