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Russian minister blasts British inquiry MOSCOW – Russia’s foreign minister has rejected the conclusion by a British judge that former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko had been poi...

DATE: Jan 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Science group warns of Doomsday threat

STANFORD, Calif. – Rising tension between Russia and the U.S., North Korea’s recent nuclear test and a lack of aggressive steps to address climate change are putting the world under grave th...

DATE: Jan 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Italian premier ridiculed for covering nude statues

Effort to hide nude statues draws derision

DATE: Jan 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Trump says he won’t be in final debate MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday bowed out of the final Republican presidential debate before the leadoff Iowa caucus...

DATE: Jan 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Members of armed group are arrested

1 killed in shootout during traffic stop

DATE: Jan 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Task force recommends how to cut U.S. prisoner count by 60,000

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department should limit the types of cases it brings and more nonviolent criminals should be steered toward probation and away from prison, according to task force r...

DATE: Jan 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. loosens rules for Cuban trade

Decision will also ease travel restrictions

DATE: Jan 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ex-prosecutor to spearhead investigation into Flint water

LANSING, Mich. – A former prosecutor and a retired head of the Detroit FBI will play key roles in an investigation into Flint’s lead-tainted water as part of the effort to seek answers while...

DATE: Jan 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rubio’s Iowa crisscross approach bends caucus campaign norm

DES MOINES, Iowa – Marco Rubio is all over the map in Iowa, literally. Having spent little time in the state’s rural Christian conservative northwest, the Republican presidential ...

DATE: Jan 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama contrasts Clinton’s pragmatism with Sanders’ idealism

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is casting the Democratic primary to replace him as a contest between Hillary Clinton’s pragmatism and experience versus Bernie Sanders’ idealism and libe...

DATE: Jan 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Mom, 1-year-old son killed by carbon monoxide A family in New Jersey, trapped over the weekend in the massive East Coast snowstorm, was trying to dig its way out when the chill be...

DATE: Jan 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bomb in San Bernardino attack was poorly built

WASHINGTON – A homemade bomb left behind by the husband and wife who perpetrated a mass shooting at a California social services center failed to detonate because it was poorly constructed, ...

DATE: Jan 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World