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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 ...

DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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...

DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Killer Nile crocodiles in Florida? Possibly

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Step aside, Burmese python – you may no longer be Florida’s scariest invasive species. Researchers have confirmed that three Nile crocodiles were captured near Miami,...

DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Almost half of heart attacks are silent, risky

CHICAGO – Almost half of all heart attacks cause no obvious symptoms, yet they can still be life-threatening, according to research on more than 9,000 middle-aged men and women. I...

DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ancient tools, bone could help rewrite history

Discoveries may change story of 1st people on our continent

DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump attacks Clinton’s stand on guns

‘Heartless Hillary’ will put ‘most vulnerable’ at risk, he tells NRA

DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

First lady touts new food labels

Update is the first since they were introduced in 1994

DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Protests turn violent in Iraq

Government imposes curfew after violence in capital

DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Okla. governor vetoes anti-abortion law OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has vetoed legislation that would make it a felony for doctors to perform an abortion, a measure that would ...

DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Armed man shot, arrested at White House checkpoint

WASHINGTON – A U.S. Secret Service officer shot a man with a gun who approached a checkpoint outside the White House on Friday afternoon and refused to drop his weapon, the Secret Service sa...

DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Massive frozen-food recall covers hundreds of items

DES MOINES, Iowa – Amid a massive frozen foods recall involving millions of packages of fruits and vegetables that were shipped to all 50 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico, authorities who want...

DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World