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Park Elementary lockout lifted as police respond to armed suspect on East Eighth Avenue

Incident did not pose immediate threat to students or staff; classes resumed as normal

Durango remembers the fallen on Memorial Day

Vietnam veteran grateful for young people serving now

‘Penance’ for Iraq war vote: N.C. congressman writes to families of dead troops

RALEIGH, N.C. – On a Sunday morning more than two weeks after four U.S. soldiers were ambushed and killed in Niger, Rep. Walter Jones sat at the desk in his North Carolina office, doing what...

Taliban attacks kill 58, nearly wipe out Afghan army camp

KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban have killed at least 58 Afghan security forces in a wave of attacks across the country overnight, including an assault that nearly wiped out an army camp in ...

Al-Qaida set to gain as Islamic State disintegrates

BEIRUT – Over several nights in September, some 10,000 men, women and children fled areas under Islamic State control, hurrying through fields in northern Syria and risking fire from governm...

U.S.-backed Syrian forces clear Raqqa after driving out IS

BEIRUT – U.S.-backed Syrian forces were removing land mines and clearing roads in the northern city of Raqqa on Wednesday, a day after commanders said they had driven the Islamic State group...

Kurds pull out abruptly from disputed Iraqi areas

BAGHDAD – Kurdish fighters pulled out of disputed areas across northern and eastern Iraq on Tuesday, one day after giving up the vital oil city of Kirkuk – a dramatic redeployment of forces ...

Taliban launch wave of attacks in Afghanistan, kill 74

KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban unleashed a wave of attacks across Afghanistan on Tuesday, targeting police compounds and government facilities with suicide bombers in the country’s south, ...

Israeli military strikes anti-aircraft battery in Syria

JERUSALEM – The Israeli military said it struck and destroyed an anti-aircraft battery deep in Syria on Monday after it had opened fire on Israeli jets flying over Lebanon – a rare incident ...

U.S., Russian militaries hold unprecedented talks on Syria

WASHINGTON – Senior American and Russian military leaders met for an unprecedented, face-to-face session somewhere in the Middle East this week to discuss the growing tensions in the competi...

U.S., allies at key moment in fight against ISIS

Reconstruction plans being drawn up

In Iris Park, roses honor Afghanistan veterans

Memorial Day celebrations recall lives lost in armed conflicts