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Puerto Rico skips bond payments, says Congress must help

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A spiraling Puerto Rico debt crisis reached a new milestone as the island missed nearly $370 million on a bond payment Monday and officials warned of worse to come if...

DATE: May 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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San Jose brothers charged with murder of parents SAN JOSE, Calif. – On Friday, prosecutors charged 22-year-old Hasib bin Golamrabbi and his younger brother, 17-year-old Omar Golamrabbi, each...

DATE: May 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cruz fights for survival as Trump eyes Indiana knockout

OSCEOLA, Ind. – Ted Cruz’s conservative crusade for the presidency fought for new life Monday ahead of an Indiana vote that could effectively end the GOP’s primary season. The fiery Texas se...

DATE: May 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cheering Cubans greet first cruise ship from US in decades

HAVANA – Greeted with rum drinks and salsa dancers, the first passengers to cruise from the U.S. to Cuba in nearly 40 years streamed Monday into a crowd cheering the rebirth of commercial tr...

DATE: May 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Playground concussions are on the rise

CHICAGO – Playground concussions are on the rise, according to a new government study, and monkey bars and swings are most often involved. Most injuries studied were mild, but all...

DATE: May 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mystery solved? Australian says he’s Bitcoin founder

LONDON – An Australian man long rumored to be associated with the digital currency Bitcoin has publicly identified himself as its creator, a claim that would end one of the biggest mysteries...

DATE: May 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cruz again bests Trump at most weekend delegate contests

Even as his campaign struggles for survival, Sen. Ted Cruz dominated weekend delegate selection contests that he and other Republicans hope could block Donald Trump from winning the party’s ...

DATE: May 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Protests disband after IS group carries out 2nd Iraq bombing

BAGHDAD – Anti-government protesters disbanded at least temporarily Sunday from the heavily fortified Green Zone they had stormed a day earlier after the Islamic State group carried out its ...

DATE: May 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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Death toll of collapsed building up to 20 in Kenya NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenyan rescuers continued searching for survivors Sunday of a residential building in an impoverished area that collapsed ...

DATE: May 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. once again forced to turn to Russia for help on Syria

GENEVA – Scrambling to resuscitate a nearly dead truce in Syria, the Obama administration has again been forced to turn to Russia for help, with little hope for its desired outcome. ...

DATE: May 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Across Ariz., parents name children after Pat Tillman

Football star died in 2004

DATE: Apr 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clinton, Trump angle for advantage in politics of gender

WASHINGTON – She has no stamina. She shouts. She’s got nothing going for her but being a woman. Donald Trump, after toying with gender politics off and on during the campaign, is ...

DATE: Apr 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World