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Court clears FAA rules on cellphones WASHINGTON – Federal aviation officials acted within their authority in allowing airline passengers to use cellphone and other electronics dur...

DATE: May 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. agrees to probe police in Baltimore

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department waded anew Friday into fraught big city police-community relations, with new Attorney General Loretta Lynch declaring the subject “one of the most challen...

DATE: May 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Conservatives form government in UK

British voters return PM’s party to power

DATE: May 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

NSA's bulk collection of telephone data ruled illegal

NEW YORK – The National Security Agency’s bulk collection of phone data isn’t legal, a federal appeals court said just weeks before the law the government used to justify the program is set ...

DATE: May 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Southern Plains braces for more storms, floods

OKLAHOMA CITY – Residents of the southern Plains cleaned up Thursday after a night of storms that spawned 51 tornadoes, assessing the damage and flooding under sunny skies but with the threa...

DATE: May 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Conservatives may pull surprise

Polls: British PM’s party doing better than expected

DATE: May 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Turkey, Saudis working to topple Assad

ISTANBUL, Turkey – Casting aside U.S. concerns about aiding extremist groups, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have converged on an aggressive new strategy to bring down Syrian President Bashar Assad...

DATE: May 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Oil being shipped was treated, company says BISMARCK, N.D. – A shipment of oil involved in an explosive train derailment in North Dakota had been treated to reduce its volatility ...

DATE: May 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Nepalese mourn victms of quake KATHMANDU, Nepal – Thousands of Nepalese dressed in white offered prayers and flowers at home and in temples Thursday in a Hindu ritual marking the ...

DATE: May 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bill gives Congress say on Iran deal

Senate proposal gets bipartisan support

DATE: May 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Maryland’s senators support federal probe in Baltimore

BALTIMORE – U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski said Thursday that she and other members of Maryland’s congressional delegation support Baltimore’s mayor in asking for a broad federal investigation o...

DATE: May 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Brown lawns loom this summer in California

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. – It was with more hope than accuracy that the founder of this Orange County city picked the name Garden Grove in 1874 for what was little more than an open plain under ...

DATE: May 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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