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Trump to headline 1st fundraiser in Albuquerque

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is slated to headline his first official fundraiser in conjunction with the Republican National Committee Tuesday when he makes a cam...

DATE: May 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Officer cleared of all charges in Freddie Gray case

BALTIMORE – Prosecutors are 0-for-2 in their efforts to hold Baltimore police accountable in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray after an officer was acquitted Monday in the racially charge...

DATE: May 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama banishing Vietnam War vestige by lifting arms embargo

HANOI, Vietnam – Eager to banish lingering shadows of the Vietnam War, President Barack Obama lifted the U.S. embargo on selling arms to America’s former enemy Monday and made the case for a...

DATE: May 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Supreme Court upends all-white jury verdict, death sentence

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court upended the conviction and death sentence of a black Georgia man Monday because prosecutors violated the Constitution by excluding African-Americans from the a...

DATE: May 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Manhunt in police officer’s death comes to violent end AUBURN, Mass. – The man accused of killing a Massachusetts police officer during an early morning traffic stop was later shot to death ...

DATE: May 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Turkey threatens to suspend agreements with EU

ANKARA, Turkey – German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Turkey’s president on Monday that Ankara must fulfill all the European Union’s conditions to secure visa-free travel for its citizens, b...

DATE: May 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senator says sex case files show ‘troubling command culture’

WASHINGTON – Sexual misconduct remains a destructive force in the armed forces and military communities, a U.S. senator said Monday in a new report that urges Congress to take more aggressiv...

DATE: May 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Police, soldiers swarm Mexico’s Acapulco, killings continue

ACAPULCO, Mexico – Along with beach towels or sandals, there’s a new popular beach accessory that says a lot about the violence gripping this once-glamorous resort: a small black leather tot...

DATE: May 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Police, soldiers swarm Mexico’s Acapulco, killings continue

ACAPULCO, Mexico – Along with beach towels or sandals, there’s a new popular beach accessory that says a lot about the violence gripping this once-glamorous resort: a small black leather tot...

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

Afghan leaders see Taliban leader’s death as hopeful sign

KABUL, Afghanistan – The killing of Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansour in a U.S. drone strike was greeted Sunday by Kabul’s political leadership as a game-changer in effort...

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

Majority of voters negatively view both Trump and Clinton

The coming presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump begins in a virtual dead heat, a competition between two candidates viewed unfavorably by a majority of the current elec...

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

Nation & World Briefs

Gas prices jump by 5 cents over 2 weeks CAMARILLO, Calif. – The average price of gasoline has jumped by a nickel over the past two weeks to $2.32 a gallon for regular grade. Indus...

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