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July Fourth weekend fires up highest gas prices since 2008

The run-up in gasoline prices will make the Fourth of July weekend the costliest for motorists since 2008. Prices will average about $3.68 a gallon for regular grade, up 17 cents ...

DATE: Jun 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. takes gay rights global, despite an unsure welcome

WARSAW, Poland – President Barack Obama has taken the U.S. gay-rights revolution global, using American embassies across the world to promote a cause that still divides his own country. ...

DATE: Jun 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Heat record for May broken worldwide

WASHINGTON – Driven by exceptionally warm ocean waters, Earth smashed a record for heat in May and is likely to keep on breaking high temperature marks, experts say. The National ...

DATE: Jun 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Texas Pelosi holds little hope for immigration reform BROWNSVILLE, Texas – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Saturday during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border tha...

DATE: Jun 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iraq forces launch push for insurgent-held city

BAGHDAD – The Iraqi government launched its biggest push yet to wrest back ground lost to Sunni militants, as soldiers backed by tanks and helicopter gunships began an offensive Saturday to ...

DATE: Jun 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Benghazi suspect pleads not guilty

WASHINGTON – The Libyan militant accused of masterminding the deadly Benghazi attacks that have become a flashpoint in U.S. politics appeared briefly for the first time in an American courtr...

DATE: Jun 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pot shortages could be dire in Washington

SEATTLE – Randy Oliver has a pressing question as legal marijuana sales are about to begin in Washington state: Where’s all the weed? Oliver is the chief scientist at Analytical 3...

DATE: Jun 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

With HIV, ex-inmates face a fight

Many become disconnected from care once released

DATE: Jun 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

VA review finds ‘significant and chronic’ failures

WASHINGTON – In a scathing appraisal, a review ordered by President Barack Obama of the troubled Veterans Affairs health-care system concludes that medical care for veterans is beset by “sig...

DATE: Jun 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Astronauts getting out-of-this-world treat

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Talk about a cosmic caffeine jolt. The International Space Station is getting a real Italian espresso machine. Astronauts of all nationalities – but especi...

DATE: Jun 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iraqi lawmakers urged to pick new leader

BAGHDAD – Iraq’s top Shiite cleric ratcheted up the pressure Friday on lawmakers to agree on a prime minister before the newly elected parliament meets next week, trying to avert months of w...

DATE: Jun 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Chiropractic school must accept blind IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Iowa Supreme Court ordered the nation’s leading chiropractic college on Friday to make accommodations to allow blind st...

DATE: Jun 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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