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Court convicts four men in Indian’s rape, murder

NEW DELHI – An Indian court convicted four men Tuesday in the deadly gang rape of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus, a brutal crime that galvanized public anger about the widespread – ...

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Income inequality gap widens in America WASHINGTON – The gulf between the richest 1 percent and the rest of America is the widest it’s been since the Roaring ’20s. The ...

Poll: Public doubts rise on surveillance, privacy

WASHINGTON – Following disclosures about the National Security Agency’s massive surveillance programs, a majority of Americans believe the U.S. government is doing a poor job of protecting p...

Securing Syria’s arsenal is rife with challenges

BEIRUT – Russia’s proposal to place Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile under international control for dismantling would involve a lengthy and complicated operation made more difficult by a ...

Feds seek to legalize marijuana industry banking

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department and federal banking regulators will help clear the way for financial institutions to transact business with the legitimate marijuana industry without fear...

Obama talks Syria diplomacy, fallback airstrikes

WASHINGTON – Pushing military might and raising hopes it won’t be needed, President Barack Obama threw his support Tuesday behind a plan for U.N. Security Council talks aimed at securing Syr...

Obama delays Syria vote, says diplomacy may work

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said in a nationally televised address Tuesday night that recent diplomatic steps offer “the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons” inside Sy...

Iran’s president urges government on Facebook

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s curious world of online politics looked a bit more crowded Monday with members of President Hasan Rouhani’s Cabinet encouraged to open their own Facebook pages – in a c...

Case raises search, seizure rules concerns

WASHINGTON – Newly disclosed U.S. government files provide an inside look at the Homeland Security Department’s practice of seizing and searching electronic devices at the border without sho...

Allende’s legacy strong 40 years after Chile coup

SANTIAGO, Chile – As bombs fell and rebelling troops closed in on the national palace, socialist President Salvador Allende avoided surrender by shooting himself with an assault rifle, endin...

Patient’s bill soars as health program falters

WASHINGTON – Coping with advanced cancer, Bev Veals was in the hospital for chemo this summer when she got a call that her health plan was shutting down. Then, the substitute insurance she w...

Egypt continues Islamist attacks

EL-ARISH, Egypt – Egyptian troops and tanks backed by helicopter gunships swept through villages in the northern Sinai Peninsula near the border with the Palestinian Gaza Strip on Monday, th...