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Repealing law carries risks, study suggests

WASHINGTON – Repealing President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law would modestly increase the budget deficit, while the number of uninsured Americans would rise by more than 20 milli...

DATE: Jun 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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Unemployment rises in half of states WASHINGTON – Unemployment rates rose in 25 U.S. states last month, driven higher in many cases by more people who began looking for work but ...

DATE: Jun 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. reports 35 percent spike in global terror attacks in 2014

WASHINGTON – Extremists in Iraq, Afghanistan and Nigeria unleashed a savage rise in violence between 2013 and 2014, according to new statistics released by the State Department. Attacks larg...

DATE: Jun 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

EPA moves to cut truck emissions

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration Friday proposed tougher mileage standards for medium and heavy-duty trucks, the latest move by President Barack Obama in his second-term drive to reduce...

DATE: Jun 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Denmark’s center-right opposition wins election

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Denmark’s center-right opposition won a parliamentary election after strong gains by an anti-immigration party that wants to limit the European Union’s influence over t...

DATE: Jun 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Who’s to blame during California drought? Basically everyone

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Mother Nature isn’t the only one getting blamed during California’s drought. The state’s historic four-year dry spell has brought with it a flurry of finger-...

DATE: Jun 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Nasdaq composite ends day with record NEW YORK – U.S. stocks rallied Thursday, with the Nasdaq composite index closing at a record, a day after the Federal Reserve signaled it wil...

DATE: Jun 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Studies further tie quakes to drilling

Big wastewater injection wells cited

DATE: Jun 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Friend: Suspect said he ‘wanted segregation’

LEXINGTON, S.C. – In recent weeks, Dylann Storm Roof reconnected with a childhood buddy he hadn’t seen in five years and started railing about the Trayvon Martin case, about black people “ta...

DATE: Jun 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

California reveals details of self-driving car accidents

LOS ANGELES – California state officials released reports Thursday detailing six accidents that involved self-driving car prototypes, reversing a policy that had shielded details of how the ...

DATE: Jun 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

NBC removes Brian Williams from ‘Nightly News’

NEW YORK – NBC News said Thursday that Brian Williams will not return to his job as “Nightly News” anchor following his suspension for misrepresenting himself but will be given a second chan...

DATE: Jun 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Treasury says woman will be picked for $10 bill

WASHINGTON – Alexander Hamilton, who has been featured on the $10 bill since 1929, is making way for a woman. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is to officially announce Thursday that ...

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

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