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As children die reaching for Europe’s shores, empathy fades

PARIS – Five months ago, a 3-year-old Syrian boy’s corpse on a Turkish beach galvanized public action for refugees. Now, strikingly similar images are generating little more than a collectiv...

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

Virginia Tech students held in death of ‘awesome little girl’

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Two Virginia Tech students who had bright futures appeared before a judge Monday in the death of a seventh-grade girl who was active on social media and apparently climbed ...

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

WHO declares global emergency over Zika virus spread

GENEVA – The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the explosive spread of the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in the Americas, calling it an “extraor...

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

United Nations envoy declares ‘official beginning’ to Syria peace talks

GENEVA – Syrian peace talks gained a small measure of momentum Monday with the UN special envoy formally declaring the start of indirect negotiations, even as the opposition spokesperson acc...

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

Nation & World Briefs

Amtrak engineer recalls speeding up before crash WASHINGTON – The last thing Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian remembers before last May’s fatal crash in Philadelphia is pushing the...

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

Democratic, GOP races tight as Iowa kicks off 2016 voting

DES MOINES, Iowa – In a high-stakes test of enthusiasm versus organization, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders hope to ride voter energy into victories in Monday’s Iowa cauc...

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

U.S. consumer spending flat, savings rate at 3-year high

WASHINGTON – U.S. consumers kept their spending flat in December and instead boosted their savings rate to the highest level in three years. Consumer spending was unchanged in Dec...

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

Nation & World Briefs

Dozens killed by triple bomb attack in Syria GENEVA – A triple bombing killed at least 50 people in a predominantly Shiite suburb south of the Syrian capital of Damascus on Sunday...

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

Turnout is name of the game in Monday’s Iowa caucuses

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – In a final frenzy to inspire supporters to turn out for Monday’s Iowa caucuses, the presidential contenders scrambled to close the deal with the first voters to have ...

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

For Brazil’s rich and poor, disparate response to Zika

RIO DE JANEIRO – Two Brazilian women, two pregnancies, one nightmare. But two very different stories. Regina de Lima and Tainara Lourenco became pregnant at a scary moment – the d...

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

Jewel-pilfering Doris Payne reflects on life

ATLANTA – Doris Payne exudes a seemingly effortless elegance, her white hair neatly smoothed back and gold hoops dangling from her ears. She speaks calmly and deliberately, inspiring the kin...

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

Report: Some 2,300 journalists killed in past 25 years

BRUSSELS – In the last quarter century, at least 2,297 journalists and media staff have been killed for doing nothing more than trying to inform the world on war, revolution, crime and corru...

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