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Karzai to support deal on U.S. troops

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan officials said Tuesday that President Hamid Karzai would clear the way for a long-term security pact with the United States after receiving assurances that Presid...

World Briefs

Vatican shows off new catacombs frescoes ROME – The Vatican on Tuesday unveiled newly restored frescoes in the Catacombs of Priscilla, known for housing the earliest known image o...

Police: Son suspect in murder-suicide try

State Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, a leading Virginia political figure who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2009, was stabbed repeatedly Tuesday at his home during an altercation with his son, wh...

Thousands expected for Gettysburg Address event

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Thousands of people are heading to a small town in southern Pennsylvania Tuesday to commemorate a speech that for 150 years has been a source of national identity. ...

Newly declassified surveillance documents released

WASHINGTON – The National Security Agency reported its own violations of surveillance rules to a U.S. intelligence court and promised additional safety measures to prevent similar missteps o...

Obama: Must help people enroll by mail, in person

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is urging his supporters to help Americans enroll for health insurance by mail, in person and over the phone. He says the error-riddled Health...

Eight dead in Mexico border city may have known killer

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – A second massacre in as many months has shaken the border city of Ciudad Juarez, once considered one of the most dangerous places in the world, but whose falling crim...

NASA launches robotic explorer to Mars

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s newest robotic explorer, Maven, rocketed toward Mars on Monday on a quest to unravel the ancient mystery of the red planet’s radical climate change. ...

U.N. diplomat calls on coal industry to change

WARSAW, Poland – The top U.N. climate diplomat on Monday told the coal industry it should leave most of the world’s remaining coal reserves in the ground and start investing in renewable ene...

Nation/World Briefs

Technology helps cut Midwestern storm toll WASHINGTON, Ill. – When a cluster of violent thunderstorms began marching across the Midwest, forecasters were able to draw a bright li...

Aides: U.S.-Afghan deal offers concessions for each

WASHINGTON – The United States will maintain exclusive legal jurisdiction over American soldiers and contractors in Afghanistan after 2014 as part of a draft U.S.-Afghan security pact, congr...

Source: JPMorgan near deal with U.S.

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have reached agreement on all issues in a $13 billion settlement of a civil inquiry into the company’s sales of low-quality mortg...