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Nation & World Briefs

Officer shot after exchange of gunfire; suspect killed ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – New Jersey police said a suspect was fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire outside an Atlantic City casino early...

Nigeria’s urgent polio vaccination drive targets 25 million

Many recently freed from Islamic extremists

Turkish tanks cross into Syria

‘New phase’ begins against ISIS

Analysis: Obama’s China visit gets off to rocky start

President, staff receive cold reception from Chinese officials

Residents begin leaving besieged Syrian suburb

Deal puts town under government control

Uzbekistan’s only president dies at 78 Clans expected to fight over who will head Central Asian nation

MOSCOW – Islam Karimov, who crushed all opposition in the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan as its only president in a quarter-century of independence from the Soviet Union, has died of a ...

EU ministers look for ways to mend dispute with Turkey

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – European Union foreign ministers on Friday looked for a way to speak with one voice on relations with Turkey amid concerns about human rights that could threaten a key...

Is Christmas in peril?

Shipping line’s bankruptcy could disrupt retail

Nation Briefs

FDA bans chemicals in antibacterial soaps WASHINGTON – The federal government Friday banned more than a dozen chemicals long-used in antibacterial soaps, saying manufacturers failed to show ...

Hermine threatens East Coast

Tropical storm is expected to regain strength

U.S. hiring slows to 151K jobs in August; Fed hike less likely

WASHINGTON – U.S. employers slowed their hiring in August to a modest 151,000 jobs and barely raised wages. The pullback in job growth reduces the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will ra...

Explosion rocks SpaceX launch pad in Florida during test

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A massive explosion rocked a SpaceX launch pad Thursday during a routine rocket test for a planned weekend launch. There were no injuries, but the rocket an...