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Germany OKs bailout deal

Rescue plan for Greece moves ahead

DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New president may be stuck with deal

GOP candidates vowing to undo nuclear agreement with Iran

DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Agency’s threat to close VA hospitals draws ire

WASHINGTON – Senior lawmakers traveled from Capitol Hill on Thursday to the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters to hear firsthand why the agency is threatening to shut down some hosp...

DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

It’s San Francisco or bust: Hitchhiking robot hits the road

BOSTON – With its thumb raised skyward and a grin on its digital face, the robotic creation of two researchers in Canada is hitchhiking across the U.S. The humanoid robot named hi...

DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Death business expands into hosting other events

Funeral homes adding to revenue sources

DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Minorities, young Americans still backing Obama

WASHINGTON – Even as the public remains closely divided about his presidency, Barack Obama is holding on to his support from the so-called “Obama coalition” of minorities, liberals and young...

DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

How did gunman go from typical suburban life to attack?

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Counterterrorism investigators are trying to figure out why a 24-year-old Kuwait-born man who seemingly had a typical suburban American upbringing attacked two U.S. mili...

DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Brief

4 Marines killed in Chattanooga attacks CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. â€“ A gunman unleashed a barrage of fire at a recruiting center and another U.S. military site a few miles apart in Chat...

DATE: Jul 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Climate report suggests planet is ‘gravely ill’

WASHINGTON – In their annual, detailed physical of Earth’s climate, scientists say the world is in increasingly hot and rising water. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administ...

DATE: Jul 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

New pledges to let Greece reopen banks ATHENS, Greece – Greece on Thursday won vital pledges of support from bailout lenders needed to keep its economy from collapsing, but offici...

DATE: Jul 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World