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Convicted murderer gives jury Nazi salute OLATHE, Kan. – The man who admitted killing three people at two suburban Kansas City Jewish sites gave jurors a Nazi salute Monday after...

Legal experts: Clinton isn’t in trouble

No evidence she knew any emails were classified

Thai police seeking 2 suspects

BANGKOK – Thai police issued arrest warrants Monday for two more suspects, a Thai woman and a foreign man of unknown nationality, as part of a widening investigation that yielded its first a...

Obama begins Alaska visit

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – President Barack Obama brought the power of the presidential pulpit to Alaska on Monday, aiming to thrust climate change to the forefront of the global agenda with a hist...

Global warming carving changes into Alaska in fire and ice

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Global warming is carving measurable changes into Alaska, and President Barack Obama is about to see it. Obama leaves Monday for a three-day visit to the 49th ...

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Deputy’s killer had lengthy record HOUSTON – The man charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of a uniformed suburban Houston sheriff’s deputy had a lengthy criminal reco...

Oregon hemp farmer says startup going slow

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – One of Oregon’s first hemp farmers says a lack of seed is making it tough to get going. Josephine County Commissioner Cheryl Walker says that fertile seed is e...

World Briefs

Boko Haram trying to hit Lagos ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s Islamic extremist rebels Boko Haram are trying to extend their violent campaign across the country including Lagos, the c...

Migrants seek EU’s field of dreams

Hungary’s hostility to immigrants fails to dissuade the desperate

As Common Core results trickle in, initial goals unfulfilled

LOS ANGELES – Results for some of the states that participated in Common Core-aligned testing for the first time this spring are out, with overall scores higher than expected, though still b...

Pending home-sales index rebounds in July

WASHINGTON – Contracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes climbed in July for the sixth time in the last seven months, signaling further momentum in residential real estate. ...

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Man, 30, charged with capital murder HOUSTON – Prosecutors on Saturday charged a 30-year-old man with capital murder in the killing of a sheriff’s deputy who was gunned down from ...