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GOP pushes abortion bill through House after earlier stumble

WASHINGTON – As thousands of abortion foes surged through the city on their annual protest march to the Supreme Court, Republicans muscled legislation through the House on Thursday tightenin...

DATE: Jan 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Supreme Court sharply divided over housing bias cases

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided Wednesday in a debate over a decades-old strategy for fighting discrimination in housing. Chief Justice John Roberts expres...

DATE: Jan 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Israeli leader invited to address Congress

Boehner upset by Obama’s handling of Iran talks

DATE: Jan 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Who runs Yemen in question after deal

Rebel fighters to leave president’s palace

DATE: Jan 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cuba seeks changes to U.S. migration rules

HAVANA – The United States said Wednesday it dispatched additional ships to the Florida Straits to halt Cuban rafters but rebuffed demands for broader changes to U.S. migration rules that do...

DATE: Jan 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pro-lifers pushing to limit abortions

Several federal, state bills seek to restrict procedure

DATE: Jan 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Official: FBI done with Ferguson probe WASHINGTON – A U.S. official says the FBI has finished its investigation into the police shooting of an unarmed, black 18-year-old in Fergu...

DATE: Jan 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Beard on Tut’s mask improperly repaired CAIRO – Conservators at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo say the blue and gold braided beard on a mask of famed pharaoh Tutankhamun has been ...

DATE: Jan 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lew slams door on efforts to lower top individual tax rate

WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew dismissed efforts in Congress to overhaul the nation’s tax laws by lowering the top income tax rate paid by individuals, saying Wednesday that Democ...

DATE: Jan 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senators grapple with how much students should be tested

WASHINGTON – The federal mandate to test U.S. school kids annually was at the center of a Senate panel’s work on Wednesday to fix the long outdated No Child Left Behind education law. ...

DATE: Jan 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

France to get better guns, more intel agents to fight terror

PARIS – France announced sweeping new measures to counter homegrown terrorism Wednesday, including giving security forces better weapons and protection, going on an intelligence agent hiring...

DATE: Jan 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Analysis: Obama barrels into final act of presidency unbowed

WASHINGTON – Out to rewrite the rules for lame ducks, a combative President Barack Obama is barreling into the final two years of his presidency determined to hold his own and set the terms ...

DATE: Jan 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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