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Study blames humans for most of melting glaciers

WASHINGTON – More than two-thirds of the recent rapid melting of the world’s glaciers can be blamed on humans, a new study finds. Scientists looking at glacier melt since 1851 di...

DATE: Aug 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

State troopers take charge in Ferguson

Governor urges city to ‘step back a little bit’

DATE: Aug 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

First Guard troops arrive on border HIDALGO, Texas – The first wave of National Guard troops has taken up observation posts along the Texas-Mexico border. Texas Nation...

DATE: Aug 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Israel, Hamas extend truce as talks continue

CAIRO – Israel and Hamas agreed to extend a temporary cease-fire for five days, Egyptian and Palestinian officials announced Wednesday, permitting the sides to continue to negotiate a substa...

DATE: Aug 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. looks at rescue options

Team finds fewer Iraqi refugees on mountain than thought

DATE: Aug 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Sheriff defends release of details on Williams SAN FRANCISCO –Sheriff’s officials in the San Francisco Bay Area defended their decision to release details about how actor Robin Wi...

DATE: Aug 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pope makes first South Korean visit in 25 years

SEOUL, South Korea – Pope Francis arrived Thursday in South Korea on the first papal visit to the Asian nation in a quarter century, stepping off a plane onto a red carpet and greeting the p...

DATE: Aug 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gay marriages could begin by next week in Virgina

RICHMOND, Va. – A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to delay its ruling striking down Virginia’s gay-marriage ban, which means that same-sex couples could begin marrying in the state a...

DATE: Aug 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama weighing options for rescuing Iraqi refugees

EDGARTOWN, Mass. – President Barack Obama is considering a range of military options, including airlifts and creating safe passages, for rescuing thousands of Iraqi refugees trapped on a mou...

DATE: Aug 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Few Nicaraguan children migrating to the U.S.

Many finding jobs in Costa Rica

DATE: Aug 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Protests turn violent in St. Louis suburb

FERGUSON, Mo. – Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death turned violent Wednesday night, with some peopl...

DATE: Aug 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Brief

Deadline nears to fix health-care problems WASHINGTON – Hundreds of thousands of people who signed up under the new health-care law risk losing their taxpayer-subsidized insurance...

DATE: Aug 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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