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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

Slippery start to the work week for East Coast commuters

NEW YORK – East Coast residents clobbered by the weekend blizzard trudged into the workweek Monday amid slippery roads, spotty transit service and mounds of snow that buried cars and blocked...

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

U.S. Supreme Court Justices extend bar on automatic life terms for teenagers

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Monday that people serving life terms for murders they committed as teenagers must have a chance to seek their freedom, a decision that could affect more...

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

Feds’ failures imperil migrant children in U.S.

LOS ANGELES – As tens of thousands of children fleeing violence in Central America crossed the border in search of safe harbor, overwhelmed U.S. officials weakened child protection policies,...

DATE: Jan 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Was 2015 a record wildfire year?

Dispute fans a debate over U.S. forests

DATE: Jan 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

In rare visit to tiny Laos, Kerry seeks closer relations VIENTIANE, Laos - Secretary of State John Kerry arrived Sunday in Laos, where the United States is helping the government ...

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Billionaire donors helped Cruz rise in GOP presidential bid

WASHINGTON – Four of America’s wealthiest businessmen laid the foundation for Ted Cruz’s now-surging Republican presidential campaign and have redefined the role of political donors. ...

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

3 inmates who escaped from California jail considered armed

LOS ANGELES – Investigators are pursuing several leads in the search for three inmates who masterminded a brazen escape from a Southern California maximum-security jail and are considered da...

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

East Coast feels snowfall’s impact

NEW YORK – Brilliant sunshine and gently rising temperatures followed the mammoth blizzard that paralyzed Washington and set a single-day snowfall record in New York City, enabling millions ...

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Egypt says King Tut mask was scratched, sends 8 to trial

CAIRO – King Tut hasn’t been around for a few thousand years, but his power remains: after a botched repair job of the famed pharaoh’s beard left scratches on his burial mask, Egyptian prose...

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Buttons as contemporary art

NEW YORK – There’s no denying buttons are an important clothing item, but can they rise to the level of art? A new exhibition at a Manhattan gallery proves they can. In the hands ...

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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