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Evacuation ordered for island on North Carolina’s Outer Banks

CHARLESTON, S.C. – As one of the year’s busiest travel weekends approaches, so does another visitor: Tropical Storm Arthur, expected to grow into a hurricane by the Fourth of July and hit mo...

Judge: Libyan militant to remain in U.S. custody

WASHINGTON – A federal judge on Wednesday directed a Libyan militant charged in the 2012 Benghazi attacks to remain in U.S. custody after his own lawyer conceded that he had no reasonable ch...

Rights groups blast report supporting NSA program

WASHINGTON – Endorsement of the NSA’s Internet surveillance programs by a bipartisan privacy board deeply disappointed civil liberties activists Wednesday while providing a measure of vindic...

Water auctions spur worries in California

SAN FRANCISCO – Throughout California’s desperately dry Central Valley, those with water to spare are cashing in. As a third parched summer forces farmers to fallow fields and la...

One more state sees ban on gay marriages fall

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A federal judge in Kentucky struck down the state’s ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, though the ruling was temporarily put on hold and it was not immediately clear when same...

What’s it take to make a horn?

Triceratops are the dinosaurs known – and named – for their three prominent horns. But newly published research from Montana State University shows that their famous form took mor...

Nation Briefs

Navy names female to highest rank WASHINGTON – The Navy has its first female four-star admiral. She is Michelle Janine Howard, promoted on Tuesday to the service’s hig...

Militant calls on all Muslims to join new state

BAGHDAD – The leader of the extremist group that seized much of northern Iraq and Syria called on Muslims worldwide on Tuesday to join the battle and help build an Islamic state in the newly...

World Brief

Israeli jets attack targets in West Bank JERUSALEM – Israel on Tuesday mourned the deaths of three teenagers who had been kidnapped over two weeks ago, as the air force targeted d...

Hong Kong residents rally for democracy

HONG KONG – Hong Kong police have arrested nearly 200 people after tens of thousands of residents joined a massive march to push for democracy. Anger at mainland China has never b...

Cuts in funds for highways loom

WASHINGTON – Gridlock in Washington will lead to gridlock across the country if lawmakers can’t quickly agree on how to pay for highway and transit programs, President Barack Obama and his t...

Health-law sign-ups dogged by data flaws

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is struggling to resolve widespread data discrepancies that could call into question coverage for millions under the health overhaul, the government’s h...