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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

Israel’s liberal artists decry attempts to limit expression

JERUSALEM – Israel’s cultural class is increasingly alarmed by what many see as a tightening noose on freedom of expression, as a hard-line government minister seeks to cut off funding for a...

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

Obama forced again to rethink troop numbers in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON – Fifteen years into the war that few Americans talk about anymore, conditions in Afghanistan are getting worse, preventing the clean ending that President Barack Obama hoped to i...

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

World Briefs

Bank of Japan moves to bolster Abenomics TOKYO – The government and ruling parties welcomed the Bank of Japan’s decision to adopt a negative interest rate policy, expecting it to ...

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

‘Affluenza’ family’s history of legal woes

Psychologist suggested taking boy from parents

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

Are cities driving toward fiscal crash?

Driverless cars may mean loss of ticket revenues

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

Analysis finds more white people aware of racism

And they believe that injustice must be confronted

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

Did you know ... ?

Internet’s favorite conspiracies would involve too many people to stay secret, science says

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

2 remaining escaped inmates arrested in San Francisco

Three broke out of California jail on Jan. 22

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

Analysis Will GOP establishment win out in the end?

DES MOINES – This year’s presidential campaign has proven to be a bleak season for mainstream conservative hopefuls, a story of frustration, rejection and disappointment. But will that be th...

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

Peace talks to end Syria fighting begin

GENEVA – Indirect peace talks aimed at resolving Syria’s five-year conflict began Friday at the UN headquarters in Geneva, without the participation of the main opposition group. ...

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