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Iran Russia stops using base for air strikes TEHRAN, Iran – Russia has stopped using an Iranian air base for launching airstrikes on Syria for the time being, Iran’s Foreign Minis...

DATE: Aug 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

California high court upholds ban on dredges to extract gold

SAN FRANCISCO – California’s ban on the use of suction dredges to extract gold from rivers is legal and not overridden by a 19th century federal law that allows mining on federal land, the C...

DATE: Aug 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

California firefighters stretched thin

With climate change, fighting fires is a year-round job

DATE: Aug 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP pushes attacks on Clinton’s emails

Republicans to query firms running private server

DATE: Aug 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump says he’s not flip-flopping on immigration

WASHINGTON – Republican Donald Trump insists that he’s not flip-flopping when it comes to his proposal to deport the estimated 11 million people living in the United States illegally – even ...

DATE: Aug 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Judge in Texas temporarily blocks Obama’s transgender rules

AUSTIN, Texas – A federal judge in Texas is blocking for now the Obama administration’s directive to U.S. public schools that transgender students must be allowed to use the bathrooms and lo...

DATE: Aug 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rural church among those providing aid after Louisiana flood

WALKER, La. – Outside the small town of Walker, Louisiana, a rural Baptist church has become an oasis for flood victims. As waters rose amid torrential rains earlier this month, N...

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

Nation Briefs

Flooding in South hurts rice harvest LONOKE, Ark. – Heavy rain that brought record flooding to Louisiana recently has put a damper on the nation's harvest of rice, a food staple that usually...

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

Young suicide bomber attacks wedding party’

51 dead in southeast Turkey

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

Clinton’s campaign manager defends foreign money

Critics call Clinton Foundation a venue for ‘pay to play’

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

All California wildfire evacuation orders lifted

More than 80,000 had been ordered to leave their homes

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

24-hour subways signal new era for London, night owls

LONDON – London bills itself as a global city, the world’s biggest financial center and a creative hub to rival New York. Until now, though, getting home after midnight meant taking the bus....

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