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Students support victim at Stanford graduation PALO ALTO, Calif. – Stanford University graduating students and women’s rights advocates used the school’s commencement ceremony to again expre...

DATE: Jun 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Drug trafficking allegations against FedEx head to trial

SAN FRANCISCO – Two giants – the U.S. government and FedEx – are set to do battle in a federal court over the explosive claim that the shipping company knowingly delivered illegal prescripti...

DATE: Jun 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Man throws home-made bomb at Shanghai airport, injuring four others

BEIJING - A man detonated a home-made bomb in Shanghai’s busy Pudong International Airport on Sunday, injuring five people, including himself, the city government said. The airpor...

DATE: Jun 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘Hamilton’ sweeps up awards at a sometimes somber Tonys

NEW YORK - “Hamilton,” the hip-hop stage biography of Alexander Hamilton, won the 2016 Tony Award for best new musical, capping an emotional night in which many in the Broadway community ral...

DATE: Jun 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama decries Orlando nightclub shooting as an ‘act of terror’

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama decried the deadliest mass shooting in American history on Sunday as a terrorist act targeting a place of “solidarity and empowerment” for gays and lesbia...

DATE: Jun 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Worst mass shooting in U.S. history: 50 slain at gay nightclub

ORLANDO, Fla. – It had been an evening of drinking, dancing and drag shows. After hours of revelry, the party-goers crowding the gay nightclub known as the Pulse took their last sips before ...

DATE: Jun 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tinder set to ban (most) teens starting next week

The dating app Tinder will ban all users younger than 18 starting next week. That’s a big change from its earlier policy, which allowed anyone older than 13 to use the app – albeit only with...

DATE: Jun 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

For both boys and girls

Actress aims to inspire with gender-bending kids’ clothes

DATE: Jun 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Christina Grimmie: A star on the rise cut down by gunman

Man shot her while she was signing autographs Friday

DATE: Jun 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Solar-powered plane arrives in New York City NEW YORK – The pilots of a solar-powered airplane on a globe-circling voyage that began more than a year ago said their flight over the Statue of...

DATE: Jun 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World