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Report urges end-of-life planning

Dying patients often don’t get medical care they want

Nation & World Briefs

House approves plans to train Syrian rebels WASHINGTON – The Republican-controlled House voted grudgingly to give the administration authority to train and arm Syrian rebels Wedne...

School district police stock up free military gear

LOS ANGELES – School police departments across the country have taken advantage of free military surplus gear, stocking up on mine resistant armored vehicles, grenade launchers and scores of...

U.S. military role in Iraq raises combat questions

WASHINGTON – The White House and the Pentagon are grappling with how to explain what American military forces are doing and could do in Iraq as they battle the Islamic State militants. ...

Panama – a feel good place

Central American country’s people rated most upbeat

White House rejects use of ground forces

General: Troops may be needed to fight Islamic State

World Briefs

Sides make final push before Scottish vote EDINBURGH, Scotland – The two sides in Scotland’s independence debate are scrambling to convert undecided voters, with just two days to ...

Nation Briefs

Poverty rate down as employment improves WASHINGTON – The poverty rate in the United States has dropped for the first time since 2006, bringing a bit of encouraging news about the...

Mexico to airlift tourists after Hurricane Odile

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico – The Mexican government prepared to begin airlifting tens of thousands of stranded tourists out of the hurricane-ravaged resort area of Los Cabos on Tuesday, as resid...

U.S. steps up Ebola fight

WHO warns disease could begin spreading more quickly

U.S. wealth gap putting the squeeze on state revenue

The widening gap between the wealthiest Americans and everyone else has been matched by a slowdown in state tax revenue, according to a report being released Monday by Standard & Poor’s. ...

Nation & World Briefs

Hurricane Odile slams Baja California CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico – Hurricane Odile blazed a trail of destruction through Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Monday that leveled ever...