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U.S. calls for N. Korea amnesty for sentenced American

WASHINGTON – The U.S. called Thursday for North Korea to grant amnesty and immediately release a Korean-American sentenced to 15 years’ hard labor for “hostile acts” against the state. ...

Fire forces evacuation of campus, homes in Calif.

LOS ANGELES – A wildfire fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds raged along the fringes of Southern California communities on Thursday, forcing evacuation of homes and a university while setting re...

Fire forces evacuation of homes in California

LOS ANGELES – A wildfire fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds raged along the fringes of Southern California communities Thursday, forcing the evacuation of homes and a university while sett...

Fresh off victory, NRA holds convention in Houston

AUSTIN, Texas – The National Rifle Association has spent much of the past year under siege, ardently defending gun rights following mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut and fighti...

Rhode Island becomes 10th state with gay marriage

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island on Thursday became the nation’s 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, as a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this heavily Ro...

Bangladesh building collapse toll rises to 450

DHAKA, Bangladesh – The confirmed death toll from a building collapse in Bangladesh has reached 450 with more bodies found overnight. The rescue work is continuing Friday with cr...

Benedict XVI returns to Vatican for first time

VATICAN CITY – Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI came home to the Vatican on Thursday for the first time since he resigned Feb. 28, beginning an unprecedented era for the Catholic Church of ha...

Official: Boston bomb suspects originally planned July 4 attack

The suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing had originally planned to strike on July 4 but chose the race because it coincided with the time they had finished assembling the explosives, a la...

Spire hoisted to N.Y.’s WTC roof

NEW YORK (AP) – Adorned with an American flag that flapped in the breeze, the last pieces of a silver spire were hoisted to the top of the World Trade Center on Thursday as construction...

Appeals court upholds local fracking bans in N.Y.

ALBANY, N.Y. – New York municipalities can use local zoning laws to ban the practice of hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas, a mid-level state appeals court said Thursday. ...

Hopeful economic reports show promise for hiring gains

WASHINGTON – Fewer Americans are losing their jobs. Employers are struggling to squeeze more work from their staffs. The United States is producing so much oil that imports are plunging...