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Apple stock falls after announcements

Excitement and disappointment over Apple's new products sent its stock on a rollercoaster ride Tuesday as investors reacted to a bevy of announcements. Apple's stock was volatile ...

Terror plotter Padilla gets new 21-year sentence

A jury found the Brooklyn-born Padilla guilty in 2007 on charges of supporting al-Qaida and terrorism conspiracy, which carried a possible life sentence. Evidence showed he attended an al-Qa...

Congress considers review of police military gear

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers said Tuesday they were considering doing more to monitor and hold accountable police departments across the United States that obtain sophisticated military equipment ...

Arab League agrees to combat Islamic State group

BAGHDAD – The Arab League agreed Monday to take urgent measures to combat extremists like the Islamic State group as one of its suicide bombers killed 16 people at a meeting of Sunni tribal ...

Obama to broaden U.S. effort against jihadis

President to speak to nation Wednesday

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Execs feeling tight-fisted

Nation & World Briefs

Ukraine’s leader rallies for unity in country MARIUPOL, Ukraine – Seeking to rally national unity, President Petro Poroshenko visited a southeastern port Monday that has been assa...

U.S. faces Arab reluctance in Islamic State fight

BEIRUT – Stitching together a broad coalition to tackle the violent Islamic State group hinges on overcoming the reluctance of U.S. allies in the Middle East who are deeply frustrated with a...

Fare thee well, Joan

Comedian remembered at star-studded funeral in NYC

Lava in Hawaii community slowly approaches homes

HONOLULU – Rural Hawaii residents still recovering from a tropical storm are keeping a nervous eye on a lava flow that may reach their community within a week. Lava from Kilauea v...

Will Arab League work to stop Islamic State?

22-country group has had a history of failing to help each other in crises

Gay-marriage in court today

Idaho, Nevada, Hawaii to make cases before 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals