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Ruling in travel ban leaves myriad questions unanswered

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s decision to partially reinstate President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban has left the effort to keep some foreigners out of the United States in a murky...

DATE: Jun 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Subway digging uncovers ‘Pompeii-like scene’ in Rome

ROME – Digging for Rome’s new subway has unearthed the charred ruins of an early 3rd-century building and the 1,800-year-old skeleton of a crouching dog that apparently perished in the same ...

DATE: Jun 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Joe Arpaio on trial over immigration actions echoing Trump’s

PHOENIX – The immigration rhetoric and crackdowns pushed by President Donald Trump have a familiar ring in Arizona, where former Sheriff Joe Arpaio once used similar tactics to become a nati...

DATE: Jun 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump travel ban partly reinstated; fall court arguments set

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to go forward with a limited version of its ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries, a victory for President Donald...

DATE: Jun 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Philando Castile family reaches $3M settlement in death

MINNEAPOLIS – The mother of Philando Castile, a black motorist killed by a Minnesota police officer last July, has reached a nearly $3 million settlement with the city that employed the offi...

DATE: Jun 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cases, retirement rumors as Supreme Court nears finish

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court enters its final week of work before a long summer hiatus with action expected on the Trump administration’s travel ban and a decision due in a separation of c...

DATE: Jun 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Wet winter creates hazards for hikers

California’s Pacific Crest Trail can be dangerous

DATE: Jun 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gay pride parades sound a note of resistance – and face some

NEW YORK – Gay pride parades Sunday in New York, San Francisco and other cities are spotlighting resistance to what participants see as new pressure on gay rights, while contending with the ...

DATE: Jun 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump: Not ‘that far off’ from passing health overhaul

WASHINGTON – Making a final push, President Donald Trump said he doesn’t think congressional Republicans are “that far off” on a health overhaul to replace “the dead carcass of Obamacare.” E...

DATE: Jun 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Koch chief says health care bill insufficiently conservative

COLORADO SPRING, Colo. – Chief lieutenants in the Koch brothers’ political network lashed out at the Senate Republican health care bill on Saturday as not conservative enough, becoming a pow...

DATE: Jun 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rescuers dig for bodies after landslide wipes out village in China

BEIJING – China mounted a major rescue effort Saturday with 112 people still missing after a landslide caused by torrential rain destroyed a mountain village in the southwestern province of ...

DATE: Jun 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.K. fire safety crisis expands; hundreds evacuated in London

LONDON – Britain’s fire-safety crisis expanded substantially Saturday as London officials scrambled to evacuate four massive public housing towers because of concerns about flammable externa...

DATE: Jun 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World