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Top military chief voices concerns about fight against IS

WASHINGTON– America’s top military officer says that while Iran’s support in the fight against Islamic State militants is helpful, the U.S. remains concerned about what happens “after the dr...

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Police chief resigns post in Ferguson FERGUSON, Mo. – The police chief in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson has resigned in the wake of a scathing Justice Department report prompte...

Government earns little respect in U.S.

Survey: Americans have little faith in their leaders

Global outage shuts down Apple’s iTunes, App stores

SAN FRANCISCO – Apple has restored service to its widely used iTunes and app stores after a rare breakdown Wednesday. The outage vexed the iPhone and iPad maker for more than five...

New low in relations between Obama, congressional GOP

WASHINGTON – Relations between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans have hit a new low. There has been little direct communication between Obama and the GOP leader...

Ferguson fallout continues

City manager leaves in wake of federal report

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Obama offers help with student debt ATLANTA – President Barack Obama says college affordability isn’t just important for students, but for the nation as well. Obama t...

New fossil find may reset human timeline

A lower jaw found in Africa could mean that the Homo genus – the one that we ourselves belong to – evolved some 400,000 years earlier than previously assumed. The 2.8 million-year-old fossil...

Astronomers get rare peek at space

Multiple views of supernova seen

Paul joins Democrats in bid to boost medical marijuana

WASHINGTON – Two Democratic senators and a possible Republican presidential candidate joined forces Tuesday to push a bill to remove federal prohibitions on medical marijuana in 23 states wh...

Clinton denies violating rules

UNITED NATIONS – Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that she regretted using only a private email server for work-related correspondence as secretary of state, saying that she sent more tha...

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Chad, Niger troops attack Boko Haram N’DJAMENA, Chad – Soldiers from Chad and Niger launched the largest international push to defeat Nigeria’s Islamic extremists whose war has sp...