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Ex-Iranian prisoner thankful for U.S. help

LANDSTUHL, Germany – Pale but smiling, former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati recounted Tuesday how disbelief turned to joy when he and three fellow Americans realized that they were being released...

DATE: Jan 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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Militants confirm ‘Jihadi John’ is dead NEW YORK – The Islamic State group has acknowledged the death of the masked militant known as “Jihadi John,” who appeared in several videos...

DATE: Jan 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Court to hear Obama immigration case

Decision will come during election year

DATE: Jan 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Most states require lottery winners’ IDs to be public

Many states say public has right to know

DATE: Jan 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sarah Palin jumps into 2016 race, endorses Donald Trump

AMES, Iowa – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump received a key endorsement Tuesday from conservative heavyweight Sarah Palin, giving the billionaire businessman a potential bo...

DATE: Jan 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

FBI says violent crime on rise

WASHINGTON – Violent crime rose across the country in the first six months of 2015 compared to the same period the year before, according to preliminary data released Tuesday by the FBI. ...

DATE: Jan 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Insurance customers begin new year with delays

Thousands of health insurance consumers around the country have started the new year dealing with missing ID cards, billing errors and other problems tied to an enrollment surge at the end o...

DATE: Jan 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

British Parliament pummels Donald Trump

But it doesn’t ban him from Britain

DATE: Jan 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey dead at 67

NEW YORK – Glenn Frey, a rock ‘n’ roll rebel from Detroit who journeyed West, co-founded the Eagles and with Don Henley formed one of history’s most successful songwriting teams with such hi...

DATE: Jan 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. military releases first account of sailors’ Iran detention

WASHINGTON – In its first official account of Iran’s seizure and subsequent release of 10 U.S. sailors in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. military said Monday the only items found missing from th...

DATE: Jan 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Confederate flag’s removal turns Martin Luther King Day Jr. into celebration in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. – For the first time in 17 years, civil rights leaders gathered Monday at the South Carolina Statehouse to pay homage to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. without the Confederat...

DATE: Jan 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Abduction of Americans in Iraq raises fears about security

BAGHDAD – The abduction of three Americans from a Baghdad apartment over the weekend is the latest in a series of brazen high-profile kidnappings undermining confidence in the Iraqi governme...

DATE: Jan 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World