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Egyptian leader signs anti-terror legislation CAIRO – In a significant leap toward harsher authoritarian rule, Egypt has enacted a draconian new anti-terrorism law that sets a swe...

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U.S. military wants to expand drone use JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – Faced with escalating aggression from Russia and China, the Pentagon is planning to increase its use of ...

Thai leader: ‘We will hunt them down’

No one claims fatal bombing in Bangkok

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

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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. ...

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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...
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