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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...

Ax-throwing skills a plus for this class

PAUL SMITHS, N.Y. – Ax throwing is encouraged in lumberjack class. It’s also OK to dump your classmate in the lake – as long as you’re both frantically trying to stay upright on a floating l...

Scientists going high-tech to fund research

NEW YORK – In more than three decades of studying ferns, Duke University professor Kathleen Pryer has received her share of grant money. But for her newest project, she’s getting help from a...

Scores dead in Gaza battle

432 Palestinians, 20 Israelis, 2 Americans killed

Drug offender with life term hopes to be on other side

Many nonviolent inmates could receive clemency

More than 100 people killed in Nigeria

Boko Haram had also abducted Nigerian schoolgirls earlier this year

Iraq’s Christians flee city of Mosul

Islamic State gives citizens three options for continued stay

Monitors try to secure crash site

Both pro-Russians, Ukraine accusing the other of firing missile at plane

Nation & World Briefs

Georgia FBI issues warning on air-conditioner coolant ATLANTA – As the U.S. tries to phase out a polluting refrigerant that is used in millions of air conditioners acro...

How are U.S. communities tackling child immigrants?

Variety of solutions reached in the face of federal stalemate

Israeli airstrikes, shelling kill 342

Death toll largely consists of civilians; tunnels in Gaza targeted by military