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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...

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...

Poor families feel inflation’s pinch far more than the rich

Prices for everyday goods are stacked against the poor, study warns

Investigators: smoke detected on Egypt jet just before crash

CAIRO – Smoke was detected in multiple places on EgyptAir flight 804 moments before it plummeted into the Mediterranean, but the cause of the crash that killed all 66 on board remains unclea...

Obama is off to Asia to boost trade, cooperation

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama departed Saturday on a weeklong, 16,000-mile trip to Asia, part of his effort to pay more attention to the region and boost economic and security coopera...

Nation & World Briefs

13-year-old dies during tug-of-war game at school PELL CITY, Ala. – During a tug-of-war game Thursday, Thirteen-year-old Maddison Wentworth slumped to the ground, police said. School nurses ...

Trying to face Zika with finances in limbo

Health officials preparing for illness

School renamed for astronauts

WEST ORANGE, N.J. – A New Jersey school is so proud of two of its most famous alumni that it’s taking their name. The Pleasantdale Elementary School in West Orange will now be kno...

Hawaii’s wild donkeys to be adopted

HONOLULU – The last 50 wild donkeys on Hawaii’s Big Island will be rounded up to mark the final step in a six-year effort to get them in adoptive homes. The donkeys are the last o...

World Briefs

Israel’s defense chief steps down from post JERUSALEM – Israel’s defense minister announced his resignation Friday, saying the governing party had been taken over by “extremist and dangerous...

Museum celebrates Star Trek

SEATTLE – It’s been 50 years since the Starship Enterprise began its five-year mission to boldly go where no man had gone before, and Seattle’s EMP Museum is marking the anniversary with an ...

Diego Rivera painting gets $15.7M

NEW YORK – A Diego Rivera painting has sold privately for $15.7 million, setting a world record price for any Latin American work of art, Phillips auction house said Friday. The...