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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...

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...

Lake Mead users fear worst

14-year drought threatens Southwestern water supplies

Alexander the Great-era tomb discovered

AMPHIPOLIS, Greece – Archaeologists excavating an ancient mound in northern Greece have uncovered what appears to be the entrance to an important tomb from about the end of the reign of warr...

World Briefs

Kerry urges help against terror threat CANBERRA, Australia – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday described a photograph of a Sydney-born 7-year-old boy clutching the sev...

Russian convoy spurs concerns in Ukraine, West

Officials fear aid may be cover

WHO backs use of untested Ebola drugs

Agency: World has ‘duty’ to test effectiveness

Hollywood legend Lauren Bacall dies

Stage, screen actress dead at age 89

Williams hanged himself with belt, officials say

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – Struggling with depression, Robin Williams tried to cut his wrist and hanged himself with a belt in a bedroom of his San Francisco Bay Area home, officials said Tuesday....

Iraqi leader growing more isolated

BAGHDAD – His days in power in Iraq appear increasingly numbered. World leaders, including his biggest ally, Iran, hail the nomination of the man who would be his successor. Ther...

Robin Williams dead at 63

Star had been battling depression recently

U.S. agency moves slowly on investigation requests

The Associated Press reviewed all 15 petitions filed by drivers with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since 2010 and found the agency missed the legal deadline to grant or ...