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Ryan offers proposal to merge aid programs WASHINGTON – Rep. Paul Ryan proposed a new plan Thursday to merge up to 11 anti-poverty programs into a single grant program for states...

U.S. pulls Peace Corps volunteers from Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya – The Peace Corps is suspending its programs in Kenya because of security concerns and is pulling more than 50 volunteers out of the country until threat levels decrease, the ...

Official: Air Algerie wreckage, remains found

OUAGADOUGO, Burkina Faso – A Burkina Faso official says the wreckage of the Air Algerie plane that went missing has been found in Mali. Gen. Gilbert Diendere says the wreckage was...

Dogs get jealous, too

All dog lovers know their pets can feel loyalty and love. Now a study has found that dogs also show signs of a feeling that, for humans, goes hand-in-hand with love: jealousy. In ...

‘Rare’ exoplanet discovered

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet that orbits its star every 704 days, the longest known year for an exoplanet, according to the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. ...

Nation & World Briefs

Head of CDC lab resigns amid furor NEW YORK – The head of the government lab that potentially exposed workers to live anthrax has resigned, an agency spokesman said Wednesday. ...

UN blasts Israeli, Hamas attacks

Agency to investigate possible war crimes

U.S. pushes for truce as Gaza battle rages

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israeli troops battled Hamas militants on Wednesday near a southern Gaza Strip town as the top U.S. diplomat reported progress in efforts to end fighting that has so ...

European ministers fear rise of anti-Semitism

BERLIN – The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Italy on Tuesday condemned the rise in anti-Semitic protests and violence over the conflict in Gaza, saying they will do everything poss...

Nation Briefs

Black leaders worry about voter turnout LAS VEGAS – Civilrights leaders at the NAACP’s annual convention worry that black voters won’t show up at voting booths in November this ye...

World Briefs

Suicide bomber kills 21 in Iraqi capital BAGHDAD – A suicide driver rammed his explosive-laden car into a police checkpoint in the Iraqi capital, killing 21 people, including mor...

Big city twister could be catastrophic

A single violent tornado could cause as much as $20 billion in property damage – and countless casualties and deaths – if it hit a big city such as downtown Chicago, according to a report re...
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