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Nation Briefs

New Pluto images offer some surprises CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Scientists have released the first up-close images ever of Pluto and its big moon Charon. And they say they’re amazed...

Yellen: First Fed rate hike likely later this year

Yellen, however, downplayed the importance of the timing of the first rate hike as she delivered the Fed’s mid-year economic outlook to Congress. Interest rates will remain at very low level...

Obama defends Iran deal as only option to avert arms race

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama vigorously defended the nuclear deal with Iran on Wednesday, casting the historic accord as the only possibility to avert a war with Iran and a nuclear ar...

Israeli leader hints Iran strike still an option

JERUSALEM – The U.S.-led nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday dealt a heavy personal blow to Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, leaving him at odds with the international community an...

White House seeks support for Iran deal

Many Dems in Congress are skeptical of agreement

Nation & World Briefs

Obama: Legal system overhaul is needed PHILADELPHIA – Calling it an issue America can’t afford to ignore, President Barack Obama laid out an expansive vision Tuesday for fixing th...

‘We have reached Pluto’

NASA team celebrates after probe confirms close encounter

Republicans blast DHS head over San Francisco pier killing

WASHINGTON – Angry House Republicans blasted the Obama administration Tuesday over the release of an immigrant later charged with murder in San Francisco and advanced legislation aimed at pr...

Iranians welcome nuclear deal, hope for brighter economy

TEHRAN, Iran – Drivers honked their horns and dozens of Iranians cheered in a main square and boulevard of the capital Tehran on Tuesday, welcoming their country’s landmark nuclear deal with...

U.S. warned Mexico about escape plans

Drug lord had history of tunneling

NASA’s mission to Pluto just got little bit bigger

Dwarf planet is larger than thought

Military to re-examine transgender ban

Defense secretary calls current rules ‘outdated’