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Justices delay clean air rules

WASHINGTON – A divided Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to halt enforcement of President Barack Obama’s sweeping plan to address climate change until after legal challenges are resolved. ...

DATE: Feb 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama sends Congress record $4.1 trillion 2017 spending plan

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama sent Congress his final budget on Tuesday, proposing to spend a record $4.1 trillion on a number of initiatives, from a new war on cancer to combating glo...

DATE: Feb 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Durango native visits New Hampshire for primary excitement

Judy Black unsure of who’ll she’ll support, but pleased with choices

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

New report could show climate shaping human history

Time and again, scholars have pointed out the frightening potential impacts of climate change on human civilizations, linking global warming to everything from forced migration to outbreaks ...

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

Winter storm threatens Cape Cod with up to 18 inches of snow

BOSTON – The second winter storm in four days to hit the Northeast centered on New England on Monday, bringing howling winds and coastal flooding and threatening Cape Cod and southeastern Ma...

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

Trump aiming for New Hampshire win, rivals aim to survive

NASHUA, N.H. – Encouraged by Marco Rubio’s stumbles, the Republicans’ second-tier candidates are seeing fresh hope for survival as they sprint to the finish line in New Hampshire. The Democr...

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

Chicago teen’s death shines light on police code of silence

CHICAGO – For more than a year after an officer shot and killed a black teen named Laquan McDonald, the Chicago Police Department had video footage that raised serious doubts about whether o...

DATE: Feb 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

A meteorite may have killed someone for the first time in nearly two centuries

Local authorities in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are investigating whether the death of a man at a college campus over the weekend was the result of a falling meteorite. ...

DATE: Feb 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Brief

Obama to ask Congress for $1.8B to combat Zika WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will ask Congress for $1.8 billion to respond to the Zika virus abroad and prepare for it at h...

DATE: Feb 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Survivors pulled out from building 2 days after Taiwan earthquake

TAINAN, Taiwan – At least four people, including an 8-year-old girl, were rescued Monday from a high-rise Taiwanese apartment building toppled by a powerful quake two days earlier, as frustr...

DATE: Feb 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lead contamination of Flint water draws multiple lawsuits

DETROIT – One lawsuit seeks to replace lead-leaching water lines at no cost to customers. Another seeks money for thousands of Flint residents who unwittingly drank toxic water. A third comp...

DATE: Feb 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Heroin scourge changes role of police in hard-hit areas

CINCINNATI – Forehead furrowed, a woman drags on a Camel cigarette, admitting she has only vague memories of nearly dying five days earlier. Some flashes of images of being inside...

DATE: Feb 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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