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Strong home sales, limited supply lift U.S. home prices in May

WASHINGTON – U.S. home prices rose steadily in May, pushed higher by a healthy increase in sales this year. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index climbed 4.9...

Authorities: California teen accused of killing 8-year-old

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – A 15-year-old boy lured an 8-year-old girl into his apartment and killed her before hiding her body in a recycling bin at the housing complex for artists where they live...

Museum hosting show of ancient bronze work

LOS ANGELES – It’s almost as if the dozens of exquisitely detailed, often perfectly intact bronze sculptures on display at the J. Paul Getty Museum disappeared into an ancient witness-protec...

Some snow piles remain in Buffalo

Dirty ice piles still remain months after freak storm

Lawyers: Convicted spy Pollard to be paroled in November

WASHINGTON – Attorneys for Jonathan Pollard, who has served nearly 30 years in prison for spying for Israel, said Tuesday the U.S. has granted him parole and he will be released in November....

New York prison worker pleads guilty in escape of 2 killers

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – A prison worker who was “in over her head” with two inmates convicted of murder tearfully pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of aiding them by smuggling hacksaw blades and...

Mental-health experts respond carefully to mass killings

NEW YORK – One psychiatry professor calls it “the conversation we’re stuck with,” a teachable moment growing out of horror. Each time mental illness is cited as a possible factor ...

NSA to destroy collected phone records

White House approves plan to stop using controversial data

El Niño is more than just weather

System can be bring wealth or recession to countries

Nation Briefs

Boy Scouts end ban on gay leaders NEW YORK – The Boy Scouts of America have ended a blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the ex...

World Briefs

Obama urges peace in South Sudan ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – President Barack Obama launched a personal push for peace in South Sudan on Monday, convening African leaders for urgent t...

Lawmaker seeks removal of IRS chief

WASHINGTON – The Republican chairman of a powerful House committee called for the removal of the IRS commissioner Monday, saying he has obstructed congressional investigations into the treat...
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