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Sanders calls for end to wealth inequality VATICAN CITY – Bernie Sanders issued a global call to action at the Vatican Friday to address “immoral and unsustainable” wealth inequality and pov...

DATE: Apr 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Museum reveals a brief history of underwear

Exhibit: Not all garments were plain

DATE: Apr 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Birdwatchers: People think you’re creepy

Here’s what most American birdwatchers are, according to a 2013 government study: White, older than 45, fairly well-off and pretty highly educated. Here’s what many people think b...

DATE: Apr 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

How will your teen get to prom?

NEW YORK – Prom is as much about the journey as it is the dance, so how will all those teens heading into the annual rite of spring handle their wheels? Limos and charter party bu...

DATE: Apr 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Michigan urges new rules on lead pipes, testing

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan would have the toughest lead-testing rules in the nation and require the replacement of all underground lead service pipes in the state under a sweeping plan that G...

DATE: Apr 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. ramps up military in Philippines, starts joint patrols in South China Sea

BEIJING – The United States announced Thursday it had started joint patrols with the Philippines in the disputed waters of the South China Sea and was ramping up its military presence in the...

DATE: Apr 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Strong quake kills 9, injures more than 760 in Japan

6.5-magnitude quake toppled dozens of homes

DATE: Apr 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Manson family member approved for parole after 4 decades

CHINO, Calif. – A California panel recommended parole Thursday for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten more than four decades after she went to prison for the notorious killing...

DATE: Apr 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

South wrestles with bathroom-access question

More states look to restrict transgenders

DATE: Apr 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Island handover stirs protests

Egypt’s president defends decision

DATE: Apr 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Judge cracks down on ‘affluenza’ teen

Couch to serve nearly two years in DUI deaths

DATE: Apr 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

U.S.: Russian planes buzzed Navy ship WASHINGTON – Russian attack planes buzzed a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Baltic Sea multiple times Monday and Tuesday, coming as close as an estimated 30 ...

DATE: Apr 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World