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America is growing older, more diverse

WASHINGTON – A U.S. Census Bureau report shows the baby boom generation fading further into the gray and giving way to millennials in a country whose younger generations are also becoming mo...

Supreme Court upholds nationwide health care law subsidies

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the nationwide tax subsidies underpinning President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, rejecting a major challenge to the landmark law in ...

Nation & World Briefs

Poll finds support to keep subsidies WASHINGTON – Most Americans want the Supreme Court to side with the government when it decides whether the feds can continue subsidizing insu...

French leaders upset by reported U.S. spying

BERLIN – French President François Hollande convened high-level emergency meetings Wednesday after the disclosure of purported top-secret reports showing that the United States has spied on ...

Migrant-detention plan draws criticism

Lawyers, advocates doubt many families will qualify for release

Defense officials fear new arms race

Experts concerned Senate holding up approval of ban on nuclear tests

Boston Marathon bomber says he’s sorry for the first time

BOSTON – Moments before a judge sentenced him to death, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev rose to his feet Wednesday and apologized to the victims and their loved ones for the first t...

No bailout deal yet for Greece as meeting cut short

BRUSSELS – With major differences remaining between Greece and its creditors, eurozone finance ministers cut short a meeting on Greece’s proposals to avoid a default and planned to meet agai...

Guard who gave meat to 2 inmates arrested after their escape

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – A maximum-security prison guard who delivered frozen meat with tools hidden inside to two inmates before they escaped was arrested on Wednesday. But correction...

Nation & World

Protests planned to stop telescope HONOLULU – About 20 people opposed to building what would be one of the world’s largest telescopes on a Hawaii mountain are camped out near the...

Greece defends ‘harsh’ reforms it promised creditors

ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s government on Tuesday defended the billions worth of “harsh” new budget savings it has offered in talks with creditors, as some of the governing party’s own lawmake...

Confederate flag battle spreads

Calls to remove symbols spread across South