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House approves new refugee rules WASHINGTON – Responding swiftly to the terror in Paris, the U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to erect high hurdles for Syrian and Iraqi re...

House votes to curb Syrian refugees, snubs Obama veto threat

WASHINGTON – In a stinging rebuke to President Barack Obama by Republicans and Democrats, the House ignored a veto threat Thursday and overwhelmingly approved GOP legislation erecting fresh ...

Ex-Subway pitchman Fogle gets more than 15 years in prison

INDIANAPOLIS – Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison on Thursday for trading in child pornography and having sex with underage prostitutes, with th...

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Congress works on new education law WASHINGTON – Congress is pressing ahead with efforts to update the much-criticized No Child Left Behind education law. A bipartisan ...

Airstrikes having little impact on Islamic State

Campaign could take years, officials say

Carter pushing retirement, other changes for future force

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Ash Carter is pushing major changes to the Pentagon’s personnel systems that are intended to attract the next generation of service members and drag the often-...

Man behind attack in Paris may be dead

French police unsure who died in raid

Putin vows to hunt down, punish those who bombed Russian jet

MOSCOW – A somber President Vladimir Putin vowed to hunt down and punish those responsible for a bomb that brought down a Russian passenger jet last month, “wherever they are hiding.” Intens...

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Strong earthquake hits Greek island ATHENS, Greece – A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 6.1 hit the western Greek island of Lefkada on Tuesday, killing ...

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Jindal ends bid for GOP nomination BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal dropped out of the 2016 race for president Tuesday, ending a campaign that failed to gain much su...

GOP seeks to ‘pause’ refugee admissions

Attorney general says screening process is ‘robust’

Islamic State prepares for Raqqa attack

BEIRUT – Islamic State militants are stiffening their defenses for a possible assault on their de facto capital Raqqa as international airstrikes intensify on the Syrian city in retaliation ...
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