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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...

Nation & World Briefs

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...

Britain won’t ban Trump; instead, may invite him for visit

LONDON - In nearly a millennium of history, the Palace of Westminster has played host to kings and queens, endured Nazi bombing raids and showed the world how a people could govern themselve...

Senate to take up bill for more scrutiny of Syrian refugees

WASHINGTON – The Senate will consider new rigorous screening procedures for Syrian and Iraqi refugees seeking to enter the United States as national security looms large for voters in an ele...

Life revolves around lead fears in Flint, Michigan

Nearly 2 years since clean water flowed

States debate letting lotto winners remain anonymous

DES MOINES, Iowa – Even a jackpot isn’t enough to buy anonymity for many lottery winners, whose names are often made public by state law. But now it’s becoming increasingly possib...
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