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Afghanistan bars reporter from leaving KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan’s attorney general has barred a New York Times correspondent from leaving the country because of a story i...

Pakistani leader faces pressure

Thousands march on Parliament

New report warns of anti-aircraft weapons in Syria

WASHINGTON (AP) – Armed groups in Syria have an estimated several hundred portable anti-aircraft missiles that could easily be diverted to extremists and used to destroy low-flying commercia...

Israeli leader recalls team from cease-fire talks

CAIRO – An Egyptian effort to broker an end to a monthlong war between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip appeared to collapse Tuesday after Israel walked out on the talks in respo...

As protests rage, Obama looks for his role

WASHINGTON – When racial tensions erupted midway through his first presidential campaign, President Barack Obama came to Philadelphia to decry the “racial stalemate we’ve been stuck in for y...

Obama: Time to review local police militarization

WASHINGTON – Calling for a sharp separation between the nation’s armed forces and local police, President Barack Obama on Monday urged a re-examination of programs that have equipped civilia...

Former Vermont U.S. Sen. Jeffords dies at 80

MONTPELIER, Vt. – Former Vermont U.S. Sen. James Jeffords, who in 2001 tipped control of the Senate when he quit the Republican Party to become an independent, died Monday. He was 80. ...

Credibility concerns in Missouri shooting probe

FERGUSON, Mo. – After a week of violent clashes between police and protesters, Missouri authorities leading the investigation into the police shooting death of an unarmed black teenager are ...

Feds welcomed in Ferguson

Eric Holder’s arrival seen as a huge plus

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California fire spurs 1,500-plus evacuations GLENDORA, Calif. – One of several wildfires burning across California prompted widespread evacuations Monday in a central California f...

Drone flights pose threat in wildfires, officials say

SALEM, Ore. – Hobbyist drones have been involved in three wildfires, including an incident in Northern California that almost grounded aerial firefighting efforts, officials say. ...

Obama takes rare break from vacation

EDGARTOWN, Mass. – President Barack Obama is getting off the island. In a rare move for him, the president planned a break in the middle of his Martha’s Vineyard vacation to retur...
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