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Study heats up sea level concerns

Antarctica ice melt may cause oceans to rise faster than thought

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

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Alabama governor’s aide resigns post MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A top political aide to Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley resigned Wednesday, a week after the goernor publicly admitted making inappropriat...

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

Dem senators press for hearings on high court nominee

CONCORD, N.H. – Senate Democrats increased the pressure on their Republican colleagues to consider President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, with New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen insi...

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

Texas man gets reprieve hours before scheduled execution

HUNTSVILLE, Texas – A federal appeals court Wednesday stopped the scheduled lethal injection of a former accountant hours before he was to be executed for gunning down his two young daughter...

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

Trump rescinds pledge to back GOP nominee

Five candidates campaign in Wis.

DATE: Mar 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP senator praises Obama nominee

Lawmaker backs vote on high court pick

DATE: Mar 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hijacking revives security fears

EgyptAir incident raises alarms about safety at Egyptian airports

DATE: Mar 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Foreign adoptions fell last year in U.S. NEW YORK – The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents dropped by 12 percent last year to the lowest level since 1981, according to new St...

DATE: Mar 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama highlights nation’s growing opioid problem

ATLANTA – The Obama administration issued a proposed rule Tuesday that aims to increase medication-based treatment for tens of thousands of people addicted to opioids, and the White House ca...

DATE: Mar 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tied 4-4 after Scalia’s death, high court gives unions a win

WASHINGTON – In the clearest sign yet of the impact of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, U.S. labor unions scored a major victory Tuesday with a tie vote in a high-profile Supreme Court case t...

DATE: Mar 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Retaking Syria’s Palmyra reveals more shattered antiquities

DAMASCUS, Syria – The recapture of Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State group has brought new revelations of the destruction wreaked by the extremists, who decapitated pric...

DATE: Mar 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Man shot by police after drawing weapon at U.S. Capitol

WASHINGTON – Police shot a man on Monday after he pulled a weapon at a U.S. Capitol checkpoint as spring tourists thronged Washington, authorities said. The suspect was previously known to p...

DATE: Mar 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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