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GOP pushes Obama to visit border area WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is facing mounting calls from Republicans to take a firsthand look at the immigration emergency at the U....

Unfinished overpass falls in Brazil

SAO PAULO – An overpass under construction collapsed Thursday in a World Cup host city, killing at least two people and trapping a commuter bus, two construction trucks and a car, Brazilian ...

Google struggling with removal requests

BRUSSELS – Google’s removal of search results in Europe is drawing accusations of press censorship, as stories from some of the continent’s most prominent news outlets begin vanishing. The U...

Veteran asks for courtesy with fireworks

A reminder of war’s lasting effect flashed across social media today as a photo of a veteran holding a poster expressing concerns about fireworks and the emotional trigger of nearby explosio...

Some shocking truth

We really hate being alone with our thoughts, new study suggests

Hiring up as jobless numbers decrease

Job growth averages 272K during past three months

World Briefs

Ukraine president names defense chief KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko shook up his faltering military Thursday, appointing a new defense minister and top gene...

Obama: America’s journey to equal rights continues

President Barack Obama hailed the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act Wednesday, saying the landmark law “transformed the concepts of justice, equality and democracy for generations to ...

Cleanup set to begin at ‘Atomic Man’ site

SPOKANE, Wash. – Workers are preparing to enter one of the most dangerous rooms on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation – the site of a 1976 blast that exposed a technician to a massive dose of r...

Killing spurs new tensions

JERUSALEM - The body of an abducted Arab teenager was found in a Jerusalem forest early Wednesday, fanning outrage among Palestinians and threatening to further escalate the broader tensions...

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British investigating Facebook experiment LONDON – British data protection authorities are investigating revelations that Facebook conducted a psychological experiment on its user...

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Foreign airports warned of new security threat WASHINGTON – Intelligence officials are concerned about a new al-Qaida effort to create a bomb that would go undetected through airp...