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Foes seek migration curbs after sex assault reports

BERLIN – A string of sex assaults and robberies during New Year’s celebrations in Germany has fuelled debate about the country’s ability to integrate large numbers of migrants, after police ...

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Californians warned drought isn’t over SAN FRANCISCO –- Forced by drought to become miserly with water, Californians were warned against reverting to old habits Tuesday as the fir...

Toilets are major obsession for people in Japan

Japanese give a lot of thought to their lavatories

Mother of ‘affluenza’ teen agrees to be sent back to Texas

LOS ANGELES – The mother of a fugitive teenager known for using an “affluenza” defense in a deadly drunken-driving case agreed Tuesday to be sent from California to Texas to face a charge. ...

Gun rules’ impact on violence questioned

Experts say many sellers are unlicensed

Smart-tech future beckons

Gadget show illustrates Internet everywhere

Saudi allies scale back ties with Iran

TEHRAN, Iran – Allies of Saudi Arabia followed the kingdom’s lead and began scaling back diplomatic ties to Iran on Monday after the ransacking of Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic Re...

Feds monitor armed protesters in Oregon but keep distance

BURNS, Ore. – Armed anti-government protesters took over a remote national wildlife refuge in Oregon as part of a decades-long fight over public lands in the West while federal authorities a...

Obama defends forthcoming gun restrictions as constitutional

WASHINGTON – Gearing up for a certain confrontation with Congress, President Barack Obama defended his plans to tighten the nation’s gun-control restrictions on his own, insisting Monday tha...

Stocks sink on first day of 2016 on China, Mideast worries

NEW YORK – The new year got off to an inauspicious start on Wall Street as stocks tumbled Monday in a global sell-off triggered by new fears of a slowdown in China and rising tensions in the...

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Earthquake in India kills at least 8, injures more NEW DELHI - A 6.7 magnitude earthquake left at least eight dead, scores more injured and houses and buildings flattened in the n...

Pentagon: Hundreds of military kids sexually abused annually

WASHINGTON – Cpl. Aaron C. Masa befriended a fellow Marine during training in North Carolina. But behind his buddy’s back, Masa sexually abused his 3-year-old stepdaughter and took sexually ...
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