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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...

U.S., Turkey consider Syrian safe haven

Plan includes stepped up attacks on IS

Colombia begins work to recover ‘disappeared’

Landfill may contain remains of hundreds of missing youths

New York Gov. Cuomo announces new LaGuardia Airport

NEW YORK– A year after comparing New York’s LaGuardia Airport to “some Third World country,” Vice President Joe Biden helped unveil an ambitious plan Monday to rebuild its collection of agin...

High costs plague some state-run health insurance markets

WASHINGTON – State-run health insurance markets that offer coverage under President Barack Obama’s health law are struggling with high costs and disappointing enrollment. These challenges co...

Americans with Disabilities Act changes millions of lives

NEW YORK – Five days before he was to start college, Fred Maahs’ world turned upside down. Off the Delaware coast in 1980, on the last day of summer vacation, the 18-year-old took a dive fro...
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