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Canada’s new leader sworn in to office TORONTO – Justin Trudeau was sworn in Wednesday as Canada’s new Liberal prime minister, promising a less controlling style of “government by...

Bombing is suspected in crash of Russian jet

LONDON – British and U.S. officials said Wednesday they have information suggesting the Russian jetliner that crashed in the Egyptian desert may have been brought down by a bomb, and Britain...

U.S.-Iran detente still not in sight

Iranians mark anniversary of embassy’s takeover

Democrats, Republicans pore over elections for clues to presidential race

State votes cast doubts on Dems’ ’16 prospects

Heroin, prescription pain pills top drug threat in the U.S.

WASHINGTON – Heroin and prescription pain pills are among the top drug threats in the U.S., according to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s latest drug threat assessment Wednesday. ...

Survey: Half of black millennials know of police violence

WASHINGTON – Long before the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, more than half of African-American millennials indicated they, or someone they knew, had been victimize...

Official: Missile strike on plane discounted

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – U.S. satellite imagery detected heat around a Russian passenger jet just before it went down in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, two U.S. officials said Tuesday. But the dis...

Delay of pipeline raising questions

Company denies it hopes GOP will win White House

GOP captures statehouses

Ohio votes down legal pot measure

World Briefs

Taiwanese, Chinese leaders to meet TAIPEI, Taiwan – A presidential spokesman says Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Singapore on Satur...

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Democrats stop bid to block EPA rules WASHINGTON – Democrats have blocked a Senate bill that would have forced the Obama administration to withdraw new federal rules to protect sm...

Houston LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance rejected by voters

HOUSTON – An ordinance that would have established nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people in Houston failed to win approval from voters on Tuesday. The Houst...
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