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Saudi Arabia continues to strike Yemeni rebels

SANAA, Yemen – Hours after Saudi Arabia declared an end to its coalition’s nearly monthlong air campaign in Yemen, new air strikes Wednesday hit Iran-backed militants and their allies in two...

Don’t get rattled, but you may be in a quake zone

LOS ANGELES – More than 143 million people in the Lower 48 states now live on shaky ground, earthquake scientists say. That’s because more people have moved into the quake-prone W...

Obama: Climate change is ‘problem now’

Says Florida’s water, tourism endangered

Italy urges action against smugglers

Official: Europe must stem refugee flow

Privacy groups seek new details on NSA

WASHINGTON – As Congress considers whether to extend the life of a program that sweeps up American phone records, privacy advocates and civil-liberties groups say too much about government s...

Nation & World Briefs

House approves energy-efficiency bill WASHINGTON – The House gave final legislative approval to a long-delayed bill to boost energy efficiency, sending the measure to the White Ho...

DEA chief leaving post under pressure

Her response to prostitution scandal drew criticism

U.S. to investigate death of suspect after arrest

Hundreds protest police mistreatment of blacks

Saudis say Houthis aren’t threat in Yemen

Country to switch tactics in fighting rebels

Court ruling threatens drought-relief efforts

LOS ANGELES – In a ruling that Gov. Jerry Brown said puts a “straitjacket” on local governments trying to fight the severe statewide drought, an appeals court has found that an Orange County...

Still sharp, Hubble telescope turns 25

Orbital camera has changed our understanding of the universe and space itself

Chemistry student draws on love of comics for thesis

MADISON, Wis. – Late last spring, a doctoral student worked late into the night. As she doodled, her chemistry thesis took on a life of its own, transforming into a comic book. Ve...