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World Economic Forum warns over international conflicts

LONDON – Following a year marked by the conflict in Ukraine and the rise of the Islamic State, geopolitical issues are considered to be the biggest threat to global stability over the coming...

Obama renews push for paid leave for working parents

BALTIMORE – President Barack Obama on Thursday renewed his push for paid leave for parents and other workers, saying he’s astonished that so many people don’t get paid sick leave. ...

Islamic State faces big setback

Kurds pushing militants out of Syrian border town

‘Lone wolf’ fears growing

Experts say homegrown terrorists pose great risk to U.S.

Nation & World Briefs

Shake-up reported at Secret Service WASHINGTON – The Secret Service has decided to remove four of its most senior officials, while two others are retiring, the biggest management...

IRS won’t answer more than half of its calls

WASHINGTON – Taxpayers will face the worst levels of service in more than a decade from the Internal Revenue Service this filing season, with as few as 43 percent of callers getting through ...

Report: Detained Washington Post journalist indicted in Iran

TEHRAN, Iran – A Washington Post journalist detained in Iran for months has been indicted and will stand trial, Iran’s state news agency reported Wednesday, without elaborating on what charg...

NASA reports there was no ammonia leak in space station

The early morning alarm that forced U.S. astronauts to evacuate their segment of the International Space Station on Wednesday morning was a computer error, NASA reported. At 4 a.m...

France cracks down on hate speech, sends carrier to Mideast

PARIS – France ordered prosecutors around the country to crack down on hate speech, anti-Semitism and those glorifying terrorism and announced Wednesday it was sending an aircraft carrier to...

Pope presses Sri Lankan unity call with Mass, Tamil visit

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Pope Francis pressed his call for Sri Lankan unity and reconciliation Wednesday with a Mass in Colombo to canonize the country’s first saint and a visit to the war-ravag...

Nation Briefs

White House plans methane-gas curbs WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is putting the energy industry on notice that it intends to curb methane emissions by nearly half through...

Military suicides up slightly in 2014

WASHINGTON – Suicides among members of the active-duty military personnel rose slightly in 2014, led by increases in the number of sailors and airmen who took their own lives, new Defense De...