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Hungary arrests desperate refugees

HORGOS, Serbia - After shutting down the main corridor for refugees to central Europe and fortifying its border with 109 miles of razor-wire fencing, Hungary on Tuesday began mass arrests of...

As Fed meets, decision on rate hike seems like a toss-up

WASHINGTON – Will they or won’t they? Nine years after they last raised their benchmark interest rate and after months of feverish speculation, Federal Reserve policymakers this w...

Interior Dept.: High-risk oil, gas wells checks lack funding

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Bureau of Land Management lacks sufficient resources to inspect high-risk oil and gas wells on federal land as a drilling boom continues in Wyoming, Colorado and other ...

Nation Briefs

HP to jettison up to 30,000 jobs in spinoff SAN FRANCISCO – Hewlett-Packard says its upcoming spinoff of its technology divisions focused on software, consulting and data analysis...

Scott Walker plans to bar unions on a federal level

MADISON, Wis. – Republican presidential contender Scott Walker is hoping to pull his campaign off the mat by taking on unions – a familiar foe for the Wisconsin governor – in a sweeping plan...

Trump, Carson top GOP race

Hillary Clinton leads Dems but support is dropping

Nation & World Briefs

Mississippi gunman suspected in 2 deaths CLEVELAND, Miss. – A professor was killed in his office at Delta State University in Mississippi, forcing terrified students and teachers ...

Californa fire destroys communities

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – An explosive wildfire burned largely unchecked Monday after incinerating hundreds of homes and devastating rural communities north of California’s Napa Valley, leaving a...

Professor dead after shooting at college in Mississippi

CLEVELAND, Miss. – A professor was killed in his office at Delta State University in Mississippi, forcing terrified students and teachers to hunker down in classrooms as investigators searc...

No checks, please: IRS no longer takes checks for $100 million

WASHINGTON – Owe the tax man $100 million or more? Your check is no good at the IRS. Starting next year, the IRS says it will reject all checks for more than $99,999,999. That’s b...

Kentucky clerk won’t interfere with gay marriage licenses

MOREHEAD, Ky. – Clerk Kim Davis returned to work Monday for the first time since being jailed for disobeying a federal judge and said she was faced with a “seemingly impossible choice” betwe...

Germany begins temporary border checks

BERLIN – Germany introduced temporary border controls Sunday to stem the tide of thousands of refugees streaming across its frontier, sending a clear message to its European partners that it...