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N. Korea almost completes nuclear test preparation

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea’s president said Tuesday that North Korea has almost completed preparations for a fifth nuclear test, and the country has reportedly placed a new midrange mi...

DATE: Apr 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Saudi Arabia looks to tourists

Country plans to open Mideast kingdom to select visitors

DATE: Apr 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

No deal expected on Puerto Rico debt WASHINGTON – Congress will not act to help debt-ridden Puerto Rico ahead of a May 1 deadline when nearly half-a-billion dollars in bond payments come due...

DATE: Apr 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Drone event could give new hope to paralyzed people

Race organizers hope event will lead to advances in mind-control technology

DATE: Apr 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

More states looking to end requirements for landline phone service

Maine moves to let companies end landline service

DATE: Apr 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Storms could bring powerful tornadoes, hail to Great Plains

OKLAHOMA CITY – Forecasters are warning that severe storms could bring “significant” tornadoes and grapefruit-sized hail to the Great Plains on Tuesday, while severe thunderstorms and strong...

DATE: Apr 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House GOP leader: No help for Puerto Rico before deadline

WASHINGTON – Congress will not act to help debt-ridden Puerto Rico ahead of a May 1 deadline when nearly half-a-billion dollars in bond payments come due, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarth...

DATE: Apr 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

At ‘campaign crossroads,’ rivals defend anti-Trump pact

BORDEN, Ind. – Declaring the Republican presidential contest at “a fork in the road,” Ted Cruz and John Kasich defended their extraordinary new alliance on Monday as the party’s last, best c...

DATE: Apr 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Cleveland to pay $6 million to settle Tamir Rice lawsuit The city of Cleveland will pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the relatives of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy shot and killed...

DATE: Apr 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pentagon, Congress at odds over bases

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon thinks it has a winning argument for why Congress should allow a new round of military base closings. The case goes like this: The Army and Air Force have vastly mo...

DATE: Apr 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama says new U.S. troops in Syria will be essential

HANNOVER, Germany – President Barack Obama on Monday announced the deployment of up to 250 U.S. military personnel to Syria, mostly special operations forces, to assist local troops trying t...

DATE: Apr 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama dismisses North Korea proposal on halting nuke tests

NEW YORK – A day after North Korea’s foreign minister told The Associated Press that his country is ready to halt its nuclear tests if the United States suspends its annual military exercis...

DATE: Apr 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World