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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...

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 ...

Train derailment raises doubts about new rules

Crude-oil fire forces town’s evacuation

Nation & World Briefs

Tornadoes strike Nebraska, Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY – A storm that produced tornadoes across parts of southwestern Oklahoma bore down on suburban Oklahoma City during the evening ru...

Self-driving tractor-trailer unveiled

LAS VEGAS – Although much attention has been paid to autonomous vehicles being developed by Google and traditional car companies, one truck maker believes that automated tractor-trailers wil...

Israel’s Netanyahu completes formation of government

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday completed the formation of a new coalition government, reaching a last-minute deal with a nationalist party just before a m...

More lone-wolf terror attacks expected

Social media spurring smaller plots by individuals

Are bungled VA claims systemic?

Senators want agency review

Germanwings co-pilot tested descents hours before crash

PARIS – A co-pilot who purposely crashed a Germanwings A320 plane into the French Alps appeared to have rehearsed sending the jet into a deadly descent on another flight just two hours earli...

Experts doubt IS had role in attack

Terrorist group claims assault in Texas

Kerry: U.S. ‘returning’ to Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Two decades after dead American soldiers were dragged through the streets of Mogadishu, John Kerry on Tuesday became the first secretary of state to set foot in Somalia,...

Huckabee to seek GOP presidential nomination

HOPE, Ark. – Mike Huckabee declared his presidential candidacy Tuesday, counting on his brand of conservative populism to make his second White House bid more successful than his first. In 2...