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Most Alberta oil sands fields closed down, premier says

EDMONTON, Alberta – The majority of the oil sands industry has stopped production and will start back up only when it is “absolutely safe” but that should happen soon, Alberta’s premier said...

DATE: May 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump picks up support

Some GOP senators hopeful of unifying Republicans

DATE: May 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Trump adds 2 more primary victories LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump won Tuesday in West Virginia and Nebraska, a week after he cleared the field of his remaining rival...

DATE: May 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pigeon show lights up New York skies

Performance art project uses 2,000 birds

DATE: May 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Exhibit recreates Silk Road caves

Replicas display art from Chinese city

DATE: May 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama to visit site of first atomic attack

President won’t revisit decision to bomb Hiroshima, aides say

DATE: May 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

San Francisco officials take up immigrant sanctuary policy

SAN FRANCISCO – Nearly a year after a shooting death along a San Francisco pier sparked a national debate on how the city handles criminal suspects in the country illegally, officials are co...

DATE: May 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tough-talking Philippine mayor looks set to be new president

MANILA, Philippines – A brash and tough-talking mayor who has pledged to kill suspected criminals and end crime within six months looked set to become the next president of the Philippines a...

DATE: May 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Trump in line to receive U.S. intelligence secrets Donald Trump, the most voluble U.S. presidential candidate in memory, will soon be entitled to regular briefings on some of the nation’s mo...

DATE: May 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Alberta premier tours fire-ravaged Fort McMurray

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta – Alberta’s premier got her first look at the devastation in Canada’s oil sands town of Fort McMurray on Monday after cold temperatures and light rain stabilized the m...

DATE: May 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Can ‘The Donald’ make summer school great again?

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Professor Robert Smith covers a lot of ground teaching American government, yet recent class discussions ranging from the electoral college to minority rights have kept retur...

DATE: May 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World