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Northwest wildlife refuges to phase out neonicotinoids

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Federal wildlife refuges in the Northwest and Hawaii will phase out a class of pesticides that are chemically similar to nicotine because they pose a threat to bees and o...

Nation & World Briefs

Obama urges access to Ukraine crash site WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama sternly called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to compel Kremlin-backed separatists to stop hamper...

Cellphone-privacy ruling may have broad impact

WASHINGTON – When it comes to same-sex marriage, last year’s Supreme Court ruling that the federal government must recognize legally married gay and lesbian couples has led to a string of lo...

Courts bracing for influx of youth immigrant cases

SAN ANTONIO – One after another, the children from Central America sat at the defendant’s table in U.S. Immigration Court in this city and faced routine questions from Judge Anibal Martinez....

Truce effort intensifies as Gaza death toll rises

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – A high-level attempt by the U.N. chief and the U.S. secretary of state to end deadly Israel-Hamas fighting was off to a rough start Monday: Gaza’s Hamas rulers signal...

Police flipping out subway acrobats

New York City targets impromptu performers

$12.3M to help restore general’s home

ARLINGTON, Va. – A historic plantation originally built as a monument to George Washington overlooking the nation’s capital, a site that later was home to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and ...

U.S. sharpens criticism of Hamas, urges cease-fire

WASHINGTON – The United States on Sunday sharpened its criticism of Hamas and urged the militant Palestinian group to accept a cease-fire agreement that would halt nearly two weeks of fighti...

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Calif. drought harms clean-energy goals SAN FRANCISCO – Already locked in its third dry year, an ongoing drought could complicate California’s battle against global warming and ma...

Refrigerated boxcars used to hold bodies from Malaysian plane

Assorted leaders speak with Putin

Colleges woo Native Americans

Tribes worry identities will be lost

2 Americans killed in Gaza Strip fighting

Two Americans who were soldiers with the Israel Defense Forces were killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip. Stuart Steinberg confirmed the death of his son Max Steinberg, 24, to The...