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Strong quake kills 9, injures more than 760 in Japan

6.5-magnitude quake toppled dozens of homes

Manson family member approved for parole after 4 decades

CHINO, Calif. – A California panel recommended parole Thursday for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten more than four decades after she went to prison for the notorious killing...

South wrestles with bathroom-access question

More states look to restrict transgenders

Island handover stirs protests

Egypt’s president defends decision

Judge cracks down on ‘affluenza’ teen

Couch to serve nearly two years in DUI deaths

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U.S.: Russian planes buzzed Navy ship WASHINGTON – Russian attack planes buzzed a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Baltic Sea multiple times Monday and Tuesday, coming as close as an estimated 30 ...

U.S. retail sales fall in March as Americans buy fewer cars

WASHINGTON – U.S. retail sales fell last month as Americans cut back on their car purchases, the latest sign that consumers are reluctant to spend freely. A 2.1 percent plunge in...

Governor wants to change, but not scrap, North Carolina law

RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina’s governor is asking lawmakers to change part of a state law criticized for its anti-discrimination policies, but he sees no need for a wholesale repeal or rev...

Senate GOP vows to subpoena EPA chief in Gold Mine spill

McCarthy would be required to attend field hearing next week

Ryan: ‘Count me out’ as GOP nominee

House speaker reaffirms that he isn’t running for presidency

Obama touts party’s emphasis on equal pay

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and other Democrats on Tuesday seized on Equal Pay Day – a symbolic event dramatizing how much longer it takes a woman to earn as much as a man – to court...

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Governor fires head of psychiatric hospital OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday fired the head of a beleaguered state psychiatric hospital after an accused murderer escape...
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