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Amid scandal, Weiner tours storm-damaged NYC home

NEW YORK – New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner met with Superstorm Sandy victims Friday on Staten Island as he tried to move past the sexting scandal threatening to derail his pol...

DATE: Jul 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Assassination prompts protests in Tunisia TUNIS, Tunisia — Angry anti-government demonstrations broke out Thursday across Tunisia after gunmen killed the leader of a leftist o...

DATE: Jul 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Spanish police arrest driver in train crash

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain – Spanish police said Friday they have arrested the driver of the train that sped through a curve and toppled over, killing 78 people, and plan to question him ...

DATE: Jul 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Millions rally to back Egyptian military

CAIRO – Called out by the army, the largest crowds in 2½ years of upheaval filled Egypt’s streets Friday, while ousted President Mohammed was formally placed under investigation on a host o...

DATE: Jul 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Southern states gird for new fight on voting laws

AUSTIN, Texas – Stricter voter identification laws, redrawn political maps fortifying Republican majorities, reducing early voting: States with GOP strongholds intensified these efforts unde...

DATE: Jul 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. says Snowden won’t face death penalty

WASHINGTON – Striving to get Edward Snowden back to America, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has assured the Russian government the U.S. has no plans to seek the death penalty for the form...

DATE: Jul 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

U.S. to ban some Medicare providers MIAMI – For the first time in history, federal health officials said Friday they will ban certain types of Medicare and Medicaid providers in t...

DATE: Jul 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S .promises Russia no death penalty for Snowden

Attorney General Eric Holder has appealed to Russia to extradite NSA leaker Edward Snowed by assuring Moscow that the U.S. would try him in a civilian court, would not seek the death penalty...

DATE: Jul 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Police detain Spain train crash driver as suspect

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain – Spanish police on Friday detained the driver of a derailed train and took possession of the train’s “black box,” looking to shed light on why the locomotive w...

DATE: Jul 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nations helping Snowden targeted

Congress seeks sanctions on asylum nations

DATE: Jul 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Spain train speeding before crash

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain – A Spanish train that hurtled off the rails and smashed into a security wall as it rounded a bend was going so fast that carriages tumbled off the tracks like ...

DATE: Jul 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Homeland nominee denies visa allegations WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s choice to be the No. 2 official at the Department of Homeland Security used his appearance before a ...

DATE: Jul 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World