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China pushes sea claims

Country seeking foreign backing for its policies

DATE: May 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Federal officer in custody after 3 fatal shootings

SILVER SPRING, Md. – A federal security officer suspected in three fatal shootings outside a high school, a mall and a supermarket in the Washington, D.C., area was arrested Friday, police s...

DATE: May 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kim praises country’s nuke tests

North Korean leader opens country’s first party congress in decades

DATE: May 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Meeting set to heal Trump-Ryan rift

GOP chairman doubtful talks will bring unity

DATE: May 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Evacuation near fire in Alberta continuing FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta – A massive convoy was under way Friday to move evacuees stranded at oil field camps north of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray, Al...

DATE: May 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. to take tougher tone on Israeli settlements

By MATTHEW LEE and BRADLEY KLAPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON – The United States will endorse a tougher tone with Israel in an upcoming international report that take...

DATE: May 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

AP source: Clinton aide interviewed in email investigation

WASHINGTON – The FBI has interviewed Huma Abedin, a close aide to Hillary Clinton, as part of a federal investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state, a pe...

DATE: May 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. employers added 160K jobs in April; jobless rate 5 percent

WASHINGTON – U.S. employers pulled back slightly on hiring in April after a streak of robust monthly gains, adding 160,000 jobs, the fewest in seven months. The unemployment rate...

DATE: May 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mayors from big cities around globe push climate initiatives

WASHINGTON – The mayors of major cities from around the world are banding together to fight global warming by investing in public transportation and electric cars, planting trees and switchi...

DATE: May 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

FDA brings e-cigarettes under federal authority

WASHINGTON – New federal rules announced Thursday have the potential to upend the multibillion-dollar electronic cigarette industry just as it is attempting to position itself as an alternat...

DATE: May 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World