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Trump reports for New York jury duty, takes campaign break

NEW YORK – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took a break Monday from courting voters to go to court as a potential juror. Trump shook hands and fist-bumped bystande...

Indonesian rescuers search for airplane

54-passenger plane apparently crashes into mountainside

Nation Briefs

Former NAACP chairman, activist, dies at 75 ATLANTA – Julian Bond’s life traced the arc of the civil-rights movement, from his efforts as a militant young man to start a student p...

Western wildfires: Wind, heat, dry land fueling large blazes

Sunday ushered in calmer weather across the West, aiding firefighters who worked to contain flames fed by drought conditions and whipped up by wind and heat. Firefighters across t...

Clinton is hurt by familiar shortcomings

It was supposed to be different this time. After the wounds of 2008, many of them self-inflicted, Hillary Rodham Clinton rebooted for 2016 with a new message, new advisers and new energy. ...

World Briefs

Brazilians’ discontent hits the streets SAO PAULO – Brazilians took to the streets of cities and towns across the country Sunday for anti-government protests being watched as a b...

700 injured, 95 missing and 112 dead in China

TIANJIN, China – Authorities pulled more bodies from a massive blast site at China’s Tianjin port, pushing the death toll to 112 on Sunday as teams rushed to clear dangerous chemicals and pr...

Alaskans concerned with Canadian mining plans

JUNEAU, Alaska – A provincial map showing the planned or potential mining activity in British Columbia is so pocked that Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott says it looks like it has the measles. ...

The politics of time: Why countries switch

North Korean officials announced recently that the country is creating its own time zone, moving back 30 minutes this weekend. The establishment of “Pyongyang time” is a political move inten...

In aftermath of Ferguson, states react

But activists say still more needs to be done

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Food banks, pantries find new ways to feed more

Charles Scott is shopping for groceries at a Philadelphia food pantry, busily clicking away at a computer to select his choices of onions, tomatoes and frozen corn. Scott’s budge...
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