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Officer is charged in shooting case

Video shows black suspect shot in back

Poll: Cubans expect ties to U.S. will help economy

HAVANA – Cubans overwhelmingly expect detente with the United States to alter their widely disliked economic system, according to a rare poll of 1,200 people across the island. Th...

Nations increase roles in conflict in Yemen

Iran sends ships to guard shipping

White House criticizes ruling on Obama’s immigration action

HOUSTON – A federal judge has wrongly prevented “lawful, commonsense policies” from taking effect by blocking President Barack Obama’s executive action that seeks to shield millions of immig...

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev convicted in Boston Marathon bombing

BOSTON – Federal prosecutors on Wednesday said they are “gratified” by the guilty verdict against Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and thank everyone who played a role. U....

Racism not due for any millennial change it seems

WASHINGTON – Racial slurs that have cropped up in chants and emails and on whiteboards on America’s college campuses have some people worried about whether the nation’s diverse and fawned-ov...

Nation Briefs

Chicago mayor wins in runoff election CHICAGO – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel won a second term Tuesday in a runoff election campaign that hinged on serious financial challenges fac...

Obama: Climate change poses health threat

WASHINGTON – Global warming isn’t just affecting the weather, it’s harming Americans’ health, President Barack Obama said Tuesday as he announced steps government and businesses will take to...

Paul all in for 2016 race

Tea party member to seek GOP nod for presidency

Response to attack in Kenya spurs protests

NAIROBI, Kenya – Public anger spilled into the streets of the Kenyan capital Tuesday, a fury stirred by the seven-hour delay between the time authorities learned of a deadly attack by gunmen...

World Briefs

Russian troops hold Arctic exercises MOSCOW – Russian paratroopers have landed on a drifting ice floe near the North Pole as part of drills intended to showcase the nation’s milit...

Official: Blast at power plant responsible for D.C. outages

WASHINGTON – Widespread power outages affected sites across Washington and its suburbs Tuesday afternoon. Officials have cited an explosion at a Maryland power plant and say there’s no known...