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U.S. employers add 217,000 jobs; rate stays at 6.3 percent

WASHINGTON – U.S. employers added 217,000 jobs in May, a substantial gain for a fourth straight month, fueling hopes that the economy will accelerate after a grim start to the year. ...

DATE: Jun 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama, Cameron lay down new markers for Putin

BRUSSELS – President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron laid down new markers for Russia on Thursday, giving Moscow a month to meet their conditions in Ukraine or face fur...

DATE: Jun 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senate confirms Obama’s new health secretary

WASHINGTON – New management, same problems. Sylvia Mathews Burwell was confirmed Thursday as the nation’s new health secretary, but she’ll have to act quickly to head off more insurance chao...

DATE: Jun 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Allies offer Putin chance to ease crisis

PARIS – Laying out clear conditions, President Barack Obama and Western allies opened a pathway for Russia to ease tensions in Ukraine on Thursday but pointedly warned Moscow it could face n...

DATE: Jun 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

More deaths reported of vets on VA list

WASHINGTON – An additional 18 veterans in the Phoenix area whose names were kept off an official electronic Veterans Affairs appointment list have died, the agency’s acting secretary said Th...

DATE: Jun 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Israel approves new settlement construction

JERUSALEM – Israel gave the final go-ahead Thursday to build nearly 1,500 homes in Jewish settlements, saying the construction was a response to the formation of the Palestinian unity govern...

DATE: Jun 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Leaders, visitors flock to D-Day events

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France – Ceremonies to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day are drawing thousands of visitors to the cemeteries, beaches and stone-walled villages of Normandy this w...

DATE: Jun 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Police credit student for disarming gunman SEATTLE – Police say a Seattle Pacific University student on Thursday disarmed a lone gunman who entered a building and shot four people...

DATE: Jun 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senators told about threat to captive soldier

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration told senators it didn’t notify Congress about the pending swap of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban officials because of intelligence the Taliban migh...

DATE: Jun 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Military arrests leader of protests in Thailand BANGKOK – Thailand’s new military government moved against two of its top targets on Thursday, capturing a top organizer of protest...

DATE: Jun 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Report: Oil rig problems remain

WASHINGTON – The key last-ditch safety device that failed to prevent the 2010 BP oil spill remains a potentially catastrophic problem today for some offshore drilling, according to a federal...

DATE: Jun 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Mistakes could affect some health subsidies WASHINGTON – More than 2 million people who got health insurance under President Barack Obama’s law have data discrepancies that could ...

DATE: Jun 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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