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Climate change pact passes major milestone

UNITED NATIONS – Thirty-one countries formally joined the Paris climate change pact Wednesday, bringing the total number of countries ratifying the treaty to 60 and raising hopes that it wil...

DATE: Sep 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mylan CEO set to defend EpiPen prices amid public outcry

WASHINGTON – The head of pharmaceutical company Mylan is defending the cost for life-saving EpiPens, signaling the company has no plans to lower prices despite a public outcry and questions ...

DATE: Sep 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ryan backs Louisiana flood aid in stopgap spending bill

WASHINGTON – House Speaker Paul Ryan says he supports an immediate infusion of flood aid to Louisiana as part of a temporary government-wide spending bill that’s atop the congressional agend...

DATE: Sep 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Innovation, safety sought in self-driving car guidelines

WASHINGTON – Saying they were doing something no other government has done, Obama administration officials rolled out a plan Tuesday they say will enable automakers to get self-driving cars ...

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

Long, hot summer is one for records

2016 weather disasters caused $50B in losses

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

Obama calls refugee crisis test of world order

UNITED NATIONS – World leaders gathered at the United Nations pledged Tuesday to take in 360,000 refugees next year, President Barack Obama said, roughly doubling the previous year’s allowan...

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

Nation & World Briefs

21 states sue U.S. over overtime pay LAS VEGAS – Officials from 21 states sued the U.S. Department of Labor Tuesday over a new rule that would make about 4 million higher-earning workers eli...

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

Eisenhower family OKs memorial plan

Relatives didn’t like original design

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

‘Human computers’ helped open doors

NASA’s predecessor agency offered rare opportunity for black women in 1940s

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

Wild blueberry crop could keep prices low

PORTLAND, Maine – Maine’s wild blueberry crop was better than expected this year despite a drought that has hit some sectors of New England agriculture hard, and consumers could benefit from...

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

Little mammoth skull raises some big questions

One thing is certain about the 13,000-year-old mammoth skull just excavated off the coast of California. “This mammoth find is extremely rare and of high scientific importance,” D...

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

Making some waves

Navy base testing system to generate power from sea

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

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