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Nation Briefs

UPS testing drones to deliver packages MARBLEHEAD, Mass. – One of the world’s largest package delivery companies is stepping up efforts to integrate drones into its system. UPS ha...

Bombing suspect turned ‘bad’

FBI agent denies dad told agency about his son

UN backs nuclear test ban

Unratified treaty to mark 20th anniversary

World Briefs

Colombian rebels OK peace agreement YARI PLAINS, Colombia – Leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia gave their unanimous support on Friday to a peace agreement reached last mon...

Congress may fight Sept. 11 bill veto

Many lawmakers say victims’ families ‘deserve their day in court’

Majority of Americans fear Trump presidency

NEW YORK – More than half the country fears a Trump presidency. And only about a third of Americans believe he is at least somewhat qualified to serve in the White House. In the f...

Cruz changes mind, will vote for Trump

Says Clinton is ‘wholly unacceptable’

Charlotte curfew ends after largely peaceful protest night

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A third night of protests over a fatal police shooting in Charlotte gave way to quiet streets as a curfew enacted by the city’s mayor ended early Friday. The lar...

162 bodies retrieved after migrant boat capsizes off Egypt

ROSETTA, Egypt – The bodies of 162 people had been pulled from the waters off the Egyptian coast by Friday, three days after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized in the Mediterranea...

Nation & World Briefs

Chicago Mayor to outlines plan to reduce violence CHICAGO – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will announce a $36 million mentoring initiative for thousands of youths from high-crime nei...

Assad blames U.S. for collapse of Syria truce

DAMASCUS, Syria – He’s been stigmatized internationally, a contentious figure presiding over a ruinous civil war that seems to slip into further depravity every day. But in his power base in...

Beached boats, pink water as drought saps Great Salt Lake

SALT LAKE CITY – On the southern shore of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, more than 100 boats are sitting high and dry in a parking lot, unable to sail the shallow, drought-stricken sea. ...