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Nation Briefs

10th Ebola patient arrives in U.S. OMAHA, Neb. – A surgeon who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone arrived in Nebraska on Saturday for treatment at a biocontainment uni...

World Briefs

Obama seeking closer security cooperation BRISBANE, Australia – With an eye on China, President Barack Obama and the prime ministers of Japan and Australia are poised to commit th...

U.S. general in Iraq to assess anti-Islamic State campaign

BAGHDAD – America’s top military leader arrived in Iraq on Saturday on a previously unannounced visit, his first since a U.S.-led coalition began launching airstrikes against the extremist I...

Health-care push comes to bars and nail salons

Second sign-up season begins with hopes of a better experience

Immigration orders have precedence

Reagan, Bush also acted alone to shield people from deportation

Hopes and fears as health law sign-up season opens

WASHINGTON – The second sign-up season under President Barack Obama’s health overhaul opened Saturday, with hopes that this time consumers will have a positive experience. But the...

Does Willy Wonka know?

World is quickly running out of chocolate, report says

Iraqi forces reclaim town

BAGHDAD – Iraqi forces drove Islamic State militants out of a strategic oil refinery town north of Baghdad on Friday, scoring their biggest battlefield victory since they melted away in the ...

Caution: Price hikes ahead

Low-cost insurance plans may be more costly

Nation & World Briefs

House approves plans for pipeline WASHINGTON – The Republican-controlled House passed legislation Friday approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline, setting the stage for a Senate sho...

Civil-rights figure: Racism continues

Pioneer helped integrate U.S. schools

U.S. retail sales rise ahead of holiday shopping

WASHINGTON – U.S. retail sales rose modestly in October, evidence that recent job gains and lower gasoline prices are lifting consumer spending as the holiday shopping season begins. ...