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Vladimir Putin watches as Russia’s military turn up the firepower

LUGA, Russia – Russia moved into the main phase of the largest military exercises in years on Monday with a barrage of firepower to repel an imaginary, invading force resembling NATO as Russ...

DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

US jets drop live bombs in a new, massive show of force aimed at North Korea

The Pentagon deployed a formation of 14 bombers and fighters over the Korean Peninsula on Sunday that also included South Korean and Japanese aircraft, the latest show of force in response t...

DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Any lice with that salmon? Parasite plagues global industry

ST. ANDREWS, New Brunswick – Salmon have a lousy problem, and the race to solve it is spanning the globe. A surge of parasitic sea lice is disrupting salmon farms around the world...

DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Protests resume after 80 arrests in St. Louis unrest

ST. LOUIS – A racially mixed crowd of demonstrators locked arms and marched quietly through downtown St. Louis Monday morning to protest the acquittal of a white former police officer in the...

DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senate on track to pass $700 billion defense policy bill

WASHINGTON – The Senate is on track to pass a defense policy bill that pumps $700 billion into the Pentagon budget, expands U.S. missile defenses in response to North Korea’s growing hostili...

DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Category 4 Maria has Dominica in its sights

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Hurricane Maria grew into an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm Monday as it barreled toward a potentially devastating collision with islands in the eastern Caribbe...

DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

3 die as buses collide at New York City intersection

NEW YORK – A city bus and a tour bus collided and spun around in a New York City intersection on Monday, leaving three people dead, including a pedestrian, officials said. Mayor B...

DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump, in UN debut, urges the world body to reform

UNITED NATIONS – President Donald Trump made his debut at the United Nations on Monday, using his first moments at the world body to urge the 193-nation organization to reduce bureaucracy an...

DATE: Sep 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Across U.S., lawmakers chip away at public’s access to records

Freedom-of information advocates expect trend to continue

DATE: Sep 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Federal posts unfilled 8 months into Trump administration

DENVER – A slow hiring pace by the Donald Trump administration in Colorado and surrounding states has produced a spate of vacant top federal jobs. The Denver Post reports the dela...

DATE: Sep 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

St. Louis area enters third day of demonstrations

ST. LOUIS – Several hundred protesters were marching in downtown St. Louis near the city’s police headquarters Sunday evening, and later through the St. Louis University campus, beginning a ...

DATE: Sep 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

France: Acid attack on 4 U.S. students not seen as terror act

PARIS – Four American college students were attacked with acid Sunday at a train station in France, but French authorities so far do not think extremist views motivated the 41-year-old woman...

DATE: Sep 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World