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Nation & World Briefs

Obama heads to G-20 with new urgency WASHINGTON – The global anxiety sparked by a series of deadly attacks in Paris by the Islamic State group has given new urgency to President B...

Judge reverses his order taking baby from couple

PRICE, Utah – April Hoagland and Beckie Peirce, a Utah couple who married last year, went to a routine hearing Tuesday expecting to hear an update about how long it would be before they coul...

Series of terror attacks in Paris kill up to 120

PARIS – A series of attacks targeting young concert-goers and Parisians enjoying a Friday night out at popular nightspots killed as many as 120 people in the deadliest violence to strike Fra...

Fewer Americans are on the move

Number of people who relocate is half what it was 65 years ago

Warm weather puts chill on Belgian ice festival

BRUGES, Belgium – Ice sculptures really aren’t cut out for this kind of balmy November weather. Just a few weeks ahead of global climate change talks in Paris, ice sculpture festi...

Spy for Israel due for release

WASHINGTON – Jonathan Pollard, the Navy intelligence analyst whose 1985 arrest for selling secrets to Israel set off a sensational spy saga, is scheduled to be released from federal prison n...

World Briefs

Indian leader lunches with Queen Elizabeth LONDON – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lunched with Queen Elizabeth II and rallied thousands of cheering supporters on the second ...

Islamic State forces suffer twin setbacks

Kurds, rebels retake towns in Syria, Iraq

Nation Briefs

Clinton locking up superdelegate votes WASHINGTON – There’s little doubt which candidate the Democratic Party establishment supports for president. It’s not even close. ...

Gum unstuck from famed wall

SEATTLE – A piece of Seattle history is coming down – or rather, 1 million little pieces. Crews are cleaning up the city’s famed “gum wall” near Pike Place Market, where tourists ...

Help wanted: Book looks at 50 felines on the job

LOS ANGELES – Dogs work. Cats sleep, purr and preen. At least that is what dog people would have you believe. Author Lisa Rogak set out to discover what cats really spend their time doing. T...

Struggle over ‘Life’ sparks lawsuit

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Game of Life is known for turning events such as marriage, going to college and paying for auto insurance into moves on a board. Now, it’s at the center of a different...