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U.S. official: Reports say 1 dead at Fort Meade gate crashing

FORT MEADE, Md. – Officers opened fire after two men dressed as women refused to stop Monday at the National Security Agency gate at Fort Meade and then smashed into a police vehicle blocki...

Pentagon chief may ease military enlistment standards

ABINGTON, Pa. – Defense Secretary Ash Carter is considering easing some military enlistment standards as a way of attracting and retaining service members and civilians needed by the Defens...

Boosting Iran’s economy is the incentive of nuclear deal

Several factors led to sanctions against country

World Briefs

Pastor says community stands by co-pilot MONTABAUR, Germany – The pastor of the Lutheran church in Andreas Lubitz’s hometown said Sunday that the community stands by him and his ...

Nation Briefs

Library of Congress acquires rare trove of Civil War images WASHINGTON – A Houston housewife who has quietly collected rare Civil War images for 50 years has sold more than 500 ea...

NSA programs questioned internally

Top officials believed risks to privacy not worth taking

It’s a whole new game now

Parker Brothers’ Monopoly would look much different today

At least 9 dead in Somalia attack

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Al-Shabab militants blasted their way into a Mogadishu hotel and took positions inside, exchanging fire with security forces seeking to regain control of the facility la...

41 dead, but millions vote

Boko Haram terrorize Nigeria amid election

Nation & World Briefs

7 shot in Fla. during spring break party PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – Seven people were injured, some critically, during an early-morning spray of gunfire Saturday at a spring break ...

Obama declares war on the ‘superbugs’

But is it enough? Some want more done

Nation Briefs

Kerry orders review of record-keeping WASHINGTON – The State Department has ordered an internal audit of its recordkeeping, officials said Friday, outlining a top-to-bottom look a...