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U.S. urged to get ready now for Zika outbreaks

ATLANTA – The government urged health officials around the country Friday to get ready now in case there are outbreaks of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in the U.S. this summer. A ...

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

Storms, tornadoes move through South

ATLANTA – Strong storms plowed through Georgia on their way to the Carolinas Friday, spawning at least one confirmed tornado, after setting off tornadoes that swirled through Louisiana, Miss...

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

Obama to discuss nominee for high court next week

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama heads to law school next week to push his nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Obama adviser Brian Deese said Friday that ...

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

California, N.Y. take lead in wage debate

Impact of higher minimum pay unclear

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

Nation Briefs

Chicago teachers strike over funding CHICAGO – Chicago teachers took to picket lines Friday in a one-day strike they say is aimed at getting lawmakers to adequately fund education and other ...

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

Clinton unveils her plan to boost manufacturing

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – There was the old story about Corning, New York, and the diesel buses. The one about the “soap lady” who built her business online with help from Hillary Clinton’s Senate of...

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

Stakes are high for Trump in Wisconsin

Foes hope state will finally stop his march to nomination

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

Something new to Tut about?

Scans suggest Egyptian boy king’s tomb may contain more mysteries

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

World Briefs

Company officials held after collapse KOLKATA, India – Indian police on Friday detained five officials of a company constructing an overpass that collapsed onto a crowded Kolkata neighborhoo...

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

North Korea test-fires another missile

U.S., allies vow to curb country’s nuclear program

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

Obama hails Iran deal as a model for nuclear diplomacy

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama hailed the nuclear deal with Iran on Friday as a “substantial success” and a model for future diplomacy, as world leaders took stock of the world’s most w...

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

Steady hiring spurs more job hunts, rate rises to 5 percent

WASHINGTON – U.S. employers shrugged off signs of weak growth and extended their long stretch of steady hiring in March, adding 215,000 jobs. The unemployment rate ticked up – to ...

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