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Oregon standoff leader stays in jail; no word from holdouts

PORTLAND, Ore. – The jailed leader of an armed group that took over an Oregon wildlife preserve struck a defiant tone Tuesday while again urging four holdouts to leave, saying local resident...

Former DA says he believes Bill Cosby can’t be prosecuted

NORRISTOWN, Pa. – The former district attorney who declined to arrest Bill Cosby on sex-crime charges a decade ago testified Tuesday that he essentially granted the comedian lifetime immunit...

Trumpet from sunken ship holds WWII secrets

Broken instrument could contain DNA from the sailor who played it

Cruz tops Trump in Iowa

Clinton, Sanders in tight Dem race

Clinton, Sanders in tight battle for Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa – Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were locked in a tight battle in Iowa’s leadoff presidential caucuses Monday as the two rivals offered Americans a stark choice between ...

Trump, Cruz, Rubio battle in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses

DES MOINES, Iowa – On Monday night, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz holds a 4 percent lead over Donald Trump in the Iowa Caucuses with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in third place with 23 percent of those ca...

As children die reaching for Europe’s shores, empathy fades

PARIS – Five months ago, a 3-year-old Syrian boy’s corpse on a Turkish beach galvanized public action for refugees. Now, strikingly similar images are generating little more than a collectiv...

Virginia Tech students held in death of ‘awesome little girl’

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Two Virginia Tech students who had bright futures appeared before a judge Monday in the death of a seventh-grade girl who was active on social media and apparently climbed ...

WHO declares global emergency over Zika virus spread

GENEVA – The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the explosive spread of the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in the Americas, calling it an “extraor...

United Nations envoy declares ‘official beginning’ to Syria peace talks

GENEVA – Syrian peace talks gained a small measure of momentum Monday with the UN special envoy formally declaring the start of indirect negotiations, even as the opposition spokesperson acc...

Nation & World Briefs

Amtrak engineer recalls speeding up before crash WASHINGTON – The last thing Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian remembers before last May’s fatal crash in Philadelphia is pushing the...

Democratic, GOP races tight as Iowa kicks off 2016 voting

DES MOINES, Iowa – In a high-stakes test of enthusiasm versus organization, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders hope to ride voter energy into victories in Monday’s Iowa cauc...
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