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16 killed after group firebombs Cairo club

CAIRO – Two men who were denied entry to a nightclub later returned with others and firebombed it early Friday, setting off a blaze that killed all 16 people who were trapped inside by the s...

U.S. adds healthy 211K jobs; unemployment steady at low 5 percent

WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy generated another month of solid hiring in November, making it highly likely that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates from record lows this month. ...

Shooting now terror case

Wife praised Islamic State leader before deadly attack

Bad weather delays U.S. space station shipment, 1st in months

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Wet and cloudy weather prevented NASA from resuming commercial space station deliveries Thursday. The space agency was looking to get back on track with the...

Nation Briefs

Army grounds flights after fatal accidents WASHINGTON – The Army on Thursday grounded all aircraft in active-duty units across the country for the next five days in order to revie...

Senate rejects new gun curbs

WASHINGTON – A polarized Senate voted Thursday against expanding background checks for more gun purchases, rejecting the proposal a day after the latest U.S. mass shooting left 14 people dea...

Climate threat was recognized in 1980s

Advisers to first President Bush wanted U.S. to lead world efforts

Developing world shifting stance

Many poorer nations ready to cut emissions

Putin calls for united ‘anti-terror front’

British jets join attacks against Islamic State oil fields in Syria

World Briefs

Uganda to extradite counterfeit suspect KAMPALA, Uganda – An American who has been on trial in Kampala for counterfeiting currency notes worth $180,400 will be deported to the U.S...

Motive in shootings aren’t always clear

California shooting doesn’t fit easy mold

Surprise finding: U.S. has major decline in gun violence

Premeditated mass shootings in public places are happening more and more often, some researchers say, plunging towns and cities into grief and riveting the attention of a horrified nation. I...