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Agency’s threat to close VA hospitals draws ire

WASHINGTON – Senior lawmakers traveled from Capitol Hill on Thursday to the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters to hear firsthand why the agency is threatening to shut down some hosp...

It’s San Francisco or bust: Hitchhiking robot hits the road

BOSTON – With its thumb raised skyward and a grin on its digital face, the robotic creation of two researchers in Canada is hitchhiking across the U.S. The humanoid robot named hi...

Death business expands into hosting other events

Funeral homes adding to revenue sources

Minorities, young Americans still backing Obama

WASHINGTON – Even as the public remains closely divided about his presidency, Barack Obama is holding on to his support from the so-called “Obama coalition” of minorities, liberals and young...

How did gunman go from typical suburban life to attack?

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Counterterrorism investigators are trying to figure out why a 24-year-old Kuwait-born man who seemingly had a typical suburban American upbringing attacked two U.S. mili...

Nation Brief

4 Marines killed in Chattanooga attacks CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – A gunman unleashed a barrage of fire at a recruiting center and another U.S. military site a few miles apart in Chat...

Climate report suggests planet is ‘gravely ill’

WASHINGTON – In their annual, detailed physical of Earth’s climate, scientists say the world is in increasingly hot and rising water. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administ...

World Briefs

New pledges to let Greece reopen banks ATHENS, Greece – Greece on Thursday won vital pledges of support from bailout lenders needed to keep its economy from collapsing, but offici...

Transportation bill targets safety rules

Auto, rail industries seek to delay, kill some laws

British minister defends deal with Iran

Israeli leader upset sanctions aren’t tied to country’s behavior

Japan looks to new military role

Majority of country opposes war legislation

Jury finds Holmes guilty in theater shooting

CENTENNIAL – Jurors convicted Aurora theater shooter James Holmes on Thursday in the chilling 2012 attack on defenseless moviegoers at a midnight Batman premiere, rejecting defense arguments...
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