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Online harassment: It’s probably happened to you

NEW YORK – A new study confirms what many Internet users know all too well: Harassment is a common part of online life. The first-of-its-kind report by the Pew Research Center fo...

World & Nation Briefs

No cease-fire with Nigerian extremists MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Days after Nigeria’s military raised hopes with the announcement that Islamic extremists had agreed to a cease-fire, Bo...

2 dead in shooting in Canada shooting

Gunman dies after attacking Parliament

U.S. to track travelers from Ebola-hit nations

WASHINGTON – Stepping up their vigilance against Ebola, federal authorities said Wednesday that everyone traveling into the U.S. from Ebola-stricken nations will be monitored for symptoms fo...

Hospital of Ebola patient posts poor ER benchmarks

DALLAS – Diplomas from outstanding medical schools. Records free of discipline. A team trusted by a president. For all the strengths of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas,...

Nation & World Briefs

Watergate-era Post editor dies at 93 WASHINGTON – Ben Bradlee, the hard-charging editor who guided The Washington Post through its Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Watergate...

Poll offers hope to GOP

Republicans now favored to win Senate in election

North Korea frees American detainee

WASHINGTON – An American tourist who was arrested in North Korea in May after leaving a Bible at his hotel has been released and is en route home, U.S. officials said Tuesday. Jef...

Former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee dies

WASHINGTON – Ben Bradlee, the hard-charging editor who guided The Washington Post through its Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Watergate scandal and invigorated its newsroom for more t...

Denver girls may have tried to join jihadis

DENVER (AP) - The FBI said Tuesday that it’s investigating the possibility that three girls from the Denver area tried to travel to Syria to join Islamic State extremists. An FBI ...

U.S. tightens Ebola screening

But White House rejects ban on travel from West Africa nations

Nation & World Briefs

Hong Kong blames outsiders for protests HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s leader has claimed that “external forces” are participating in student-led pro-democracy protests that have occupie...