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World Briefs

Germany gives Greece records of tax cheats BERLIN – Germany has shared some 10,000 records on possible Greek tax cheats with Athens. Authorities say the records concern...

Thanksgiving parade features balloons, bands, heavy security

NEW YORK – Giant balloons took to the clear, sunny sky over midtown Manhattan on Thursday for the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, with spectators lining up along the parade route and ...

Number of hate crimes has dropped in U.S.

Shots were fired in the vicinity of a Black Lives Matter protest in Minneapolis for the second night in a row Tuesday. On Monday night, five people were shot there, leading to the arrest of ...

Nation Briefs

Two turkeys get presidential reprieve WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama spared two turkeys named for one of the nation’s most admired presidents, continuing a White House tradi...

World Brief

France OKs strikes against Islamic State PARIS – French lawmakers voted Wednesday to continue airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State group that claimed responsibility for t...

Russia-Turkey tensions rise Putin sends anti-aircraft missiles to Syria

In a move raising the potential threat of a Russia-NATO conflict, Russia says it will deploy long-range air defense missiles to its base in Syria and destroy any target that may threaten its...

Reports fault U.S. for hospital attack

Some await discipline in Afghanistan strike

More optimism among middle class buoys U.S. consumer sentiment

WASHINGTON – Americans were more optimistic about their incomes and personal finances this month, particularly among lower and middle-class households, lifting consumers’ outlook. ...

Brussels schools reopen, manhunt ongoing for Paris suspects

BRUSSELS – As police armed with automatic weapons stood guard, schools and some subway stations in the Belgian capital reopened Wednesday for the first time since emergency measures were imp...

Efforts to enroll Hispanics for health coverage lagging

3-month enrollment season continues through January

Russia calls downing of jet ‘stab in the back’

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey shot down a Russian fighter plane it said had crossed into its territory from Syria on Tuesday, killing at least one of the two pilots and marking the first time in h...

Highway safety chief says traffic deaths on the rise

DETROIT – After declining for most of the past decade, traffic deaths spiked 8 percent in the first half of this year, prompting a call from the nation’s highway safety chief to find ways to...