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30 cars stuck in mud on California highway

Geologists check hillside stability

Schools soften approach, rethink suspensions

Alternative methods push schools to focus on dialogue instead of harsh punishments

Syrian activists say 4 civilians killed at funeral

They believe warplanes targeted mourners

Ala. amends driver’s license office decision

The governor of Alabama has partially reversed a decision to close more than 30 government offices that issue driver’s licenses and photo IDs, after weeks of criticism by civil-rights advoca...

Benghazi investigator: Hearing is about facts

Some on committee say probe meant to hurt Clinton numbers

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Nation Briefs

Justices could hear weapons ban appeal WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has so far resisted elaborating on two landmark decisions that established a nationwide right to defend one’s...

Words that mean different things now than pre-Internet

Technological change, as we know very well, tends to provoke linguistic and cultural change, too. It’s the reason why, several times a year, dictionaries trumpet the addition of new and typi...

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Rand Paul under pressure to focus on his Senate seat

FRANKFORT, Ky. – A defiant Rand Paul is brushing off weak fundraising and weaker poll numbers as would-be donors and home state Republicans push him to abandon an uphill presidential bid to ...

World Briefs

Nigerian general jailed for losing battle LAGOS, Nigeria – A Nigerian general has been dismissed from the army and jailed for losing a major battle in which Boko Haram Islamic ext...

Migrants surge into Slovenia after Hungary closes border

PETISOVCI, Slovenia – Thousands of migrants surged into tiny Slovenia on Saturday as an alternative route opened in Europe for them after Hungary sealed its border for their free flow, addin...