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EPA faulted for late warning on Flint water WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency had sufficient authority and information to issue an emergency order to protect residents of Flin...

DATE: Oct 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lawmakers seek railroad probe in wake of station crash

TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey’s commuter railroad is facing growing calls for more scrutiny at federal and state levels amid questions about its safety after one of its trains crashed into a st...

DATE: Oct 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump refuses to say he will accept election results

LAS VEGAS — Threatening a fundamental pillar of American democracy, Donald Trump refused to say Wednesday night that he will accept the results of next month’s election if he loses to Hillar...

DATE: Oct 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fate of Mars lander uncertain

European Space Agency hopes to regain contact with spacecraft

DATE: Oct 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

New health care sign-up goals set WASHINGTON – Facing new challenges to a legacy law, the Obama administration on Wednesday set modest expectations for the president’s final health care sign...

DATE: Oct 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Snow helps close West’s wildfire season

Region lost fewer acres to fires this season

DATE: Oct 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iraqi town near Mosul rises up against militants

AL-HUD, Iraq – The mutilated bodies of Islamic State group fighters were still strewn on the ground of this northern Iraqi town on Wednesday. One was burned. Another’s face was flattened by ...

DATE: Oct 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

13.8M goal set for Obama’s final health care sign-up season

WASHINGTON – Facing new challenges to a legacy law, the Obama administration on Wednesday set its goals for the president’s final health care sign-up season. Health and Human Serv...

DATE: Oct 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Eureka! Gold mining is booming again

New generation rushing to fill prospectors’ dusty waders

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Motown museum to get more

$50 million expansion to include interactive exhibits, theater

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cat poo fuels feral feline debate

HONOLULU – Two wildlife issues have collided in Hawaii, pitting one group of animal defenders against another in an impassioned debate. The point of contention? Deadly cat poop and the feral...

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

$4 a month? Social Security recipients to get tiny increase

WASHINGTON — Millions of Social Security recipients and federal retirees will get a 0.3 percent increase in monthly benefits next year, the fifth year in a row that older Americans will have...

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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