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U.S. voters want next president to protect Social Security

Poll finds economic concerns bind Americans of all parties

DATE: Feb 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

American drivers rack up record miles in cars

Drivers traveled record 3 trillion miles last year

DATE: Feb 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

DA notes Scalia’s health issues

DALLAS – Antonin Scalia suffered from coronary artery disease, obesity and diabetes, among other ailments that probably contributed to the justice’s sudden death, according to a letter from ...

DATE: Feb 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Colorado woman guilty of cutting baby from stranger’s womb

BOULDER – A Colorado woman who prosecutors said was obsessed with having a baby and concocted elaborate lies to convince those close to her that she was pregnant was convicted Tuesday of cut...

DATE: Feb 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama: Guantanamo Bay undermines security, must be closed

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to “once and for all” close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and transfer the most detainees to a facility in the U.S., submi...

DATE: Feb 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP Senators: No hearing, no vote for Obama court pick

WASHINGTON – Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday ruled out any hearing for President Barack Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, insisting that the choice rests with th...

DATE: Feb 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Murder suspect shot self in sheriff’s office parking lot KATY, Texas – When a boy’s mother found out he had allegedly shot someone, she argued that he needed to surrender to the p...

DATE: Feb 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. officials say Russia agrees to Syria truce

DAMASCUS, Syria – U.S. officials said Monday that the United States and Russia have agreed on a plan for a cease-fire in Syria starting Saturday that would exclude attacks on the Islamic Sta...

DATE: Feb 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Chief justice remembers Scalia’s ‘irrepressible spirit’

WASHINGTON – Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday remembered the late Justice Antonin Scalia as a friend and colleague of “irrepressible spirit” as the Supreme Court resumed work for the fir...

DATE: Feb 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Some victims in mass shooting support efforts to hack iPhone

WASHINGTON – Some victims and affected families in the mass shootings in Southern California will file court papers in support of a U.S. magistrate judge’s order that Apple Inc. help the FBI...

DATE: Feb 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Health care issue, longtime uniter of Democrats, now divides

WASHINGTON – Health care for all. It’s a goal that tugs at the heartstrings of Democrats, but pursuing it usually invites political peril. Now Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton a...

DATE: Feb 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama sends Congress $1.9B request to combat Zika virus

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama Monday sent lawmakers an official $1.9 billion request to combat the spread of the Zika virus in Latin America and the U.S. He is also request...

DATE: Feb 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World