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Archaeologist: Boston shipwreck is rare, remarkable find

BOSTON – A sunken, burned ship from the 1800s uncovered during a construction project in Boston’s Seaport District is a rare and remarkable find, the city’s archaeologist said. Ci...

Largest-ever sponge reported

Sea creature photographed near Hawaii

Not a great week for Hillary Clinton

Report detailing email missteps haunts presidential candidate

Child still critical after lightning hits 11 in Paris park

PARIS – Eight children and three adults were struck by lightning Saturday in a Paris park after a sudden spring storm sent a bolt crashing down upon a children’s birthday party, a spokesman ...

Syria rebels under fire from ISIS militants, government troops

BEIRUT – Islamic State militants entered a major Syrian opposition stronghold in the country’s north on Saturday, clashing with rebels on the edges of the town as the extremist group builds ...

Nation & World Briefs

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 ...

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...

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...

Park Service considers visitor caps

Record crowds expected at national parks this summer

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...

Photo exhibit shows Yellowstone changes over 140 years

Photographer retakes shots of William Henry Jackson

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 ...