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NASA slowly inflates room at space station CAPE CANVERAL, Fla. – NASA slowly inflated a new experimental room at the International Space Station on Saturday, with better luck than the first ...

DATE: May 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sanders and Maher agree: ‘Tough guy’ Trump ‘chickened out’ of debate

Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump used late-night TV appearances this week to hype a potential debate between them. So with the event now dead, it was only fitting that Sanders wou...

DATE: May 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

WWII plane pulled from Hudson after crash that killed pilot

NEW YORK – Police divers and Army Corps of Engineers personnel retrieved the wreckage of a World War II plane from the Hudson River on Saturday after the vintage aircraft crashed during a pr...

DATE: May 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Park Service considers visitor caps

Record crowds expected at national parks this summer

DATE: May 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Babies behind bars: Should moms do time with their newborns?

BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. – Jennifer Dumas sits on a sofa, her smiling 6-month-old girl on her lap. The room is full of bright toys and children’s books. A rainbow-colored activity mat is on the f...

DATE: May 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Photo exhibit shows Yellowstone changes over 140 years

Photographer retakes shots of William Henry Jackson

DATE: May 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Union protests shut French oil refineries PARIS – Union activists disrupted the Marseille airport Friday and halted activity at half of the country’s oil refineries in protests over changes ...

DATE: May 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump getting boost from Clinton foes

‘Never Hillary’ movement uniting many Republicans

DATE: May 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

NASA to try again to inflate test pod CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA is taking a second crack at inflating an experimental room at the International Space Station. Flight controller...

DATE: May 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Busier hurricane season forecast

Forecasters predict 10-16 named storms

DATE: May 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama meets with Hiroshima victims

President calls for world without nukes

DATE: May 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. consumer sentiment up in May to highest in nearly a year

WASHINGTON – Americans turned more optimistic about the economy in May than the previous month, buoyed by steady hiring and higher incomes. The University of Michigan said Friday ...

DATE: May 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World