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Online threats against blacks net arrest at Missouri campus

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A white college student suspected of posting online threats to shoot black students and faculty at the University of Missouri was charged… Continue reading

Young women live with M & D like it’s 1940

Young women are living with their parents or relatives at a rate not seen since 1940 as more millennial women put off marriage, attend college… Continue reading

Push for end to Syria war seen as most serious yet

BEIRUT — The international community is mounting its most serious effort yet to end the nearly 5-year-old Syrian war, rallying around a second round of… Continue reading

Syrians express opposition to Russian plan

DAMASCUS, Syria — A Russian proposal to end Syria’s conflict that would include early presidential elections faced opposition from both sides on Wednesday, as deep… Continue reading

Trump touts program with dark history

WASHINGTON — As proof that he can successfully and humanely deport the estimated 11 million people living in the country illegally, Republican presidential contender Donald… Continue reading

Blast levels New Jersey home ‘like a pancake,’ killing one

ELIZABETH, N.J. — An explosion in northern New Jersey that leveled a duplex “like a pancake” Wednesday and knocked a next-door neighbor out of bed… Continue reading

Jeb Bush speaks during Republican presidential debate at Tuesday in Milwaukee.

Bush, Carson seek to steady campaigns in latest debate

MILWAUKEE — Republicans Jeb Bush and Ben Carson sought to steady their presidential campaigns in Tuesday night’s GOP debate, with Bush taking advantage of a… Continue reading

Jeb Bush speaks during Republican presidential debate at Tuesday in Milwaukee.
A worker uses a high-temperature pressure washer to clean layers of gum from Seattle's famous "gum wall" at Pike Place Market Tuesday.

Bubble yuck: Crews unstick gum from famed Seattle wall

SEATTLE — A piece of Seattle history is coming down — or rather, 1 million little pieces.Crews are cleaning up the city’s famed “gum wall”… Continue reading

A worker uses a high-temperature pressure washer to clean layers of gum from Seattle's famous "gum wall" at Pike Place Market Tuesday.

Russian ban on flights to Egypt will last months

MOSCOW — As tens of thousands of Russian tourists hastily leave Egypt’s economically vital seaside resorts, a top Kremlin official issued an ominous warning Tuesday:… Continue reading

Myanmar army will keep privileges even with opposition win

YANGON, Myanmar — Three days after Myanmar’s historic election, official results were trickling in at a snail’s pace Wednesday but it was clear that the… Continue reading

In this Nov. 5 photo, Henry "Bill" Warner, left, talks with his wife, Kathleen, while in the adjacent bed John Middaugh gets a kiss from his wife, Sue, prior to their surgeries at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York.

Veterans’ bond strengthened by kidney donation

NEW YORK — Serving together in Vietnam, John Middaugh and Henry “Bill” Warner forged an Army-brothers bond they knew was profound and lasting.A world and… Continue reading

In this Nov. 5 photo, Henry "Bill" Warner, left, talks with his wife, Kathleen, while in the adjacent bed John Middaugh gets a kiss from his wife, Sue, prior to their surgeries at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York.
A firefighter walks up a driveway as an apartment building burns in Akron, Ohio Tuesday where authorities say a small business jet crashed. The plane burst into flames and disintegrated after impact. It was unclear how many people were on board.

2 dead as business jet crashes into Ohio apartment building

AKRON, Ohio — A small business jet crashed into an apartment building with a huge bang on Tuesday, killing at least two people aboard and… Continue reading

A firefighter walks up a driveway as an apartment building burns in Akron, Ohio Tuesday where authorities say a small business jet crashed. The plane burst into flames and disintegrated after impact. It was unclear how many people were on board.

Google Maps is now offline

NEW YORK — Google Maps is getting disconnected.With an update for Android phones Tuesday, you’ll be able to search nearby businesses and get driving directions,… Continue reading

In this Nov. 4 photo, Sebastian Sobczak, CEO of Tsu.co, poses in his company's New York office. Tsu.co is winning converts to its social network by paying them for their posts. Facebook currently blocks all links from the smaller network, claiming they're low quality links that border on spam.

After poking Facebook, life ain’t easy for a site named Tsu

SAN FRANCISCO — Suppose every time you posted on Facebook, the social network tallied up the ad revenue it earned against your update and passed… Continue reading

In this Nov. 4 photo, Sebastian Sobczak, CEO of Tsu.co, poses in his company's New York office. Tsu.co is winning converts to its social network by paying them for their posts. Facebook currently blocks all links from the smaller network, claiming they're low quality links that border on spam.
In this Nov. 24, 2014 photo, smoke streams from the chimneys of the E.ON coal-fired power station in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

In first, global temps could average 1.8 degrees higher

STOCKHOLM — This year is on track to be a record 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than the 19th-century average, hitting a symbolic milestone in the… Continue reading

In this Nov. 24, 2014 photo, smoke streams from the chimneys of the E.ON coal-fired power station in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

2 Americans among 5 killed in rare Jordan police shooting

AMMAN, Jordan — A Jordanian police captain opened fire Monday on instructors at an international police training center in Jordan’s capital, killing at least five… Continue reading

In this Oct. 20 photo, Carolyn Reilly, bottom center left, and her husband, Ian, bottom center right, and their children, clockwise from bottom left, Jonas, Elliot, Evelyn and Joy pose for a photo as they display their signs protesting the proposed natural gas pipeline at their home in Rocky Mount, Virginia.

Keystone off the table, but pipeline fight builds

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. — Carolyn and Ian Reilly and their four children left Florida’s sprawl in 2010 to farm 58 acres in rural Virginia, raising… Continue reading

In this Oct. 20 photo, Carolyn Reilly, bottom center left, and her husband, Ian, bottom center right, and their children, clockwise from bottom left, Jonas, Elliot, Evelyn and Joy pose for a photo as they display their signs protesting the proposed natural gas pipeline at their home in Rocky Mount, Virginia.

Polarized politics dictated Keystone call

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s decision to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline has exposed an endlessly polarized Washington, and likely hardened its divides.Obama is… Continue reading

In this photo taken Oct. 19, children stand near the sea wall built by the Senegalese government to help stop rising water levels from destroying homes in Rafangue Village, Saloum Delta in Senegal.

Senegal’s islands on frontline of climate change

DIAMNIADIO ISLAND, Senegal — The place where Fatou Faye’s kitchen once stood is now outlined with short branches of mangroves, a small and perhaps futile… Continue reading

In this photo taken Oct. 19, children stand near the sea wall built by the Senegalese government to help stop rising water levels from destroying homes in Rafangue Village, Saloum Delta in Senegal.

Wealth may give advantage for getting organ transplants

ORLANDO, Fla. — You can’t legally buy hearts, kidneys or other organs but money can still help you get one. Wealthy people are more likely… Continue reading