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Judge to move forward with suit over NSA’s bulk collection

WASHINGTON – A federal judge said Wednesday he plans to push ahead with a challenge to the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of telephone data on hundreds of millions of Americans, ...

DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

China marks Japan WWII defeat, shows rising power in parade

BEIJING – Tanks, missiles and troops in lock-step filed past Beijing’s iconic Tiananmen Square in a massive parade Thursday commemorating Japan’s World War II defeat 70 years ago and underli...

DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

In Alaska, Obama becomes 1st president to enter the Arctic

KOTZEBUE, Alaska – President Barack Obama crossed the Arctic Circle on Wednesday in a first by a sitting U.S. president, telling residents in a far-flung Alaska village that their plight sho...

DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. report notes other Fergusons are possible

WASHINGTON – The police response to unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, last summer offers lessons in how not to handle mass demonstrations, according to a Justice Department report that warns suc...

DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senator No. 34 backs Iran deal

Commitment ensures accord is veto proof

DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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Court asked to review Texas abortion law WASHINGTON – Texas abortion clinics are asking the Supreme Court to take up a major case about abortion rights in the midst of the 2016 pr...

DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Does Denali measure up to Mount McKinley?

Mountain is 10 feet shorter than thought

DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hungary bars migrants from trains; smugglers wait in wings

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Hungary stunned migrants and European partners Tuesday by blocking asylum-seekers from its westbound trains, a move that raised new challenges for the EU’s passport-free ...

DATE: Sep 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Carter, in folksy talks, describes U.S. military of future

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Ash Carter used a speech and a wide-ranging exchange with troops on social media sites Tuesday to press his agenda for change in the military, signaling his ea...

DATE: Sep 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

President visits melting glacier

Obama blames ice’s rapid retreat on worsening climate change

DATE: Sep 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kentucky clerk refuses to heed courts on gay marriage

MOREHEAD, Ky. – Invoking “God’s authority,” a county clerk denied marriage licenses to gay couples again Tuesday in direct defiance of the federal courts and vowed not to resign, even under ...

DATE: Sep 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World