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More vigorous U.S. economy appears to be emerging

WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy has rebounded with vigor from a grim start to 2014 and should show renewed strength into next year. That was the general view of analysts Wednesday a...

Probe exposes flaws behind HealthCare.gov rollout

WASHINGTON – Management failures by the Obama administration set the stage for the computer woes that paralyzed the president’s new health-care program last fall, nonpartisan investigators s...

World Briefs

Admiral gives warning about North Korea tests WASHINGTON – The admiral in charge of U.S. forces in the Pacific says North Korea may be lulling the world into largely accepting its...

OK, Cupid playing fast and loose with love

Dating website offers no apologies for bad matches

U.S., Europe tighten sanctions on Russia

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama announced expanded sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, just hours after the European Union imposed its most sweeping measures yet penalizing Moscow for i...

Poll: Immigration worries growing

McALLEN, Texas – For nearly two months, images of immigrant children who have crossed the border without a parent, only to wind up in concrete holding cells once in the United States, have t...

Nation Briefs

House, Senate OK highway funding bills WASHINGTON – The House and Senate have passed competing versions of legislation to prevent the federal trust funds providing highway and tr...

Senate confirms McDonald as VA secretary

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed former Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald as the new Veterans Affairs secretary, with a mission to overhaul an agency beleaguered b...

Israel increases attacks against Hamas targets

Cease-fire efforts hit snag

Conference committee approves $17 billion VA health bill

WASHINGTON – House and Senate negotiators on Tuesday approved a $17 billion compromise bill to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs and reform a program scandalized by veterans’ long ...

White House: EU, US to impose new Russia sanctions

WASHINGTON – The United States and European Union plan to impose new sanctions against Russia this week, including penalties targeting key sectors of the Russian economy, the White House sai...

Trial opening over video of Oklahoma City bombing

OKLAHOMA CITY – A Salt Lake City attorney is arguing in a lawsuit that the FBI has video of the Oklahoma City bombing that shows a second person was involved. The case is at the h...