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Nation & World Briefs

Panel to investigate reports of spying WASHINGTON – The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Wednesday his committee will look into a report the U.S. spied on the Isr...

Prosecutor: Driver held in Las Vegas crash had pot in system

LAS VEGAS – A woman accused of intentionally plowing a car into a crowd of pedestrians on a Las Vegas Strip sidewalk had marijuana in her system, but prosecutors said Wednesday that it’s unl...

Attorney: Bill Cosby ‘will be exonerated’

Actor charged in 2004 sexual assault case

Nation & World Briefs

Alaskan pilot didn’t have OK to fly crashed plane ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The pilot of a small plane that smashed into a building in downtown Anchorage on Tuesday was not authorized t...

Sun Belt states once again a draw for Rust Belt residents

WASHINGTON – When the U.S. economy slowed during the recession, so did one of the major demographic shifts of the last several decades. For a brief respite, the Northeast and Midwest stopped...

‘Affluenza’ teen partied before fleeing

Mom, son captured in Mexico

Missouri bracing for major flooding from storms

ST. LOUIS – A rare winter flood shut down portions of two interstates on Tuesday, threatened hundreds of homes and caused sewage to flow unfiltered into waterways. Torrential rain...

World Briefs

Iraqi troops make advances in Ramadi; IS out of center BAGHDAD – Iraqi forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes drove Islamic State militants out of the center of Ramadi on Monday and...

27 Americans shot and killed Christmas Day

In a grim reminder that violence in America never takes a holiday, 27 people were killed and 63 injured in shooting incidents on Christmas Day this year, according to the Gun Violence Archiv...

Cleveland officer won’t face charges in 12-year-old boy’s death

CLEVELAND – A grand jury declined to indict a white, rookie police officer in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a black boy who was shot while playing with what turned out to be a pelle...

Trump slams Bill Clinton for ‘terrible record of women abuse’

In his escalating attacks on Hillary Clinton this month, Donald Trump has made one thing clear: He’s not afraid to go, well, anywhere. He has attacked Clinton for lacking his leve...

Large storm brings twisters, floods – and it’s not over yet

GARLAND, Texas – As residents of North Texas surveyed the destruction from deadly tornadoes, the same storm system brought winter storm woes to the Midwest on Monday, amplified flooding that...