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Confederate flag’s removal turns Martin Luther King Day Jr. into celebration in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. – For the first time in 17 years, civil rights leaders gathered Monday at the South Carolina Statehouse to pay homage to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. without the Confederat...

Abduction of Americans in Iraq raises fears about security

BAGHDAD – The abduction of three Americans from a Baghdad apartment over the weekend is the latest in a series of brazen high-profile kidnappings undermining confidence in the Iraqi governme...

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Facing fight from Sanders, Clinton embraces Obama COLUMBIA, S.C. – Facing fresh campaign anxieties, Hillary Clinton is attaching herself to President Barack Obama, hoping to overc...

As Iowa looms, GOP wonders: does Trump have fans, or voters?

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – It’s the No. 1 question headed into the primary season: Does Donald Trump merely have fans, or does the national front-runner for the Republican presidential nominati...

More quakes rattle Oklahoma but state avoids tough measures

OKLAHOMA CITY – In Oklahoma, now the country’s earthquake capital, people are talking nervously about the big one as human-made quakes get stronger, more frequent and closer to major populat...

Will global woes and sinking stocks lead to recession?

Most economists confident U.S. will weather the storm

Clinton, Sanders clash on guns, health care, Wall Street

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Turning up the temperature, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled repeatedly in Sunday night’s presidential debate over who’s tougher on gun control and Wall Street a...

Triumph or travesty, US-Iran ties warming over nuclear deal

WASHINGTON – Diplomatic triumph or travesty, America’s relationship with one of its most intractable foes took two giant leaps forward this weekend when Iran released four Americans in a pri...

Russia says West ‘politicizing’ humanitarian crisis in Syria

UNITED NATIONS – Russia dismissed a Security Council meeting Friday on the siege of Syrian towns as “unnecessary noise” that politicizes a humanitarian crisis and risks derailing upcoming pe...

In shattered Ramadi, a test of Iraqi unity

City ‘totally destroyed’ from years of war

As sanctions are lifted, Iranian foes fear the worst

JERUSALEM – As the nuclear deal with Tehran goes into effect, many Middle Eastern countries fear a newly emboldened Iran, flush with cash and international recognition, will grow more aggres...

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Search for 12 Marines goes into third day with high surf HONOLULU – The ongoing search for 12 Marines who are missing after two helicopters crashed off Hawaii entered the third d...
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