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WW II nurses still friends

NEW YORK – They were young Army nurses in World War II, sharing a room and experiences that forged an extraordinary bond. A monsoon destroyed part of their hospital on a South Pa...

DATE: Apr 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Alaska internment camp studied

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alice Tanaka Hikido clearly remembers the bewilderment and sense of violation she felt 74 years ago when FBI agents rifled through her family’s June...

DATE: Apr 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Unbound and powerful

GOP’s presidential nominee could be determined by a few uncommitted delegates

DATE: Apr 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Experts warn agencies to move slowly on self-driving car rules

Say vehicles pose threat to other drivers

DATE: Apr 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Inflatable room on way to space station CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX has resumed space station deliveries for NASA, launching the first inflatable room ever built for astronauts. ...

DATE: Apr 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Italy demands Egypt tell ‘truth’ about slaying

Italian envoy recalled to discuss death

DATE: Apr 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

55% of Americans have negative opinion of Hillary Clinton

WASHINGTON – In any other election year, more than half the country holding an unfavorable impression of a candidate for president would be cause for alarm. This is not a normal y...

DATE: Apr 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Key Paris attacks suspect arrested

Man may be tied to Brussels bombings

DATE: Apr 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Critics upset about use of semi-automatics by college police

More college police units are starting to use rifles

DATE: Apr 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Group says U.S. drone killed al-Qaida figure BEIRUT – A senior Egyptian al-Qaida figure fighting in Syria was killed in a U.S. drone strike this week, the latest to be killed in such attacks...

DATE: Apr 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Reagan letters to fan for sale

LOS ANGELES – Long before he was president of the United States or even governor of California, Ronald Reagan had an army of star-struck movie fans who wrote him letters – and who to their s...

DATE: Apr 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Austin police arrest suspect in University of Texas killing

AUSTIN, Texas – Investigators have arrested a suspect in the killing of a first-year dance student whose body was found in a creek on the University of Texas campus, Austin police said Frida...

DATE: Apr 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World