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Bombs hit Syrian capital amid regime offensive DAMASCUS, Syria – Twin suicide bombers targeted a police station in the center of Damascus Tuesday, killing 14 people as regime for...

Istanbul clashes go into night

30,000 protesters gather in park; police use force to clear the area

Iraq increasingly drawn into Syrian battlefield

BAGHDAD – Signs are growing that stretches of Iraq and Syria are morphing into a single battlefield for militants, exacerbating Iraq’s slide into renewed deadly chaos a year and a half after...

Ariz. police piece together fatal shooting by boy

PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. – A 4-year-old boy who was visiting Prescott Valley with his dad grabbed a loaded handgun from a television stand, asked what it was and pulled the trigger, killi...

River breaches levee in Germany

At least 22 deaths have been reported

World/Nation Briefs

Turkey premier to meet with Istanbul protesters ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s prime minister will meet with a group of protesters occupying Istanbul’s central Taksim Sq...

Korea talks raise hopes; history may scuttle them

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea – The two Koreas will hold their highest-level talks in years Wednesday in an effort to restore scrapped joint economic projects and ease ...

Transplant group rejects lung rule changes

PITTSBURGH – The national organization that manages organ transplants rejected making emergency rule changes Monday for children under 12 who are waiting on lungs, but created a special...

Feds to comply with NY morning-after pill ruling

NEW YORK – The federal government on Monday told a judge it will reverse course and take steps to comply with his order to allow girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without ...

Senate moves toward votes on immigration bill

WASHINGTON – Senators prepared Monday for the first votes in the full Senate on a landmark immigration bill, readying amendments on contentious issues including border security, back ta...

Atty: Worker in Pa. bldg collapse misused machine

PHILADELPHIA – An attorney representing the contractor hired to demolish a Philadelphia building that collapsed onto a thrift store, killing six people, says his client did not instruct...

NSA leaker could be latest to seek help in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland – From seafaring Vikings to digital dissenters, Iceland has always attracted outsiders. This North Atlantic island nation has welcomed eccentric chess mast...