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California becomes first state to ban plastic bags

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed the nation’s first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery and convenience stores, driven to action by pollution in street...

Cost of U.S. campaign against the Islamic State closing in on $1B

WASHINGTON – The United States has likely spent between $780 million and $930 million in its military campaign against the Islamic State militant group so far, and it will likely cost betwee...

Nation & World Briefs

White House intruder gets farther than described WASHINGTON – The intruder who climbed a fence made it farther inside the White House than the Secret Service has publicly acknowle...

Netanyahu: Hamas, Islamic State share creed

UNITED NATIONS – In a blistering speech to the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday that Hamas and the Islamic State group are “branches of the same poi...

Effort to oust Assad loses priority

Obama says strikes more important

Colo. could see $175M in pot revenue

If a pair of new government forecasts prove true, Washington and Colorado would see more than $800 million in extra revenue over the next few years thanks to marijuana sales. At the least. ...

Reports: White House intruder gets far past front door

WASHINGTON – The intruder who climbed a fence made it farther inside the White House than the Secret Service has publicly acknowledged, the Washington Post and New York Times newspapers repo...

FAA chief orders review Chicago air traffic snarl

WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing security practices and how it deals with unexpected incidents throughout its air traffic control facilities following last week’...

Afghan president sworn in, paving way for U.S. pact

KABUL, Afghanistan – Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in Monday as Afghanistan’s new president, replacing Hamid Karzai in the country’s first transfer of power since the 2001 U.S.-led invasio...

Obama: ‘Contradictory’ Syria policy helps Assad

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Sunday gave voice to the conundrum at the heart of his Syria policy, acknowledging that the U.S.-led military campaign against the Islamic State group ...

World Briefs

Hong Kong police use tear gas on protesters HONG KONG – Pro-democracy demonstrators defied onslaughts of tear gas and appeals from Hong Kong’s top leader to go home, as the protes...

Middle class feeling the squeeze

Excluding electronics, costs rising faster than paychecks
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