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World Briefs

Sinn Fein leader will face no charges DUBLIN – Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams and six other suspected IRA veterans will face no charges over the outlawed group’s 1972 abducti...

Planned Parenthood faces tough grilling

Group’s chief calls videos ‘untrue’

Taliban takeover stirs old fears

Afghan forces’ effort to retake city bogs down

Clinton calls for ending tax on ‘Cadillac’ health plans

NEW YORK – Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for the repeal of part of President Barack Obama’s health-care law, the so-called “Cadillac tax” on health insurance that’s unpopular with large ...

Casinos going all in on new slot machines

Younger gamblers want arcade-style games

Nation & World Briefs

State Dept.: Clinton email storage not secured WASHINGTON – The State Department has told Senate investigators that it didn’t provide Hillary Rodham Clinton’s lawyer with a secure...

Drugmakers, China sink stocks

Worries about Chinese economy push stock market back down

Trump proposes tax cuts

Experts say plan would add to national debt

States get guidance on handling drilling quakes

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A group of U.S. drilling states, seismologists, academics and industry experts issued guidance Monday in a frank new report on handling human-induced earthquakes caused by h...

Obama, Putin clash over vision for resolving Syrian crisis

UNITED NATIONS – U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin clashed Monday over their competing visions for Syria, with Obama urging a political transition to replace t...

U.S. consumer spending up 0.4 percent in August

WASHINGTON – U.S. consumer spending rose at a healthy rate in August, while income growth slowed after a big jump in July. Consumer spending advanced 0.4 percent compared to July,...

Prison worker who helped 2 killers escape gets up to 7 years

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – A remorseful, tearful former prison worker who helped two convicted murderers escape from a maximum-security lockup by providing them with tools was sentenced Monday to u...