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Owning a pet may not be right for you

Have realistic expectations, experts say

DATE: Jun 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S.-Cuba air service is set to take off

6 airlines get OK to begin direct flights

DATE: Jun 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. rethinking war plans

White House gives military more latitude in Afghanistan

DATE: Jun 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Court: No right to carry concealed weapons in public SAN FRANCISCO – Dealing a blow to gun supporters, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Americans do not have a constitutional righ...

DATE: Jun 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama backs Clinton, nudges Sanders

Vermont senator vows to work to stop Trump presidency

DATE: Jun 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Investigator: FDA still taking months to recall tainted food

WASHINGTON – Federal health officials failed to force a recall of peanut butter and almond products for three months after advanced DNA testing confirmed salmonella contamination, government...

DATE: Jun 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ryan security plan stresses border control, immigration

WASHINGTON – House Speaker Paul Ryan is proposing to secure U.S. borders by overhauling the immigration system and installing robust defenses to keep out extremists, criminals and drug carte...

DATE: Jun 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Setbacks seen for ISIS in Syria, Iraq, Libya

BEIRUT – U.S.-backed fighters in Syria converged from three sides on an Islamic State stronghold near the Turkish border Thursday, while Iraqi special forces pushed deeper into Fallujah, one...

DATE: Jun 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Warren, Biden lead coordinated Democratic attack on Trump

Vice President Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., delivered a one-two punch Thursday to Donald Trump in speeches that signaled the increasingly coordinated effort by Democrats to push...

DATE: Jun 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bicyclists bonded as ‘Chain Gang’ before crash that killed

COOPER TOWNSHIP, Mich. – They called themselves “The Chain Gang” – a group of bicyclists drawn together by zest for their sport, physical fitness and love of the outdoors whose day trip in t...

DATE: Jun 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World