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House delays Medicare pay cuts

WASHINGTON – Legislation to give doctors a yearlong reprieve from a looming 24 percent cut in their payments from Medicare overcame turbulence in the House on Thursday and appears on track t...

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Appeals court upholds Texas abortion law AUSTIN, Texas – A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld Texas’ tough abortion restrictions that have forced the closure of about 20 cli...

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U.N. committee faults U.S. civil-rights record GENEVA – A U.N. panel has found serious shortcomings in the United States’ civil-rights record, with experts citing Thursday a lack...

Former defense secretary James Schlesinger dies

WASHINGTON – Onetime economics professor and longtime nuclear strategist James R. Schlesinger was a political man for all seasons, holding a long string of Cabinet and other high-level posts...

IMF readies Ukraine loans

LONDON – After three weeks of urgent negotiations with the interim government of Ukraine and in an atmosphere of great power competition, the International Monetary Fund on Thursday announce...

Commanders fired in nuke missile cheating scandal

Air Force officials called the moves unprecedented in the history of the intercontinental ballistic missile force, which has been rocked by a string of security lapses over the past year, in...

Most like sanctions, but not so for Obama

WASHINGTON – Foreign policy used to stand out as a not-so-bleak spot in the public’s waning assessment of Barack Obama. Not anymore. He’s getting low marks for handling Russia’s swoop into U...

Peace Corps aims to boost recruiting

DETROIT – The leader of the Peace Corps elaborated on the group’s plans to simplify the application process for perspective volunteers and to expand and further diversify the applicant pool ...

Millions could get extra time for health sign-ups

WASHINGTON – Millions of Americans could get extra time to enroll for taxpayer-subsidized coverage this year under President Barack Obama’s health-care law, allowing the administration to bo...

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North Korea fires missiles during summit SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles Wednesday, South Korea and the U.S. said, a defiant challe...

El-Sissi makes it official

CAIRO – Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the Egyptian military chief who last summer removed the elected Islamist president, announced Wednesday that he will run for president in elections expected ne...

Pilot at center of probe, investigator says

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – The pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet is believed to be solely responsible for the flight being taken hundreds of miles off course, and there is no evidence...
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