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Netanyahu: Hamas, Islamic State share creed

UNITED NATIONS – In a blistering speech to the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday that Hamas and the Islamic State group are “branches of the same poi...

Effort to oust Assad loses priority

Obama says strikes more important

Colo. could see $175M in pot revenue

If a pair of new government forecasts prove true, Washington and Colorado would see more than $800 million in extra revenue over the next few years thanks to marijuana sales. At the least. ...

Reports: White House intruder gets far past front door

WASHINGTON – The intruder who climbed a fence made it farther inside the White House than the Secret Service has publicly acknowledged, the Washington Post and New York Times newspapers repo...

FAA chief orders review Chicago air traffic snarl

WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing security practices and how it deals with unexpected incidents throughout its air traffic control facilities following last week’...

Afghan president sworn in, paving way for U.S. pact

KABUL, Afghanistan – Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in Monday as Afghanistan’s new president, replacing Hamid Karzai in the country’s first transfer of power since the 2001 U.S.-led invasio...

Obama: ‘Contradictory’ Syria policy helps Assad

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Sunday gave voice to the conundrum at the heart of his Syria policy, acknowledging that the U.S.-led military campaign against the Islamic State group ...

World Briefs

Hong Kong police use tear gas on protesters HONG KONG – Pro-democracy demonstrators defied onslaughts of tear gas and appeals from Hong Kong’s top leader to go home, as the protes...

Middle class feeling the squeeze

Excluding electronics, costs rising faster than paychecks

Scientists find water on planet

Seven hundred and twenty-nine trillion miles away, a planet four times bigger than our own has water in its atmosphere. Of course, the planet is a super hot bundle of gas surrounding a tiny ...

Last stretch of NYC park to open

Abandoned rails turned into 22-block walkway

Water may predate sun

Study raises possibility of finding exterrestial life