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Oregon lawmakers approve landmark minimum wage increase

SALEM, Ore. – Oregon lawmakers have approved landmark legislation that propels the state’s minimum wage for all workers to the highest rank in the U.S. and does so through an unparalleled ti...

DATE: Feb 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tougher sanctions against North Korea approved

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama slapped North Korea with more stringent sanctions Thursday for defying the world and pushing forward with its nuclear weapons program, weeks after it laun...

DATE: Feb 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pope takes issue with Trump’s migrant plan

Candidatefires back at claim idea for wall is ‘not Christian’

DATE: Feb 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Biden: Obama will name court nominee

Says president seeking someone Republican senators will support

DATE: Feb 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

FBI searches home of shooter’s brother CORONA, Calif. – FBI agents on Thursday searched the California home belonging to a family member of the husband-and-wife killers who massac...

DATE: Feb 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Some want to limit justices to 18 years on Supreme Court

WASHINGTON – Justice Antonin Scalia’s sudden death a month before his 80th birthday and the potential impasse over replacing him is giving new impetus to an old idea: limiting the service of...

DATE: Feb 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama to raise human rights during historic trip to Cuba

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Thursday he’ll raise human rights issues and other U.S. concerns with Cuban President Raul Castro during a history-making visit to the communist isla...

DATE: Feb 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fight over gunman’s locked iPhone could have big impact

WASHINGTON – An extraordinary legal fight is brewing with major privacy implications for millions of cellphone users after a federal magistrate ordered Apple Inc. to help the FBI hack into a...

DATE: Feb 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Number of hate groups in U.S. jumps BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The number of hate groups and anti-government organizations in the United States jumped sharply in 2015 as political speech ...

DATE: Feb 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. worried about missile deployment

China puts anti-air system in disputed area

DATE: Feb 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

German leader renews call for Syria no-fly zone

DAMASCUS, Syria – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday renewed her proposal for a no-fly zone in Syria where civilians would be protected, a suggestion that was promptly rebuffed by ...

DATE: Feb 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Court candidates face grueling grilling

White House will ensure nominee has no secrets

DATE: Feb 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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