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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

Nation Briefs

Woman, 4 children killed in Texas flood PALESTINE, Texas – A 64-year-old woman and four grandchildren were killed early Saturday after a creek overflowed its banks, flooding an East Texas ne...

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

Kenya sets fire to ivory tusks

Burning a protest against poaching

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

Iraqi protesters pour into Green Zone, storm parliament

BAGHDAD – Anti-government protesters tore down walls and poured into the Iraqi capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Saturday, where they stormed parliament in a major escalation of a po...

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

A new Viking settlement?

Archaeologistsfind possible second site

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

World Briefs

Fighting rages in parts of Syria; truce holds in others BEIRUT – The Syrian government launched new airstrikes Saturday on insurgent-held neighborhoods in Aleppo while rebels shelled governm...

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

Home thought to be Monroe’s is guest house

For decades, a modest farmhouse in central Virginia was thought to be what remained of President James Monroe’s home in Charlottesville, Virginia. It turns out, historians were wrong. ...

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

Dog missing 10 years found in Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Tracy Dove assumed the worst after her 1-year-old dog named Charlie disappeared in 2006. Days without the animal turned into years, and Dove figured the brown-and-white po...

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

Prince’s coat is up for auction

CALABASAS, Calif. – A rare piece of movie memorabilia from Prince’s 1984 classic film “Purple Rain” is hitting the auction block. Prince wore the black-and-white blazer with leath...

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